The New York Jets have agreed to trade pass rusher Jermaine Johnson to the Tennessee Titans for defensive tackle T'Vondre Sweat, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the player-for-player swap of starting players cannot become official until the start of the NFL's new league year on March 11.
ESPN and NFL Network first reported the deal.
Johnson will be reunited with Titans coach Robert Saleh, who was the Jets head coach when New York drafted the defensive end in the first round with the 22nd overall pick out of Florida State in 2022. He'll also be back with defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton, who was his position coach with the Jets his first three seasons.
“New York, thank you for everything truly,” Johnson wrote on X. “The love I’ve been shown here for the past 4-5 years has been nothing short of amazing, both on and off the field. Y’all will always hold a special place in my heart. Wish all of my former coaches and former teammates the best!! Thank all of y’all for sharing a battlefield with me.”
He closed with: “11 out,” referring to his jersey number with the Jets, and added a salute emoji.
The trade of Johnson leaves the Jets with just one of their first-round picks from 2022: wide receiver Garrett Wilson, who was taken 10th overall that year. Cornerback Sauce Gardner, the fourth overall pick, was traded to Indianapolis in November.
The deal also puts the Jets in position to potentially take the best pass rusher in the draft in April — possibly Ohio State's Arvell Reese, Texas Tech's David Bailey or Miami's Rueben Bain Jr. — with the No. 2 overall selection as coach Aaron Glenn tries to improve a defense that was among the NFL's worse during a 3-14 season. Glenn fired defensive coordinator Steve Wilks with three games remaining and hired Brian Duker last month to replace him. Glenn confirmed Tuesday at the NFL combine that he will call the plays on defense next season.
The 27-year-old Johnson was set to play next season on his fifth-year rookie option, but will save the Jets $13.4 million on the salary cap and he could become a free agent next offseason. Considered a rising star during his first few years with the Jets, which included a Pro Bowl selection in 2023, Johnson had just three sacks a season after tearing his right Achilles tendon in the second game of 2024.
He had 13 sacks in 47 games with the Jets, had a touchdown on an interception return and forced one fumble and had a fumble recovery. Johnson, who had a career-high 7 1/2 sacks in 2023, will now be expected to provide a pass-rushing threat in Saleh's defense in Tennessee.
Sweat was a second-round selection of the Titans out of Texas in 2024. The 6-foot-4, 366-pound run-stuffing presence should help anchor a defensive line that also includes tackles Harrison Phillips and Jowon Briggs and edge rusher Will McDonald.
“Much love to the Tennessee Titans for the journey, the grind, and the unforgettable moments,” Sweat posted on X. "Forever grateful for the love, the lessons, and the fans who rode every high and low with me. To the New York fans I feel that energy already. Thank you for the welcome, the passion, and the belief.
“New chapter. Same hunger. Let’s do it, baby.”
Sweat, who was taken 38th overall by the Titans two years ago, had three sacks and 85 total tackles in 29 games, including 28 starts. The 24-year-old nose tackle injured an ankle in Tennessee's season opener against Denver and landed on injured reserve before returning after missing five games and was an effective piece on the Titans' defensive line.
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FILE - Tennessee Titans nose tackle T'Vondre Sweat (93) runs onto the field prior to an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)
FILE - New York Jets linebacker Jermaine Johnson (11) warms up before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and the United States carried out a wave of attacks Monday that killed more than 25 people in Iran. Tehran responded with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors as U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz loomed.
Explosions rang out into the night in Tehran and low-flying jets could be heard for hours as the capital was pounded. Thick black smoke rose near the city's Azadi Square after one airstrike hit the Sharif University of Technology grounds.
Two people were found dead in the rubble of a residential building in Haifa, according to Israeli authorities. The search was ongoing for two more even as new Iranian missile attacks hit the northern Israel city early Monday.
Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates both activated their air defense systems to intercept incoming Iranian missiles and drones, as Tehran kept up the pressure on its Gulf neighbors. Iran's regular attacks on regional energy infrastructure and its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil is shipped in peacetime, has sent global energy prices soaring.
Under pressure at home as consumers are growing increasingly concerned, Trump gave Tehran a deadline that expires Monday night, Washington time, saying if no deal was reached to reopen the strait the U.S. would hit Iran's power plants and other infrastructure targets and set the country “back to the stone ages.”
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” he threatened in a social media post, adding that if Iran did not open the strait “you'll be living in Hell.”
Tehran has shown no signs of backing down off of its stranglehold on shipping through the strait, which was fully open before Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran on Feb. 28 to start the war.
Following Trump’s expletive-laced posts on Easter Sunday, Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf called the threats of targeting Iran’s infrastructure “reckless.”
“You won’t gain anything through war crimes,” Qalibaf wrote on X. “The only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game.”
Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose to $109 in early Monday spot trading, some 50% higher than it was when the war started.
Iran has let some vessels through the strait since the war began, but none belonging to the U.S., Israel or countries perceived as helping them. Some have paid Iran for passage and the overall flow of traffic is down more than 90% over the same period last year.
Beyond Trump's military threats, diplomatic efforts are still underway to see if a solution can be reached to open the waterway.
Oman’s Foreign Ministry said that deputy foreign ministers and experts from Iran and Oman met to discuss proposals to ensure “smooth transit” through the strait.
Egypt said that Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty had spoken with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and with Turkish and Pakistani counterparts. Russia said that Araghchi also spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
One of Monday's morning airstrikes targeted Tehran's Sharif University of Technology, where Iranian media reported damage to the buildings as well as a natural gas distribution site next to the campus.
It wasn’t immediately clear what had been targeted on the grounds of the university, which is empty of students as the war has forced all schools into the country into online classes. However, multiple countries over the years have sanctioned the university for its work with the military, particularly on Iran’s ballistic missile program, which is controlled by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
A strike near Eslamshar, southwest of Tehran, killed at least 13 people, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported. Five others were killed when a residential area in the city of Qom was hit, and six more were killed in strikes on other cities, the state-run IRAN daily newspaper reported.
Three more people were killed when an airstrike hit a home in Tehran, Iranian state television reported.
More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, but its government has not updated the toll for days.
In Lebanon, which Israel has invaded by ground, more than 1,400 people have been killed and more than 1 million people have been displaced. Eleven Israeli soldiers have died there while targeting Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants.
In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, more than two dozen people have died, while 19 have been reported dead in Israel and 13 U.S. service members have been killed.
Rising reported from Bangkok.
A truck loaded with logs and other vehicles drive along a road toward Tehran near the Turkish border on the outskirts of Razi, northwestern Iran, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Rescue workers search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit a crowded neighbourhood south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Yemeni soldiers patrol the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
Israeli rescue teams search for missing people amid the rubble of a residential building a day after it was struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, Israel, Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
