Note that the [Harrison Phillips](/team/players-roster/harrison-phillips/) deal was another one of Mougey's productive trades, acquired from Minnesota along with a 2027 seventh-round pick for a pair of sixth-round picks (this year and in 2027).
Sweat, 24, was selected out of Texas by the Titans No. 38 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. He played in all 17 games his rookie season and had 51 total tackles (22 solo), a sack and 4 TFL while taking 66% of the snaps on defense. After his first season, Pro Football Focus graded him a 75.0 overall against the ground attack, the eighth-best in the NFL among the 99 qualifying defensive tackles.
He was limited to 12 games last season after he sustained an ankle injury in Week 1 at Denver, missed a game, returned and then re-injured the ankle and ended up on injured reserve until mid-October.
"Sweat has two years left on his rookie deal and will cost the Jets just $1.6 and $2.1 million in each of those years, respectively," Walder wrote. "Sweat is also younger \[Johnson is 27\] and, in my view, has a better chance to be a plus contributor than Johnson. That makes this deal well worth it for New York, especially considering the Jets will get a player with another year of team control for less money."