Lions Named Top Trade Destination for $13 Million 1st-Round Edge-Rusher
The Detroit Lions didn’t make a move for a pass-rusher ahead of the NFL trade deadline, but could add a player opposite star defensive end Aidan Hutchinson in the relatively near future.
Jermaine Johnson II of the New York Jets was on the trade block, but the asking price of a second-round pick proved too high for any of the teams in the market for an edge-rusher. It is unclear if the Lions were among the interested suitors, but Moe Moton of Bleacher Report predicted they will be come the offseason.
“On this year’s deadline day, [GM Darren] Mougey traded two recent All-Pro players in cornerback Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams for premium draft capital and wide receiver help,” Moton wrote on Thursday, November 6. “Johnson, who earned a Pro Bowl nod in 2023 but has struggled to stay healthy over the last two seasons, shouldn’t get comfortable in New York. If Mougey uses one of his early-round 2026 picks on an edge-rusher to complement Will McDonald IV, Johnson could be on the move late spring or in the summer.”
Lions Second in NFL in Sacks Halfway Through Season
GettyDetroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson.
Detroit entered the season without a proven second edge-rusher alongside Hutchinson, but has done far better than critics might have expected through nine weeks of the season.
The Lions are second in the NFL with 28 total sacks. Detroit has done well creating pressure via the blitz, with Jack Campbell and Derrick Barnes each totaling four sacks apiece. Defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad, who has never been a regular starter in 101 games (36 starts), has also matched his career-high total in sacks with six of them through just eight contests played in 2025.
Hutchinson leads the pack with seven sacks, which has set the tone for a pass-rush that has wildly out-performed expectations but brings questions about the sustainability of the pace of pressures the Lions have been able to muster halfway through the year.
Jets’ Price for Jermaine Johnson Too High at Trade Deadline, Next Offseason
GettyNew York Jets edge rusher Jermaine Johnson II.
Johnson was a first-round pick of the Jets (No. 26 overall) in 2022 and is in the fourth year of his $13 million rookie contract. The team exercised its fifth-year option on Johnson, which pays him $13.4 million in 2026.
He put up 7.5 sacks in his Pro Bowl season in 2023 but has tallied just one sack since in seven total games. Johnson played just two games because of injury last season and has appeared in only five of eight contests this year.
The injury issues and lack of production since entering the NFL should explain why no team interested in a pass-rusher was willing to part with a second-round pick to land Johnson at the deadline.
That said, a mid-season deal with a playoff-contending team that needs an upgrade can push a franchise into making a trade that may not make sense from a true value perspective. Emotions cool in the offseason, when Johnson will be 27 years old and making eight-figures, so Moton’s notion of a second-round pick plus Day 3 considerations seems like an overpay on the Lions’ side of the equation.
Detroit will probably look into an edge-rusher come March when Muhammad and Marcus Davenport (IR) both become free agents, though a trade for Johnson doesn’t make sense at the price Moton suggests. The Lions can look at free agency or the draft for options if the Jets’ price on Johnson doesn’t go down.
Teddi Mellencamp Addresses Tamra Judge Making Her a Storyline on RHOC and Her Exit From Show as Fans React
Teddi Mellencamp feels that the Real Housewives of Orange County cast should’ve had more sympathy toward
On the latest episode of their shared podcast, which featured the 44-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum discussing last week’s
“How is it for you watching this being talked about?” Dolores asked on the August 19 episode of Two Ts in a Pod.
“It’s hard for me not to take things personally, but there’s a point where people are just blowing off anything Tamra is saying that like, one, does nobody care how I felt? How I did? Not from Tamra’s sake. From all the other women,” she replied.
According to Teddi, the RHOC cast was well aware of the heartache she was enduring as she had brain surgery and began treatment.
“They see their friend struggling to this extent. Why is nobody helping her?” Teddi wondered. “I could’ve been part of those conversations, but I knew better than, I mean, if you wanna see somebody who’s a mess, it’s me on a sh*t ton of prednisone.”
While many have suggested that Tamra never really intended to quit when she claimed to have done so, especially after she returned to production soon after, Teddi said she believed that, in the moment, Tamra was truly done with the show.
“She really quit. I was like, probably in the hospital room. I had to get on the horn, harassing Tamra the next day,” Teddi recalled as Dolores mentioned that Teddi was the one who convinced Tamra to stay.
Following the sharing of the clip from her podcast on Instagram, Teddi was met with a barrage of comments from her fans and followers, some of whom agreed with her and others who accused Tamra of using her to gain sympathy.
“I agree with [Teddi]. The total lack of compassion for Tamra during such a hard time is heartbreaking,” one person wrote.
“Stop [Teddi]!!!!” another demanded. “Your friend used your situation as a scapegoat! Enough already we all have empathy for you but we see right through your [friend’s] BS!!!!”
“‘Does nobody care about me?’ Well you weren’t on the show [Teddi] so what [are you] saying?” wondered a third as someone else claimed the cast was “like sharks circling their prey.”
Another person claimed Tamra staged her “exit” from RHOC for attention.
“[Tamra] was never seriously going to quit. She likes the ‘fame’ too much,” they stated. “If her oldest daughter asked her to quit if she wanted a relationship with her moving forward and she still didn’t, she was certainly not going to do it for this.”
“Sorry but [Tamra] is using [Teddi] for sympathy,” another IG user agreed.
“Maybe it’s because when other people were going through stuff Tamra was kicking them when they were down so you get what you give,” shared someone else.
The Real Housewives of Orange County season 19 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
