The Chiefs re-signed Nnadi in mid-March for his seventh season in Kansas City.
Nnadi has been a stalwart along the Chiefs’ defensive line in each of the last six seasons, appearing in 98 games with 86 starts. He appeared in 17 regular-season games and one postseason contest last year – starting each of them – before suffering a triceps injury against Miami that ended his campaign.
Dickerson, who re-joined with the Chiefs as a “Reserve/Future” signee in February, appeared in 13 games (including the playoffs) for Kansas City last season, recording 190 total defensive snaps in that time. He was almost exclusively an interior defensive lineman for the Chiefs, tallying snaps at left defensive tackle (95), right defensive tackle (71) and nose tackle (38 snaps).
The 28-year-old Dickerson originally joined the Chiefs last May before signing with the practice squad prior to the campaign.
Originally a fourth-round pick of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2022, the Chiefs acquired Farrell in a trade with Las Vegas just weeks prior to the 2023 season. He went on to appear in three games for Kansas City over the course of the year, logging 41 defensive snaps.
The 6-foot-4, 325-pound Farrell was the No. 8 overall defensive tackle prospect in the 2022 class according to The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, who identified Farrell as a fourth-round pick. The draft ended up playing out exactly how Brugler predicted, too, as the Raiders made Farrell the eighth defensive tackle selected that year, doing so with the No. 126 overall pick.
Additionally, here’s more from NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein, who compared Farrell to Detroit Lions defensive tackle D.J. Reader in his pre-draft writeup:
“Nose tackle prospect with a well-earned reputation for making it hard on blockers to do their job in the run game. Farrell has seen personal maturity and development in his play that allowed him to consistently bully opponents as a physical force…
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