{"id":45052,"date":"2025-03-20T08:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=45052"},"modified":"2025-03-20T08:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:57:11","slug":"chiefs-send-farewell-message-to-key-player-a-champion-forever-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=45052","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Send Farewell Message to Key Player: &#8216;A Champion Forever&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0are going to look like a very different team in 2025. They&#8217;ve brought in a few new faces and have\u00a0decided to part ways\u00a0with a few others.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key players they lost in free agency is defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi, who is now taking his talents to the\u00a0New York Jets\u00a0after\u00a0signing a one-year deal\u00a0with the AFC East side.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs took to Instagram on Wednesday to bid farewell to Nnadi, who has spent his entire seven-year career in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-686760cc705c4251a3afd2dbea540eb5\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/kansas-city-chiefs_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;A champion forever. Thank you for everything, @dnnadi \u2764\ufe0f&#8221; the Chiefs posted.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, supporters could not help but get emotional after seeing the team&#8217;s parting message for Nnadi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So sad he\u2019s leaving the city.What a great guy. 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The former\u00a0Florida State\u00a0standout has since played 115 games for the squad in seven seasons, registering\u00a0109 solo tackles\u00a0and 124 assisted tackles during that span.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old DT now joins the Jets and their revamped defensive line as New York looks to make some noise in the AFC in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0are going to look like a very different team in 2025. 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