Tillery, who is entering his seventh season in the NFL, has played in stints for the Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, and Minnesota Vikings, and seemed poised to compete for a depth role on Kansas City's defensive line.

Nnadi signed with New York in March as one of the NFL 's most durable players at the position. He played in all 17 regular-season games each of the past four seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and missed just one game over his entire seven-year tenure with the franchise previously.

Nnadi spent the first seven years of his career with the Chiefs before signing with the Jets this offseason. But he became expendable when the Jets added two veteran defensive tackles via trade last week. They acquired Harrison Phillips and a 2027 seventh-round pick from the Vikings in exchange for a 2026 sixth-rounder and 2027 sixth-rounder.