The Kansas City Chiefs are focused on making another run back to the Super Bowl with essential re-signings of veterans during free agency. One of their crucial players returning in 2025 is defensive lineman Charles Omenihu, who explained his reasons for staying in Kansas City during his press conference earlier in the week.

“Obviously, I think – I’d say the time that I did miss held weight in teams, and then obviously, it’d be difficult for anybody to look the same from injury and then after injury, so those two factors were something that I dealt with in free agency,” said Omenihu. “Then, there’s a time where you come to a point in the decision-making that you do kind of what makes football sense at the time. You throw your ego out of it, and you think long term and you think clear.”

Omenihu re-signed with the Chiefs on a one-year contract, ending the speculation that he might have interests elsewhere around the league.

“There’s just a space where you feel like ‘Okay, I’ve got to kind of let my ego down’ and think about what’s going to be best long term, and I found it to coming back to an organization that I know, coaches I know (and) a system I know. A system that, again, like I said, before I got hurt – I don’t like really moping in the past, but I was on a very, very good pace,” said Omenihu. “A very fast, rapid pace. So, with that, getting a whole year, getting a whole offseason – I literally just came back from my workout, so getting that, I feel like, will bode well in my favor. Also, in the team’s favor because, I mean, (if) I do well, we all do well.”

Since joining the Chiefs in 2023, Omenihu has collected eight sacks in 17 games. He’s missed significant time due to injury and suspension, but he seeks a full season in 2025.