Players who played for both the Chicago Bears and the Washington Commanders
68 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
68
Players
12
Easy to name
Epic
Best link
Chains matchup: Balanced. Compared with the other 495 team pairs, based on how many of these players are easy to name.
How this plays in The Chains
Every link in a puzzle is scored by how unlikely it was that a fan would name it. Connect a Bears player to a Commanders player through Kenny Shedd and the link is rated Epic (+160 bonus points). The obvious answers score little. The deep cuts are where the big points are.
Play today's puzzleEasy to name
Common and Uncommon. The easiest answers between these two teams.
- Common
Montez Sweat
LB · 2019–2026 · CHI 2023–2026, WAS 2019–2023
- Common
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
FS · 2014–2021 · CHI 2019, WAS 2018
- Common
Adam Archuleta
DB · 2001–2007 · CHI 2007, WAS 2006
- Uncommon
Mark Sanchez
QB · 2009–2018 · CHI 2017, WAS 2018
- Uncommon
Brandon Meriweather
SS · 2007–2016 · CHI 2011, WAS 2012–2014
- Uncommon
Walt Harris
DB · 1996–2008 · CHI 1996–2001, WAS 2004–2005
- Uncommon
Jason Campbell
QB · 2005–2014 · CHI 2012, WAS 2005–2009
- Uncommon
Brandon Lloyd
WR · 2003–2014 · CHI 2008, WAS 2006–2007
- Uncommon
Tracy Porter
CB · 2008–2016 · CHI 2015–2016, WAS 2014
- Uncommon
Rex Grossman
QB · 2003–2013 · CHI 2003–2008, WAS 2010–2013
- Uncommon
Phillip Daniels
DL · 1996–2010 · CHI 2000–2003, WAS 2004–2007, 2009–2010
- Uncommon
Jon Bostic
MLB · 2013–2022 · CHI 2013–2015, WAS 2019–2022
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
DeMarcus Walker
DL · 2017–2025 · CHI 2023–2024, WAS 2025
- Rare
Eddie Goldman
NT · 2015–2025 · CHI 2015–2019, 2021, WAS 2025
- Rare
Mark Carrier
DB · 1990–2000 · CHI 1990–1996, WAS 2000
- Rare
Pernell McPhee
DE · 2011–2021 · CHI 2015–2017, WAS 2018
- Rare
Stephen Paea
NT · 2011–2017 · CHI 2011–2014, WAS 2015
- Rare
Mario Addison
DE · 2011–2022 · CHI 2011, WAS 2012
- Rare
Jacob Martin
LB · 2018–2026 · CHI 2024, WAS 2025
- Rare
Jeff George
QB · 1990–2004 · CHI 2004, WAS 2000–2001
- Rare
Case Keenum
QB · 2013–2026 · CHI 2025–2026, WAS 2019
- Rare
Jake Moody
K · 2023–2025 · CHI 2025, WAS 2025
- Rare
Olamide Zaccheaus
WR · 2019–2026 · CHI 2025, WAS 2024
- Rare
Josh Morgan
WR · 2008–2014 · CHI 2014, WAS 2012–2013
- Rare
Warrick Holdman
LB · 1999–2006 · CHI 1999–2003, WAS 2005–2006
- Rare
Chris Zorich
DL · 1991–1997 · CHI 1991–1997, WAS 1997
- Rare
DeAndre Carter
WR · 2016–2025 · CHI 2020, 2024, WAS 2021
- Rare
Jarvis Jenkins
DE · 2012–2018 · CHI 2015, WAS 2012–2014
- Rare
Kevin Pierre-Louis
OLB · 2014–2022 · CHI 2019, WAS 2020
- Rare
Dontrelle Inman
WR · 2014–2020 · CHI 2017, WAS 2020
- Rare
Logan Paulsen
TE · 2010–2019 · CHI 2016, WAS 2010–2014
- Rare
Byron Pringle
WR · 2019–2023 · CHI 2022, WAS 2023
- Rare
Tom Carter
DB · 1993–2001 · CHI 1997–1999, WAS 1993–1996
- Rare
Jalyn Holmes
DL · 2018–2025 · CHI 2022, WAS 2024–2025
- Rare
Todd Collins
QB · 1995–2010 · CHI 2010, WAS 2006–2009
- Rare
Michael Burton
FB · 2015–2026 · CHI 2017–2018, WAS 2019
- Rare
Shane Matthews
QB · 1993–2006 · CHI 1993–1996, 1999–2001, WAS 2002
- Rare
Josh Bellamy
WR · 2012–2019 · CHI 2014–2018, WAS 2013
- Rare
Darrel Young
FB · 2010–2016 · CHI 2016, WAS 2010–2015
- Rare
Danny Wuerffel
QB · 1997–2002 · CHI 2001, WAS 2002
- Rare
Carl Powell
DL · 1997–2005 · CHI 2001, WAS 2002
- Rare
Michael Green
DB · 2000–2008 · CHI 2000–2005, WAS 2008
- Rare
Andy Heck
OL · 1990–2000 · CHI 1994–1998, WAS 1999–2000
- Rare
Pat Eilers
DB · 1990–1995 · CHI 1995, WAS 1992–1994
- Rare
Charles Leno Jr.
T · 2014–2023 · CHI 2014–2020, WAS 2021–2023
- Rare
Greg Jones
LB · 1997–2002 · CHI 2001, WAS 1997–2000
- Rare
Greg Stroman
DB · 2018–2024 · CHI 2022–2023, WAS 2018–2020
- Rare
Greg Huntington
OL · 1993–1999 · CHI 1997–1999, WAS 1993
- Rare
Lucas Patrick
OL · 2017–2026 · CHI 2022–2023, WAS 2026
- Rare
Tom Compton
T · 2012–2022 · CHI 2017, WAS 2012–2015
- Rare
Lennie Friedman
OL · 1999–2007 · CHI 2005, WAS 2003–2005
- Epic
Cornelius Lucas
T · 2014–2025 · CHI 2019, WAS 2020–2024
- Epic
Ade Jimoh
CB · 2003–2007 · CHI 2007, WAS 2003–2006
- Epic
Andre Lott
FS · 2002–2006 · CHI 2006, WAS 2002–2004
- Epic
Robert Green
RB · 1992–1997 · CHI 1993–1996, WAS 1992
- Epic
Will Montgomery
G · 2006–2015 · CHI 2015, WAS 2008–2013
- Epic
Vernice Smith
OL · 1990–1997 · CHI 1993, WAS 1993–1995
- Epic
Abdullah Anderson
DL · 2019–2024 · CHI 2019, WAS 2023
- Epic
Tom Myslinski
OL · 1992–2000 · CHI 1993–1994, WAS 1992
- Epic
Rashad Ross
WR · 2014–2016 · CHI 2014, WAS 2015–2016
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
J.P. Holtz
TE · 2016–2023 · CHI 2019–2021, WAS 2018–2019
- Epic
Andre Collins
LB · 1990–1999 · CHI 1998, WAS 1990–1994
- Epic
Bryan Johnson
RB · 2000–2005 · CHI 2004–2005, WAS 2000–2003
- Epic
Breon Borders
DB · 2017–2023 · CHI 2022, WAS 2019
- Epic
Jay Leeuwenburg
OL · 1992–2000 · CHI 1992–1995, WAS 2000
- Epic
Edwin Williams
G · 2009–2012 · CHI 2010–2012, WAS 2009
- Epic
Tyrone M. Williams
DL · 1997–2001 · CHI 1997, WAS 2001
- Epic
Kenny Shedd
WR · 1993–2000 · CHI 1994, WAS 2000
Teams are counted as franchises, so earlier cities and names are included (the Raiders in Oakland, the Rams in St. Louis, the Titans as the Oilers). Rarity tiers come from the same scoring The Chains uses in its daily puzzles. A small set of one-season 2002 entries that couldn't be verified is left out.
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