Players who played for both the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions
86 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
86
Players
11
Easy to name
Ball-knower
Best link
Chains matchup: Tough. 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 Lions player through Barry Turner and the link is rated Ball-knower (+400 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
Bruce Irvin
DE · 2012–2023 · CHI 2021, DET 2023
- Common
Roy Williams
WR · 2004–2011 · CHI 2011, DET 2004–2008
- Common
D'Andre Swift
RB · 2020–2026 · CHI 2024–2026, DET 2020–2022
- Common
Allen Robinson
WR · 2014–2024 · CHI 2018–2021, DET 2024
- Common
David Montgomery
RB · 2019–2026 · CHI 2019–2022, DET 2023–2025
- Uncommon
C.J. Gardner-Johnson
DB · 2019–2026 · CHI 2025, DET 2023
- Uncommon
Josh McCown
QB · 2002–2019 · CHI 2011–2013, DET 2006
- Uncommon
R.W. McQuarters
DB · 1998–2008 · CHI 2000–2004, DET 2005
- Uncommon
Duron Harmon
FS · 2013–2023 · CHI 2023, DET 2020
- Uncommon
Marcus Davenport
DL · 2018–2026 · CHI 2026, DET 2024–2025
- Uncommon
Kevin Jones
RB · 2004–2008 · CHI 2008, DET 2004–2007
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Chris Harris
FS · 2005–2012 · CHI 2005–2006, 2010–2011, DET 2011
- Rare
Mark Carrier
DB · 1990–2000 · CHI 1990–1996, DET 1997–1999
- Rare
Nathan Vasher
CB · 2004–2010 · CHI 2004–2009, DET 2010
- Rare
Al-Quadin Muhammad
DL · 2017–2026 · CHI 2022, DET 2024–2025
- Rare
Jesse James
TE · 2015–2022 · CHI 2021, DET 2019–2020
- Rare
Kalif Raymond
WR · 2016–2026 · CHI 2026, DET 2021–2025
- Rare
Jalen Reeves-Maybin
LB · 2017–2025 · CHI 2025, DET 2017–2021, 2023–2024
- Rare
Israel Idonije
DE · 2004–2013 · CHI 2004–2012, DET 2013
- Rare
Christian Jones
OLB · 2014–2022 · CHI 2014–2017, 2021, DET 2018–2020
- Rare
Alonzo Spellman
DL · 1992–2001 · CHI 1992–1997, DET 2001
- Rare
Johnthan Banks
CB · 2013–2017 · CHI 2016, DET 2016
- Rare
Joique Bell
RB · 2010–2016 · CHI 2016, DET 2011–2016
- Rare
Terrence Holt
FS · 2003–2008 · CHI 2008, DET 2003–2006
- Rare
Willie Young
DE · 2010–2017 · CHI 2014–2017, DET 2010–2013
- Rare
Rick Mirer
QB · 1993–2004 · CHI 1997, DET 2004
- Rare
Kellen Davis
TE · 2008–2016 · CHI 2008–2012, DET 2014
- Rare
Kindle Vildor
DB · 2020–2026 · CHI 2020–2022, DET 2023–2024
- Rare
Riley Reiff
T · 2012–2023 · CHI 2022, DET 2012–2016
- Rare
Dante Wesley
CB · 2002–2010 · CHI 2006, DET 2010
- Rare
Jonah Jackson
OL · 2020–2026 · CHI 2025–2026, DET 2020–2023
- Rare
Michael Burton
FB · 2015–2026 · CHI 2017–2018, DET 2015–2016
- Rare
Austen Lane
DE · 2010–2014 · CHI 2014, DET 2013
- Rare
Marcus Cooper
CB · 2013–2018 · CHI 2017–2018, DET 2018
- Rare
Dave Krieg
QB · 1990–1998 · CHI 1996, DET 1994
- Rare
Michael Schofield
T · 2014–2023 · CHI 2022, DET 2023
- Rare
Teez Tabor
DB · 2017–2023 · CHI 2021, DET 2017–2018
- Rare
Glyn Milburn
RB · 1993–2001 · CHI 1998–2001, DET 1996–1997
- Rare
Chase Daniel
QB · 2009–2022 · CHI 2018–2019, DET 2020
- Rare
Mike Badgley
K · 2018–2025 · CHI 2022, DET 2022–2023
- Rare
Aaron Gibson
OL · 1999–2004 · CHI 2002–2004, DET 1999–2001
- Rare
Michael Gaines
TE · 2004–2009 · CHI 2009, DET 2008
- Rare
Gilbert Gardner
OLB · 2004–2008 · CHI 2008, DET 2008
- Rare
Cre'von LeBlanc
DB · 2016–2020 · CHI 2016–2017, DET 2018
- Rare
Larry Borom
OL · 2021–2026 · CHI 2021–2024, DET 2026
- Rare
Josh Woods
LB · 2019–2026 · CHI 2019–2021, DET 2021–2022
- Rare
Marty Carter
DB · 1991–2001 · CHI 1995–1998, DET 2001
- Rare
Elijah Lee
LB · 2017–2022 · CHI 2022, DET 2020
- Rare
Tim Boyle
QB · 2018–2024 · CHI 2022, DET 2021
- Rare
Micheal Spurlock
KR · 2006–2014 · CHI 2014, DET 2013
- Rare
Maurice Alexander
WR · 2022–2025 · CHI 2025, DET 2022, 2024
- Rare
Montell Owens
FB · 2006–2014 · CHI 2014, DET 2014
- Rare
Ty Summers
LB · 2019–2025 · CHI 2025, DET 2025
- Rare
Rashied Davis
CB · 2005–2011 · CHI 2005–2010, DET 2011
- Epic
Autry Denson
RB · 1999–2002 · CHI 2001, DET 2002
- Epic
John Owens
TE · 2002–2009 · CHI 2004, DET 2002–2004, 2007–2008
- Epic
Amen Ogbongbemiga
LB · 2021–2026 · CHI 2024–2025, DET 2026
- Epic
Mike Tomczak
QB · 1990–2000 · CHI 1990, DET 2000
- Epic
Jonathan Scott
T · 2006–2014 · CHI 2012–2013, DET 2006–2007
- Epic
Matthew Mulligan
TE · 2009–2016 · CHI 2014, DET 2016
- Epic
Mike Wells
DL · 1994–2001 · CHI 1998–2000, DET 1994–1997
- Epic
Cornelius Lucas
T · 2014–2025 · CHI 2019, DET 2014–2016
- Epic
Nick Williams
DE · 2014–2023 · CHI 2018–2019, DET 2020–2021
- Epic
Rex Tucker
OL · 1999–2006 · CHI 1999–2001, 2004, DET 2006
- Epic
Cornelius Washington
DE · 2013–2017 · CHI 2013–2014, 2016, DET 2017
- Epic
C.J. Wilson
DE · 2010–2016 · CHI 2016, DET 2015
- Epic
Erik Kramer
QB · 1991–1999 · CHI 1994–1998, DET 1991–1993
- Epic
Scott Daly
LS · 2021–2026 · CHI 2024–2026, DET 2021–2023
- Epic
Khaseem Greene
OLB · 2013–2016 · CHI 2013–2014, DET 2016
- Epic
Jeremy Lincoln
DB · 1992–2000 · CHI 1992–1995, DET 2000
- Epic
Landon Cohen
DT · 2008–2013 · CHI 2013, DET 2008–2009
- Epic
DeAngelo Smith
FS · 2009 · CHI 2009, DET 2009
- Epic
Keshon Johnson
DB · 1993–1995 · CHI 1993–1995, DET 1995
- Epic
Andre Collins
LB · 1990–1999 · CHI 1998, DET 1999
- Epic
Ray McElroy
DB · 1995–2001 · CHI 2000, DET 2001
- Epic
Ty Hallock
TE · 1993–2000 · CHI 1998–2000, DET 1993–1994
- Epic
Michael Ola
G · 2014–2019 · CHI 2014, DET 2015–2016
- Epic
Khari Samuel
LB · 1999–2001 · CHI 1999–2001, DET 2001
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Cory Sauter
QB · 1999–2003 · CHI 2002, DET 1999–2000
- Epic
Mark Rodenhauser
OL · 1990–1999 · CHI 1992, DET 1993–1994
- Epic
Dee Virgin
DB · 2018–2021 · CHI 2021, DET 2018–2020
- Epic
Khari Lee
TE · 2015–2018 · CHI 2015, DET 2016
- Legendary
Henry Taylor
DL · 1998–2001 · CHI 2001, DET 1998
- Legendary
Thump Belton
RB · 2004 · CHI 2004, DET 2004
- Legendary
Damion Cook
DL · 2001–2008 · CHI 2001, DET 2008
- Ball-knower
Barry Turner
DE · 2010 · CHI 2010, DET 2010
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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