Players who played for both the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings
58 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
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Players
5
Easy to name
Epic
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 Vikings player through Gregg Briggs 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
Jared Allen
DE · 2004–2015 · CHI 2014–2015, MIN 2008–2013
- Common
Yannick Ngakoue
DL · 2016–2024 · CHI 2023, MIN 2020
- Uncommon
Cordarrelle Patterson
WR · 2013–2024 · CHI 2019–2020, MIN 2013–2016
- Uncommon
Marcus Davenport
DL · 2018–2026 · CHI 2026, MIN 2023
- Uncommon
Bernard Berrian
WR · 2004–2011 · CHI 2004–2007, MIN 2008–2011
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Marcus Robinson
WR · 1997–2006 · CHI 1997–2002, MIN 2004–2006
- Rare
Xavier Woods
DB · 2017–2026 · CHI 2026, MIN 2021
- Rare
Chester Taylor
RB · 2002–2011 · CHI 2010, MIN 2006–2009
- Rare
Jonathan Bullard
DL · 2016–2026 · CHI 2016–2018, MIN 2022–2024
- Rare
Jeff George
QB · 1990–2004 · CHI 2004, MIN 1999
- Rare
Case Keenum
QB · 2013–2026 · CHI 2025–2026, MIN 2017
- Rare
Bobby Wade
WR · 2003–2009 · CHI 2003–2005, MIN 2007–2008
- Rare
N'Keal Harry
WR · 2019–2023 · CHI 2022, MIN 2023
- Rare
Robert Tonyan
TE · 2018–2026 · CHI 2023, MIN 2024
- Rare
Jimmy Kennedy
DT · 2003–2011 · CHI 2007, MIN 2008–2010
- Rare
Nahshon Wright
DB · 2021–2026 · CHI 2025, MIN 2024
- Rare
MyCole Pruitt
TE · 2015–2024 · CHI 2016, MIN 2015–2016
- Rare
Corey Wootton
DE · 2010–2014 · CHI 2010–2013, MIN 2014
- Rare
Trevor Siemian
QB · 2015–2024 · CHI 2022, MIN 2018
- Rare
Garrett Bradbury
OL · 2019–2026 · CHI 2026, MIN 2019–2024
- Rare
D'Wayne Bates
WR · 1999–2003 · CHI 1999–2001, MIN 2002–2003
- Rare
Riley Reiff
T · 2012–2023 · CHI 2022, MIN 2017–2020
- Rare
Zavier Scott
RB · 2025–2026 · CHI 2026, MIN 2025
- Rare
James Lynch
DL · 2020–2026 · CHI 2026, MIN 2020–2022
- Rare
Jalyn Holmes
DL · 2018–2025 · CHI 2022, MIN 2018–2020
- Rare
Joejuan Williams
DB · 2019–2023 · CHI 2023, MIN 2023
- Rare
Doug Brien
SPEC · 1994–2005 · CHI 2005, MIN 2002
- Rare
Armon Watts
DL · 2019–2024 · CHI 2022, MIN 2019–2021
- Rare
Ihmir Smith-Marsette
WR · 2021–2024 · CHI 2022, MIN 2021
- Rare
Devin Aromashodu
WR · 2007–2012 · CHI 2008–2010, MIN 2011–2012
- Rare
Mitch Berger
SPEC · 1994–2009 · CHI 1995, MIN 1996–2001
- Rare
Paul Edinger
SPEC · 2000–2005 · CHI 2000–2004, MIN 2005
- Rare
Dan Feeney
OL · 2017–2026 · CHI 2023, MIN 2024
- Rare
Khyiris Tonga
DL · 2021–2026 · CHI 2021, MIN 2022–2023
- Rare
Vladimir Ducasse
G · 2010–2018 · CHI 2015, MIN 2014
- Rare
Pat Eilers
DB · 1990–1995 · CHI 1995, MIN 1990–1991
- Rare
Brad Culpepper
DL · 1992–2000 · CHI 2000, MIN 1992–1993
- Rare
Lemanski Hall
LB · 1994–2002 · CHI 1998, MIN 2000–2002
- Rare
Duke Shelley
DB · 2019–2024 · CHI 2019–2021, MIN 2022
- Rare
John Davis
TE · 1995–2002 · CHI 2001–2002, MIN 2000
- Rare
Andrew DePaola
LS · 2014–2026 · CHI 2017, MIN 2020–2026
- Rare
Tom Compton
T · 2012–2022 · CHI 2017, MIN 2018
- Rare
Scott Adams
OL · 1991–1997 · CHI 1995, MIN 1991–1993
- Rare
Aviante Collins
OL · 2017–2023 · CHI 2023, MIN 2017–2020
- Rare
J'Marcus Webb
T · 2010–2020 · CHI 2010–2012, MIN 2013
- Rare
Harrison Hand
DB · 2020–2022 · CHI 2022, MIN 2020–2021
- Rare
Robert Green
RB · 1992–1997 · CHI 1993–1996, MIN 1997
- Epic
Abdullah Anderson
DL · 2019–2024 · CHI 2019, MIN 2020
- Epic
Corbin Lacina
OL · 1993–2003 · CHI 2003, MIN 1999–2002
- Epic
Juaquin Iglesias
WR · 2009–2010 · CHI 2009, MIN 2010
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Rodney Adams
WR · 2017–2021 · CHI 2021, MIN 2017
- Epic
Bryan Witzmann
OL · 2016–2020 · CHI 2018, MIN 2018
- Epic
Terry Obee
WR · 1991–1994 · CHI 1993–1994, MIN 1991
- Epic
Danta Whitaker
TE · 1990–1993 · CHI 1993, MIN 1992
- Epic
Jerry Wisne
OL · 1999–2002 · CHI 1999–2000, MIN 2001
- Epic
Cornelius Edison
OL · 2016–2017 · CHI 2016, MIN 2017
- Epic
Ahmad Dixon
S · 2014 · CHI 2014, MIN 2014
- Epic
Gregg Briggs
DB · 1992–1999 · CHI 1996, MIN 1997–1999
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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