Players who played for both the Cincinnati Bengals and the New England Patriots
48 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
48
Players
8
Easy to name
Legendary
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 Bengals player to a Patriots player through Rico Clark and the link is rated Legendary (+250 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
Chad Johnson
WR · 2001–2011 · CIN 2001–2010, NE 2011
- Common
James Harrison
LB · 2002–2017 · CIN 2013, NE 2017
- Common
Corey Dillon
RB · 1997–2006 · CIN 1997–2003, NE 2004–2006
- Common
Mike Gesicki
TE · 2018–2026 · CIN 2024–2026, NE 2023
- Common
Deltha O'Neal
DB · 2000–2008 · CIN 2004–2007, NE 2008
- Uncommon
Mohamed Sanu
WR · 2012–2021 · CIN 2012–2015, NE 2019
- Uncommon
Kyle Dugger
DB · 2020–2026 · CIN 2026, NE 2020–2025
- Uncommon
Brandon LaFell
WR · 2010–2018 · CIN 2016–2017, NE 2014–2015
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Artrell Hawkins
DB · 1998–2006 · CIN 1998–2003, NE 2005–2006
- Rare
Jeremy Hill
RB · 2014–2018 · CIN 2014–2017, NE 2018
- Rare
Rex Burkhead
RB · 2013–2022 · CIN 2013–2016, NE 2017–2020
- Rare
Lawrence Guy
DE · 2012–2024 · CIN 2024, NE 2017–2023
- Rare
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
RB · 2008–2013 · CIN 2012–2013, NE 2008–2011
- Rare
Brandon Tate
WR · 2009–2018 · CIN 2011–2015, NE 2009–2010
- Rare
Kelley Washington
WR · 2003–2010 · CIN 2003–2006, NE 2007–2008
- Rare
Sean Davis
DB · 2016–2021 · CIN 2021, NE 2021
- Rare
Mike Nugent
K · 2005–2020 · CIN 2010–2016, NE 2019
- Rare
Troy Hill
CB · 2015–2024 · CIN 2015, NE 2015
- Rare
Marco Wilson
DB · 2021–2025 · CIN 2024–2025, NE 2023–2024
- Rare
Alex Erickson
WR · 2016–2024 · CIN 2016–2020, NE 2024
- Rare
Riley Reiff
T · 2012–2023 · CIN 2021, NE 2023
- Rare
Chris Carter
DB · 1997–2002 · CIN 2000–2001, NE 1997–1999
- Rare
Shayne Graham
SPEC · 2001–2016 · CIN 2003–2009, NE 2010
- Rare
Devin Asiasi
TE · 2020–2022 · CIN 2022, NE 2020–2021
- Rare
Trent Brown
T · 2015–2026 · CIN 2024, NE 2018, 2021–2023
- Rare
Andrew Stueber
OL · 2023–2024 · CIN 2024, NE 2023
- Rare
Ted Karras
OL · 2016–2026 · CIN 2022–2026, NE 2016–2019, 2021
- Rare
Marshall Newhouse
T · 2011–2020 · CIN 2014, NE 2019
- Rare
Xavier Williams
NT · 2015–2021 · CIN 2020, NE 2020
- Rare
Mike Arthur
OL · 1991–1996 · CIN 1991–1992, NE 1993–1994
- Rare
Todd Philcox
QB · 1990–1998 · CIN 1990, 1994, NE 1998
- Rare
Russell Bodine
C · 2014–2019 · CIN 2014–2017, NE 2019
- Rare
Mitchell Wilcox
TE · 2021–2024 · CIN 2021–2023, NE 2024
- Rare
Marquis Flowers
OLB · 2014–2018 · CIN 2014, 2016, NE 2017
- Rare
Joe Giles-Harris
LB · 2019–2026 · CIN 2025–2026, NE 2024
- Rare
Jon Melander
OL · 1991–1994 · CIN 1992, NE 1991
- Rare
Corey Mays
LB · 2006–2010 · CIN 2007–2008, NE 2006–2007
- Rare
David Frisch
TE · 1993–1997 · CIN 1993–1994, NE 1995
- Rare
Lee Johnson
SPEC · 1990–2002 · CIN 1990–1998, NE 1999–2001
- Rare
Sedrick Shaw
RB · 1997–1999 · CIN 1999, NE 1997–1998
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Marc Megna
LB · 1999–2000 · CIN 2000, NE 1999–2000
- Epic
Mike Jordan
OL · 2019–2025 · CIN 2019–2020, NE 2024
- Epic
Alex Redmond
OL · 2017–2021 · CIN 2017–2020, NE 2021
- Epic
Matt Lengel
TE · 2016–2019 · CIN 2016, 2018, NE 2016
- Epic
Clif Groce
RB · 1995–2000 · CIN 1998–2000, NE 1998
- Epic
Scott Rehberg
OL · 1997–2003 · CIN 2000–2003, NE 1997–1998
- Epic
Cory Gilliard
DB · 1997–1999 · CIN 1997, NE 1999
- Legendary
Rico Clark
DB · 1997–1999 · CIN 1999, NE 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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