Players who played for both the Cincinnati Bengals and the New Orleans Saints
44 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
44
Players
8
Easy to name
Legendary
Best link
Chains matchup: Friendly. 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 Saints player through Gunnard Twynner 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
Andy Dalton
QB · 2011–2026 · CIN 2011–2019, NO 2022
- Common
Noah Fant
TE · 2019–2026 · CIN 2025, NO 2026
- Common
Sheldon Rankins
DL · 2016–2026 · CIN 2024, NO 2016–2020
- Common
Trey Hendrickson
DL · 2017–2026 · CIN 2021–2025, NO 2017–2020
- Common
Vonn Bell
DB · 2016–2024 · CIN 2020–2022, 2024, NO 2016–2019
- Uncommon
Eli Apple
DB · 2016–2025 · CIN 2021–2022, NO 2018–2019
- Uncommon
Brian Simmons
LB · 1998–2007 · CIN 1998–2006, NO 2007
- Uncommon
Ashley Ambrose
DB · 1992–2004 · CIN 1996–1998, NO 1999, 2003–2004
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Lorenzo Neal
RB · 1993–2008 · CIN 2001–2002, NO 1993–1996
- Rare
Brian Leonard
RB · 2007–2014 · CIN 2009–2012, NO 2014
- Rare
Brandon Tate
WR · 2009–2018 · CIN 2011–2015, NO 2018
- Rare
Jeff Blake
QB · 1992–2005 · CIN 1994–1999, NO 2000–2001
- Rare
Margus Hunt
DE · 2013–2021 · CIN 2013–2016, 2020, NO 2020
- Rare
Willie Jackson
WR · 1994–2002 · CIN 1998–1999, NO 2000–2001
- Rare
Kevin Kaesviharn
DB · 2001–2009 · CIN 2001–2006, NO 2007–2008
- Rare
Ki-Jana Carter
RB · 1995–2004 · CIN 1995–1999, NO 2003–2004
- Rare
B.W. Webb
CB · 2013–2019 · CIN 2019, NO 2016
- Rare
Isaiah Foskey
DL · 2023–2025 · CIN 2025, NO 2023–2024
- Rare
Jimmy Spencer
DB · 1992–2003 · CIN 1996–1997, NO 1992–1995
- Rare
Jeff Faine
C · 2003–2012 · CIN 2012, NO 2006–2007
- Rare
Shayne Graham
SPEC · 2001–2016 · CIN 2003–2009, NO 2013–2014
- Rare
J.T. O'Sullivan
QB · 2002–2010 · CIN 2009, NO 2002–2004
- Rare
Kasim Edebali
OLB · 2014–2018 · CIN 2018, NO 2014–2017
- Rare
John Johnson
LB · 1991–1995 · CIN 1994, NO 1995
- Rare
Stanford Jennings
RB · 1990–1992 · CIN 1990, NO 1991
- Rare
Anthony Zettel
DL · 2016–2020 · CIN 2019, NO 2020
- Rare
Ray Zellars
RB · 1995–1998 · CIN 1998, NO 1995–1998
- Rare
Jerry Fontenot
OL · 1990–2004 · CIN 2004, NO 1997–2003
- Rare
Wesley Carroll
WR · 1991–1993 · CIN 1993, NO 1991–1992
- Rare
Mike McGlynn
G · 2009–2016 · CIN 2011, NO 2015–2016
- Rare
Lucas Patrick
OL · 2017–2026 · CIN 2025, NO 2024
- Rare
Shaun Smith
DT · 2004–2012 · CIN 2004–2006, 2009, NO 2004
- Rare
Skyler Green
WR · 2006–2008 · CIN 2006–2007, NO 2008
- Rare
Ryan Glasgow
DL · 2017–2020 · CIN 2017–2019, NO 2020
- Rare
Christian Ringo
DL · 2016–2022 · CIN 2017–2018, NO 2021–2022
- Rare
KeiVarae Russell
DB · 2016–2021 · CIN 2016–2018, NO 2021
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Rare
Cal Adomitis
LS · 2022–2026 · CIN 2022–2024, NO 2026
- Rare
Paul Jetton
OL · 1990–1993 · CIN 1990–1991, NO 1992–1993
- Rare
Curtis Keaton
RB · 2000–2002 · CIN 2000–2001, NO 2002
- Epic
Orien Harris
DE · 2006–2009 · CIN 2008–2009, NO 2007
- Epic
Brian Milne
RB · 1996–2000 · CIN 1996–1999, NO 2000
- Epic
Nate Lawrie
TE · 2004–2008 · CIN 2007–2008, NO 2005–2006
- Epic
Darius Hillary
DB · 2016–2018 · CIN 2016, NO 2018
- Legendary
Gunnard Twynner
WR · 1997–1998 · CIN 1997, NO 1997–1998
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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