Players who played for both the Buffalo Bills and the Indianapolis Colts

50 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.

Players

Easy to name

Legendary

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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 Bills player to a Colts player through Darick Holmes and the link is rated Legendary (+250 bonus points). The obvious answers score little. The deep cuts are where the big points are.

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Easy to name

Common and Uncommon. The easiest answers between these two teams.

Stephon Gilmore
CB · 2012–2024 · BUF 2012–2016, IND 2022
Common
Frank Gore
RB · 2005–2020 · BUF 2019, IND 2015–2017
Common
Jerry Hughes
DE · 2010–2024 · BUF 2013–2021, IND 2010–2012
Common
Vontae Davis
CB · 2009–2018 · BUF 2018, IND 2012–2017
Common
Xavier Rhodes
CB · 2013–2022 · BUF 2022, IND 2020–2021
Uncommon
Kelvin Sheppard
ILB · 2011–2018 · BUF 2011–2012, IND 2013
Uncommon

In the middle

Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.

Jeff Burris
DB · 1994–2003 · BUF 1994–1997, IND 1998–2001
Rare
Zack Moss
RB · 2020–2024 · BUF 2020–2022, IND 2022–2023
Rare
Nyheim Hines
RB · 2018–2025 · BUF 2022, IND 2018–2022
Rare
Mario Addison
DE · 2011–2022 · BUF 2020–2021, IND 2011–2012
Rare
Tashard Choice
RB · 2008–2013 · BUF 2011–2013, IND 2013
Rare
Cornelius Bennett
LB · 1990–2000 · BUF 1990–1995, IND 1999–2000
Rare
Isaiah McKenzie
WR · 2017–2023 · BUF 2018–2022, IND 2023
Rare
Larry Tripplett
DT · 2002–2007 · BUF 2006–2007, IND 2002–2005
Rare
Will Wolford
OL · 1990–1998 · BUF 1990–1992, IND 1993–1995
Rare
Josh Johnson
QB · 2008–2025 · BUF 2015, IND 2015
Rare
Greg Favors
LB · 1998–2005 · BUF 2002, IND 2002
Rare
Kamar Aiken
WR · 2011–2018 · BUF 2011, IND 2017
Rare
Thomas Smith
DB · 1993–2001 · BUF 1993–1999, IND 2001
Rare
Bill Brooks
WR · 1990–1996 · BUF 1993–1995, IND 1990–1992
Rare
Kelly Holcomb
QB · 1996–2007 · BUF 2005–2006, IND 1996–2000
Rare
Ramon Humber
OLB · 2009–2018 · BUF 2016–2018, IND 2009–2010
Rare
Jerome Felton
FB · 2008–2016 · BUF 2015–2016, IND 2011
Rare
Sergio Brown
DB · 2010–2016 · BUF 2016, IND 2012–2014
Rare
Duke Williams
FS · 2013–2016 · BUF 2013–2016, IND 2016
Rare
Sedrick Van Pran-Granger
OL · 2024–2026 · BUF 2024–2025, IND 2026
Rare
Mike Badgley
K · 2018–2025 · BUF 2025, IND 2021, 2025
Rare
Colt Anderson
DB · 2010–2017 · BUF 2016–2017, IND 2014–2015
Rare
Matt Haack
P · 2017–2025 · BUF 2021, IND 2022
Rare
Billy Joe Hobert
QB · 1993–2000 · BUF 1997, IND 2000
Rare
Dan Herron
RB · 2012–2016 · BUF 2015–2016, IND 2013–2015
Rare
Dave Rayner
K · 2005–2011 · BUF 2011, IND 2005
Rare
Joe Staysniak
OL · 1991–1996 · BUF 1991, IND 1992–1995
Rare
Jamaal Westerman
ILB · 2009–2013 · BUF 2013, IND 2012
Rare
Gary Baldinger
DL · 1990–1992 · BUF 1990–1992, IND 1990
Rare
Ryan Lewis
DB · 2017–2020 · BUF 2018, IND 2019
Rare
Jonathan Williams
RB · 2016–2023 · BUF 2016, IND 2018–2019
Rare
Eli Ankou
DL · 2017–2024 · BUF 2021, 2024, IND 2020
Rare
Tom Myslinski
OL · 1992–2000 · BUF 1993, IND 1998
Rare
Jamon Meredith
T · 2009–2016 · BUF 2009–2010, IND 2014
Epic
Ike Boettger
OL · 2018–2023 · BUF 2018–2022, IND 2023
Epic
Lavar Edwards
DE · 2013–2017 · BUF 2015, IND 2016
Epic

The rarest links

The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.

Travis Brown
QB · 2000–2004 · BUF 2001–2003, IND 2004
Epic
Kellen Heard
DT · 2010–2012 · BUF 2010–2011, IND 2012
Epic
Delano Howell
FS · 2012–2013 · BUF 2012, IND 2012–2013
Epic
Kameron Cline
DL · 2020–2024 · BUF 2024, IND 2020–2022
Epic
Lennox Gordon
RB · 1999–2000 · BUF 1999, IND 2000
Legendary
Eric Smedley
DB · 1996–1999 · BUF 1996–1998, IND 1999
Legendary
Brad Banta
TE · 1994–2004 · BUF 2004, IND 1994–1999
Legendary
Darick Holmes
RB · 1995–1999 · BUF 1995–1998, IND 1999
Legendary

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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