Players who played for both the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Rams
66 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
66
Players
10
Easy to name
Ball-knower
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 Broncos player to a Rams player through J.J Dielman 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
Von Miller
OLB · 2011–2026 · DEN 2011–2019, 2021, RAM 2021
- Common
Aqib Talib
CB · 2008–2019 · DEN 2014–2017, RAM 2018–2019
- Common
Dre' Bly
DB · 1999–2009 · DEN 2007–2008, RAM 1999–2002
- Uncommon
Blake Bortles
QB · 2014–2021 · DEN 2020, RAM 2019–2020
- Uncommon
Eddie Kennison
WR · 1996–2007 · DEN 2001, RAM 1996–1998
- Uncommon
Leonard Russell
RB · 1991–1996 · DEN 1994, RAM 1995
- Uncommon
Brandon Lloyd
WR · 2003–2014 · DEN 2009–2011, RAM 2011
- Uncommon
Taylor Rapp
DB · 2019–2026 · DEN 2026, RAM 2019–2022
- Uncommon
Wes Welker
WR · 2004–2016 · DEN 2013–2014, RAM 2015–2016
- Uncommon
Josh Reynolds
WR · 2017–2025 · DEN 2024, RAM 2017–2020
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
John Franklin-Myers
DL · 2018–2026 · DEN 2024–2025, RAM 2018
- Rare
Royce Freeman
RB · 2018–2023 · DEN 2018–2020, RAM 2023
- Rare
Tommy Maddox
QB · 1992–2005 · DEN 1992–1993, RAM 1994
- Rare
Nick Vannett
TE · 2016–2026 · DEN 2020, RAM 2025
- Rare
Ryan McNeil
DB · 1993–2003 · DEN 2003, RAM 1997–1998
- Rare
Justin Bannan
DT · 2002–2013 · DEN 2010, 2012, RAM 2011
- Rare
Case Keenum
QB · 2013–2026 · DEN 2018, RAM 2014–2016
- Rare
Gus Frerotte
QB · 1994–2008 · DEN 2000–2001, RAM 2006–2007
- Rare
C.J. Anderson
RB · 2013–2019 · DEN 2013–2017, RAM 2018
- Rare
Darian Stewart
FS · 2010–2019 · DEN 2015–2018, RAM 2010–2013
- Rare
Paris Lenon
OLB · 2002–2013 · DEN 2013, RAM 2009
- Rare
Coty Sensabaugh
CB · 2012–2019 · DEN 2019, RAM 2016
- Rare
Anthony Thompson
LB · 1990–1993 · DEN 1990, RAM 1992–1993
- Rare
Flipper Anderson
WR · 1990–1997 · DEN 1997, RAM 1990–1994
- Rare
Kenny Young
LB · 2018–2022 · DEN 2021, RAM 2019–2021
- Rare
Justin Hollins
LB · 2019–2023 · DEN 2019, RAM 2020–2022
- Rare
Daniel Fells
TE · 2006–2015 · DEN 2011, RAM 2008–2010
- Rare
Kayvon Webster
CB · 2013–2019 · DEN 2013–2016, RAM 2017
- Rare
Mario Haggan
MLB · 2003–2012 · DEN 2008–2011, RAM 2012
- Rare
Gaston Green
RB · 1990–1993 · DEN 1991–1992, RAM 1990
- Rare
Warren Powers
DL · 1990–1993 · DEN 1990–1991, RAM 1992
- Rare
Todd Kinchen
WR · 1992–1998 · DEN 1996, RAM 1992–1995
- Rare
Paul Grasmanis
DL · 1996–2005 · DEN 1999, RAM 1999
- Rare
Britt Hager
LB · 1990–1997 · DEN 1995–1996, RAM 1997
- Rare
Riley Dixon
P · 2016–2026 · DEN 2016–2017, 2023–2024, RAM 2022
- Rare
Will Furrer
QB · 1992–1998 · DEN 1994, RAM 1997
- Rare
Mitch Berger
SPEC · 1994–2009 · DEN 2009, RAM 2002
- Rare
Gerald Perry
OL · 1990–1995 · DEN 1990, RAM 1991–1992
- Rare
Brandon Allen
QB · 2016–2025 · DEN 2019, RAM 2017–2018
- Rare
Maa Tanuvasa
DL · 1993–2001 · DEN 1995–2000, RAM 1993
- Rare
Kasim Edebali
OLB · 2014–2018 · DEN 2017, RAM 2017
- Rare
Lenny Walls
CB · 2002–2007 · DEN 2002–2005, RAM 2007
- Rare
Cliff Hicks
DB · 1990–1995 · DEN 1995, RAM 1990
- Rare
Billy Jenkins
DB · 1997–2002 · DEN 2000–2001, RAM 1997–1999
- Rare
Chris Miller
QB · 1990–1999 · DEN 1999, RAM 1994–1995
- Rare
T.J. Rubley
QB · 1992–1996 · DEN 1996, RAM 1992–1994
- Rare
Howard Griffith
RB · 1993–2001 · DEN 1997–2001, RAM 1993–1994
- Rare
Austin Davis
QB · 2012–2018 · DEN 2016, RAM 2012–2014
- Rare
Ernest Jones
LB · 1994–1999 · DEN 1996–1998, RAM 1994
- Rare
Micah Kiser
LB · 2018–2021 · DEN 2021, RAM 2018, 2020–2021
- Rare
Robert Delpino
RB · 1990–1993 · DEN 1993, RAM 1990–1992
- Rare
Paul Smith
RB · 2000–2007 · DEN 2007, RAM 2006
- Rare
Brett Rypien
QB · 2019–2025 · DEN 2019–2022, RAM 2023
- Epic
Jeff Robinson
DL · 1993–2009 · DEN 1993–1996, RAM 1997–2001, 2005
- Epic
Brett Wallerstedt
LB · 1993–1997 · DEN 1994, RAM 1997
- Epic
Louis Leonard
DT · 2007–2010 · DEN 2010, RAM 2007
- Epic
Wymon Henderson
DB · 1990–1994 · DEN 1990–1992, RAM 1993–1994
- Epic
Tom Brandstater
QB · 2009–2011 · DEN 2009, RAM 2011
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Brandon Gorin
OL · 2001–2009 · DEN 2009, RAM 2007
- Epic
Mike Horan
SPEC · 1990–1999 · DEN 1990–1992, RAM 1997, 1999
- Epic
Shelley Smith
G · 2010–2016 · DEN 2015, RAM 2012–2013
- Epic
Glenell Sanders
LB · 1990–1995 · DEN 1994, RAM 1991
- Epic
Jon Hesse
LB · 1997–1998 · DEN 1997, RAM 1998
- Epic
Temarrick Hemingway
TE · 2016–2021 · DEN 2018, RAM 2016
- Legendary
Antwon Burton
DT · 2006–2009 · DEN 2006–2007, RAM 2008
- Ball-knower
J.J Dielman
OL · 2017 · DEN 2017, RAM 2017
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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