Players who played for both the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets
90 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
90
Players
10
Easy to name
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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 Browns player to a Jets player through Geno Bell and the link is rated Unicorn (+600 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
Kellen Winslow
TE · 2004–2013 · CLE 2004, 2006–2008, NYJ 2013
- Common
Sheldon Richardson
DT · 2013–2021 · CLE 2019–2020, NYJ 2013–2016
- Common
Joe Flacco
QB · 2008–2026 · CLE 2023, 2025, NYJ 2020–2022
- Common
Demario Davis
ILB · 2012–2026 · CLE 2016, NYJ 2012–2015, 2017, 2026
- Uncommon
Vinny Testaverde
QB · 1990–2007 · CLE 1993–1995, NYJ 1998–2003, 2005
- Uncommon
Quincy Williams
LB · 2019–2026 · CLE 2026, NYJ 2021–2025
- Uncommon
Josh McCown
QB · 2002–2019 · CLE 2015–2016, NYJ 2017–2018
- Uncommon
Elijah Moore
WR · 2021–2026 · CLE 2023–2024, NYJ 2021–2022
- Uncommon
Buster Skrine
CB · 2011–2021 · CLE 2011–2014, NYJ 2015–2018
- Uncommon
Breshad Perriman
WR · 2016–2022 · CLE 2018, NYJ 2020
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
David Bowens
LB · 1999–2010 · CLE 2009–2010, NYJ 2007–2008
- Rare
Erik McMillan
DB · 1990–1993 · CLE 1993, NYJ 1990–1992
- Rare
Eric Barton
LB · 1999–2010 · CLE 2009–2010, NYJ 2004–2008
- Rare
Tyrod Taylor
QB · 2011–2026 · CLE 2018, NYJ 2024–2025
- Rare
Brodney Pool
SS · 2005–2011 · CLE 2005–2009, NYJ 2010–2011
- Rare
Jim Leonhard
FS · 2005–2014 · CLE 2014, NYJ 2009–2011
- Rare
Takk McKinley
DL · 2017–2024 · CLE 2021, NYJ 2024
- Rare
Shelby Harris
DE · 2014–2026 · CLE 2023–2025, NYJ 2016
- Rare
Ray Mickens
DB · 1996–2006 · CLE 2005, NYJ 1996–2003
- Rare
Quinton Jefferson
DL · 2016–2025 · CLE 2024, NYJ 2023
- Rare
Hank Poteat
DB · 2000–2009 · CLE 2009, NYJ 2006–2008
- Rare
Pierre Desir
CB · 2014–2021 · CLE 2014–2015, NYJ 2020
- Rare
Kenyon Coleman
DE · 2002–2012 · CLE 2009–2010, NYJ 2007–2008
- Rare
Braylon Edwards
WR · 2005–2012 · CLE 2005–2009, NYJ 2009–2010, 2012
- Rare
Isaiah Crowell
RB · 2014–2018 · CLE 2014–2017, NYJ 2018
- Rare
Andrew Sendejo
DB · 2010–2021 · CLE 2020, NYJ 2011
- Rare
Barry Gardner
LB · 1999–2005 · CLE 2003–2004, NYJ 2005
- Rare
Malachi Corley
WR · 2024–2026 · CLE 2025–2026, NYJ 2024
- Rare
Pepper Johnson
LB · 1990–1998 · CLE 1993–1995, NYJ 1997–1998
- Rare
Anthony Pleasant
DL · 1990–2003 · CLE 1990–1995, NYJ 1998–1999
- Rare
Josh Cribbs
WR · 2005–2014 · CLE 2005–2012, NYJ 2013
- Rare
Abram Elam
SS · 2006–2012 · CLE 2009–2010, NYJ 2007–2008
- Rare
Webster Slaughter
WR · 1990–1998 · CLE 1990–1991, NYJ 1996
- Rare
Josh Johnson
QB · 2008–2025 · CLE 2012, NYJ 2021
- Rare
B.J. Goodson
LB · 2016–2021 · CLE 2020, NYJ 2021
- Rare
Omar Stoutmire
DB · 1997–2007 · CLE 1999, NYJ 1999
- Rare
Bobby Hamilton
DL · 1994–2007 · CLE 2007, NYJ 1996–1999, 2006
- Rare
Scott Frost
DB · 1998–2003 · CLE 2001, NYJ 1998–2000
- Rare
Juston Burris
DB · 2016–2022 · CLE 2018–2019, NYJ 2016–2018
- Rare
Tom Tupa
QB · 1990–2004 · CLE 1993–1995, NYJ 1999–2001
- Rare
Jowon Briggs
DL · 2024–2026 · CLE 2024, NYJ 2025–2026
- Rare
Terrelle Pryor
QB · 2011–2018 · CLE 2015–2016, NYJ 2018
- Rare
Jason Trusnik
LB · 2007–2016 · CLE 2009–2010, NYJ 2007–2009
- Rare
Perrion Winfrey
DL · 2022–2025 · CLE 2022, NYJ 2023
- Rare
Chase McLaughlin
K · 2019–2026 · CLE 2021, NYJ 2020
- Rare
Sheldrick Redwine
DB · 2019–2023 · CLE 2019–2020, NYJ 2021
- Rare
Chansi Stuckey
WR · 2008–2011 · CLE 2009–2010, NYJ 2008–2009
- Rare
Ibraheim Campbell
SS · 2015–2021 · CLE 2015–2017, NYJ 2018
- Rare
C.J. Mosley
DT · 2005–2015 · CLE 2009, NYJ 2006–2008
- Rare
Greg Joseph
K · 2018–2024 · CLE 2018, NYJ 2024
- Rare
Riley Patterson
K · 2021–2026 · CLE 2023–2024, NYJ 2024
- Rare
Austin Seibert
K · 2019–2024 · CLE 2019–2020, NYJ 2023
- Rare
Adrian Colbert
DB · 2017–2024 · CLE 2021, NYJ 2021
- Rare
Corey Lemonier
OLB · 2013–2016 · CLE 2016, NYJ 2016
- Rare
Elijah McGuire
RB · 2017–2020 · CLE 2019, NYJ 2017–2018
- Rare
Larry Webster
DL · 1992–2002 · CLE 1995, NYJ 2002
- Rare
Brett Conway
SPEC · 1997–2003 · CLE 2003, NYJ 2000
- Rare
Craig Powell
LB · 1995–1998 · CLE 1995, NYJ 1998
- Rare
Rick Lyle
DL · 1994–2003 · CLE 1994–1995, NYJ 1997–2001
- Rare
Brenden Bates
TE · 2024–2025 · CLE 2024–2025, NYJ 2024
- Rare
Kai Nacua
DB · 2017–2021 · CLE 2017, NYJ 2021
- Epic
Xavier Cooper
DE · 2015–2017 · CLE 2015–2016, NYJ 2017
- Epic
Reggie Hodges
P · 2005–2012 · CLE 2009–2010, 2012, NYJ 2008
- Epic
Leon McFadden
CB · 2013–2017 · CLE 2013, NYJ 2014
- Epic
Lawrence Cager
WR · 2020–2025 · CLE 2021, NYJ 2020, 2022
- Epic
Jarrick Bernard-Converse
DB · 2023–2025 · CLE 2025, NYJ 2023–2024
- Epic
Ernie Logan
DL · 1991–2000 · CLE 1991–1993, NYJ 1997–2000
- Epic
Jake Moreland
TE · 2000–2001 · CLE 2001, NYJ 2000–2001
- Epic
James Brown
OL · 1993–2000 · CLE 2000, NYJ 1993–1995
- Epic
James Burgess
LB · 2016–2020 · CLE 2017–2018, NYJ 2019
- Epic
Damon Dunn
WR · 1999–2000 · CLE 1999–2000, NYJ 2000
- Epic
Scott Solomon
DE · 2012–2015 · CLE 2014–2015, NYJ 2013
- Epic
James Dearth
TE · 1999–2009 · CLE 1999, NYJ 2001–2009
- Epic
Aaron Berry
CB · 2010–2014 · CLE 2014, NYJ 2012
- Epic
Brett Ratliff
QB · 2008–2009 · CLE 2009, NYJ 2008
- Epic
Brian Hansen
SPEC · 1990–1999 · CLE 1991–1993, NYJ 1994–1998
- Epic
Lonnie Palelei
OL · 1993–1999 · CLE 1995, NYJ 1997
- Epic
Michael Bates
WR · 1993–2003 · CLE 1995, NYJ 2003
- Epic
JoJo Natson
WR · 2017–2021 · CLE 2020–2021, NYJ 2017
- Epic
Earthwind Moreland
DB · 2000–2004 · CLE 2001, NYJ 2000
- Epic
Dave Yovanovits
G · 2003–2005 · CLE 2005, NYJ 2003–2004
- Epic
Patrick Washington
RB · 2001–2002 · CLE 2002, NYJ 2002
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
J.T. Hassell
DB · 2019–2020 · CLE 2019, NYJ 2020
- Epic
Jim Bundren
OL · 1998–2000 · CLE 1999–2000, NYJ 1998
- Epic
Alex Bernstein
DL · 1997–2000 · CLE 1999, NYJ 1998
- Legendary
Brandin Bryant
DL · 2016–2022 · CLE 2019, NYJ 2016
- Legendary
B.J. Bello
LB · 2017–2020 · CLE 2017, NYJ 2019
- Ball-knower
Robert Nelson
CB · 2014–2017 · CLE 2014, NYJ 2017
- Ball-knower
Elijah Benton
DB · 2020–2021 · CLE 2020, NYJ 2021
- Unicorn
Geno Bell
DL · 1998–2000 · CLE 2000, NYJ 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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