Players who played for both the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers
54 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
54
Players
7
Easy to name
Epic
Best link
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 Steelers player through Lenzie Jackson and the link is rated Epic (+160 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
Joe Haden
CB · 2010–2021 · CLE 2010–2016, PIT 2017–2021
- Common
Jabrill Peppers
DB · 2017–2025 · CLE 2017–2018, PIT 2025
- Uncommon
Morgan Burnett
SS · 2010–2019 · CLE 2019, PIT 2018
- Uncommon
Larry Ogunjobi
DL · 2017–2025 · CLE 2017–2020, PIT 2022–2024
- Uncommon
Joe Schobert
LB · 2016–2022 · CLE 2016–2019, PIT 2021
- Uncommon
Rayshawn Jenkins
DB · 2017–2026 · CLE 2025, PIT 2026
- Uncommon
Juan Thornhill
DB · 2019–2025 · CLE 2023–2024, PIT 2025
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Quincy Morgan
WR · 2001–2006 · CLE 2001–2004, PIT 2005
- Rare
Karl Joseph
DB · 2016–2021 · CLE 2020, PIT 2021
- Rare
Damontae Kazee
DB · 2017–2025 · CLE 2025, PIT 2022–2024
- Rare
Jesse James
TE · 2015–2022 · CLE 2022, PIT 2015–2018
- Rare
Hank Poteat
DB · 2000–2009 · CLE 2009, PIT 2000–2002
- Rare
Earl Holmes
LB · 1996–2005 · CLE 2002, PIT 1996–2001
- Rare
Brian Hoyer
QB · 2009–2023 · CLE 2013–2014, PIT 2012
- Rare
Justin Gilbert
CB · 2014–2016 · CLE 2014–2015, PIT 2016
- Rare
Orpheus Roye
DL · 1996–2008 · CLE 2000–2007, PIT 1996–1999, 2008
- Rare
Devin Bush
LB · 2019–2026 · CLE 2024–2025, PIT 2019–2022
- Rare
Nick Eason
DT · 2004–2012 · CLE 2004–2006, PIT 2007–2010
- Rare
Joshua Dobbs
QB · 2017–2026 · CLE 2022, PIT 2017–2020
- Rare
Sammie Coates
WR · 2015–2018 · CLE 2017, PIT 2015–2016
- Rare
Dustin Colquitt
P · 2005–2021 · CLE 2021, PIT 2020
- Rare
B.W. Webb
CB · 2013–2019 · CLE 2017, PIT 2014
- Rare
Bruce Gradkowski
QB · 2006–2014 · CLE 2008, PIT 2013–2014
- Rare
Chris Gardocki
SPEC · 1991–2006 · CLE 1999–2003, PIT 2004–2006
- Rare
Ricardo Colclough
CB · 2004–2009 · CLE 2007, PIT 2004–2007
- Rare
Kendrick Green
OL · 2021–2025 · CLE 2025, PIT 2021
- Rare
L.J. Fort
MLB · 2012–2020 · CLE 2012, PIT 2015–2018
- Rare
Daniel Ekuale
DL · 2019–2025 · CLE 2019, PIT 2025
- Rare
John Rienstra
OL · 1990–1992 · CLE 1991–1992, PIT 1990
- Rare
Alan Haller
DB · 1992–1995 · CLE 1992, PIT 1992–1993
- Rare
Dee Brown
RB · 2001–2006 · CLE 2004, PIT 2003
- Rare
Mike Tomczak
QB · 1990–2000 · CLE 1992, PIT 1993–1999
- Rare
Anthony Madison
CB · 2006–2011 · CLE 2009, PIT 2006–2010
- Rare
Zach Banner
OL · 2017–2021 · CLE 2017, PIT 2018–2021
- Rare
Joe Haeg
OL · 2016–2022 · CLE 2022, PIT 2021
- Rare
Dan Fike
OL · 1990–1993 · CLE 1990–1992, PIT 1993
- Rare
Chris Hubbard
G · 2014–2025 · CLE 2018–2022, PIT 2014–2017
- Rare
Tom Myslinski
OL · 1992–2000 · CLE 1992, PIT 1996–1997, 2000
- Epic
David Dunn
WR · 1995–2001 · CLE 1999, PIT 1998
- Epic
Thomas Graham Jr.
DB · 2021–2024 · CLE 2022, PIT 2024
- Epic
Paul Ernster
P · 2005–2008 · CLE 2007, PIT 2008
- Epic
Marvin Philip
C · 2006–2007 · CLE 2007, PIT 2006–2007
- Epic
Harold Bishop
TE · 1994–1999 · CLE 1995, PIT 1998–1999
- Epic
Arnold Harrison
LB · 2006–2009 · CLE 2009, PIT 2006–2007, 2009
- Epic
Lonnie Palelei
OL · 1993–1999 · CLE 1995, PIT 1993–1995
- Epic
Terrell Watson
RB · 2016–2017 · CLE 2016, PIT 2017
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Bill Johnson
DL · 1992–1999 · CLE 1992–1994, PIT 1995–1996
- Epic
Brian Allen
DB · 2017–2021 · CLE 2021, PIT 2017–2018
- Epic
George Jones
RB · 1997–1999 · CLE 1999, PIT 1997
- Epic
R.J. Bowers
RB · 2001–2003 · CLE 2002–2003, PIT 2001
- Epic
Scott Paxson
DT · 2008–2011 · CLE 2011, PIT 2008
- Epic
Patrick Washington
RB · 2001–2002 · CLE 2002, PIT 2002
- Epic
Fred Foggie
DB · 1992–1994 · CLE 1992, PIT 1994
- Epic
Lenzie Jackson
WR · 1999–2001 · CLE 2000, PIT 2001
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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