Players who played for both the Arizona Cardinals and the Washington Commanders
73 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
73
Players
9
Easy to name
Ball-knower
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 Cardinals player to a Commanders player through Curtis Gatewood 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
Adrian Peterson
RB · 2007–2021 · ARI 2017, WAS 2018–2019
- Common
Zach Ertz
TE · 2013–2026 · ARI 2021–2023, WAS 2024–2025
- Common
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
CB · 2008–2019 · ARI 2008–2010, WAS 2019
- Uncommon
Vonnie Holliday
DL · 1998–2012 · ARI 2011–2012, WAS 2010
- Uncommon
Michael Floyd
WR · 2012–2018 · ARI 2012–2016, WAS 2018
- Uncommon
Jacoby Brissett
QB · 2016–2026 · ARI 2025–2026, WAS 2023
- Uncommon
D.J. Swearinger
FS · 2013–2020 · ARI 2015–2016, 2018–2019, WAS 2017–2018
- Uncommon
Andre Roberts
WR · 2010–2022 · ARI 2010–2013, WAS 2014–2015
- Uncommon
Alfred Morris
RB · 2012–2020 · ARI 2019, WAS 2012–2015
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Chris Moore
WR · 2016–2026 · ARI 2024, WAS 2025
- Rare
Robbie Chosen
WR · 2016–2025 · ARI 2022, WAS 2025
- Rare
David Amerson
CB · 2013–2018 · ARI 2018, WAS 2013–2015
- Rare
Colt McCoy
QB · 2010–2022 · ARI 2021–2022, WAS 2014–2019
- Rare
Chase Edmonds
RB · 2018–2025 · ARI 2018–2021, WAS 2025
- Rare
David Macklin
DB · 2000–2008 · ARI 2004–2006, WAS 2007
- Rare
Larry Centers
RB · 1990–2003 · ARI 1990–1998, WAS 1999–2000
- Rare
Lorenzo Alexander
DT · 2007–2019 · ARI 2013–2014, WAS 2007–2012
- Rare
Tim Hightower
RB · 2008–2016 · ARI 2008–2010, WAS 2011
- Rare
Greg Toler
CB · 2009–2016 · ARI 2009–2010, 2012, WAS 2016
- Rare
Ken Harvey
LB · 1990–1998 · ARI 1990–1993, WAS 1994–1998
- Rare
Wilber Marshall
LB · 1990–1995 · ARI 1994, WAS 1990–1992
- Rare
Gary Clark
WR · 1990–1995 · ARI 1993–1994, WAS 1990–1992
- Rare
Carlos Watkins
DL · 2017–2025 · ARI 2023, WAS 2024
- Rare
Ricky Seals-Jones
TE · 2017–2021 · ARI 2017–2018, WAS 2021
- Rare
Antonio Hamilton
DB · 2016–2025 · ARI 2021–2023, WAS 2025
- Rare
Terry Hoage
DB · 1990–1996 · ARI 1994–1996, WAS 1991–1992
- Rare
Tom Tupa
QB · 1990–2004 · ARI 1990–1991, WAS 2004
- Rare
Adrian Murrell
RB · 1993–2003 · ARI 1998–1999, WAS 2000
- Rare
Peppi Zellner
DL · 1999–2004 · ARI 2004, WAS 2003
- Rare
Eric Metcalf
RB · 1990–2002 · ARI 1998, WAS 2001
- Rare
Jeff Driskel
QB · 2016–2025 · ARI 2023, WAS 2024–2025
- Rare
Pete Kendall
OL · 1996–2008 · ARI 2001–2003, WAS 2007–2008
- Rare
Steven Sims
WR · 2019–2025 · ARI 2025, WAS 2019–2020
- Rare
Zane Gonzalez
K · 2017–2025 · ARI 2018–2020, WAS 2024
- Rare
Logan Thomas
QB · 2014–2023 · ARI 2014, WAS 2020–2023
- Rare
Darren Hall
DB · 2021–2026 · ARI 2024–2025, WAS 2026
- Rare
Ifeanyi Ohalete
DB · 2001–2005 · ARI 2004, WAS 2001–2003
- Rare
Jonathan Cooper
G · 2014–2019 · ARI 2014–2015, WAS 2018
- Rare
Cedric Smith
RB · 1990–1998 · ARI 1996–1998, WAS 1994–1995
- Rare
Nick Novak
K · 2005–2017 · ARI 2005, WAS 2005–2006
- Rare
Tanner Vallejo
LB · 2017–2022 · ARI 2019–2022, WAS 2019
- Rare
Kent Graham
QB · 1992–2002 · ARI 1996–1997, WAS 2001
- Rare
Stacy McGee
NT · 2013–2020 · ARI 2020, WAS 2017–2018
- Rare
Greg Jones
LB · 1997–2002 · ARI 2002, WAS 1997–2000
- Rare
Caraun Reid
DT · 2014–2021 · ARI 2019, WAS 2017
- Rare
Ben Coleman
OL · 1993–2001 · ARI 1993–1995, WAS 2001
- Rare
Barron Tanner
DL · 1997–2003 · ARI 2000–2003, WAS 1999
- Rare
Chris Jacke
SPEC · 1990–1999 · ARI 1998–1999, WAS 1997
- Rare
Tim Hasselbeck
QB · 2002–2007 · ARI 2007, WAS 2003–2004
- Rare
Keith Ismael
OL · 2020–2023 · ARI 2023, WAS 2020–2021
- Rare
Keith Rucker
DL · 1992–1997 · ARI 1992–1993, WAS 1997
- Epic
Robert Williams
DB · 1990–1993 · ARI 1992, WAS 1993
- Epic
Tyronne Stowe
LB · 1990–1996 · ARI 1991–1993, WAS 1994
- Epic
Jim Wahler
DL · 1990–1993 · ARI 1990–1992, WAS 1992–1993
- Epic
Crezdon Butler
CB · 2010–2016 · ARI 2012, WAS 2012
- Epic
Vernice Smith
OL · 1990–1997 · ARI 1990–1992, WAS 1993–1995
- Epic
Jeff Faulkner
DL · 1990–1996 · ARI 1991–1992, WAS 1993
- Epic
Cary Blanchard
SPEC · 1992–2001 · ARI 2000–2001, WAS 1998
- Epic
Vinston Painter
T · 2014–2017 · ARI 2017, WAS 2016
- Epic
Breon Borders
DB · 2017–2023 · ARI 2021, WAS 2019
- Epic
Richard Bartel
QB · 2008–2011 · ARI 2010–2011, WAS 2009
- Epic
Bobby Price
DB · 2020–2024 · ARI 2023, WAS 2024
- Epic
Paul Fanaika
G · 2009–2014 · ARI 2013–2014, WAS 2009
- Epic
D'Anthony Batiste
G · 2006–2012 · ARI 2010–2012, WAS 2008–2009
- Epic
Blaine Clausell
OL · 2016–2018 · ARI 2018, WAS 2016
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Milo Eifler
LB · 2021–2024 · ARI 2024, WAS 2021–2022
- Epic
Ryan Winslow
P · 2019–2021 · ARI 2019, 2021, WAS 2021
- Epic
Randy Kirk
LB · 1990–1999 · ARI 1994–1995, WAS 1990
- Epic
Tito Paul
DB · 1995–1999 · ARI 1995–1997, WAS 1999
- Epic
Harlan Miller
DB · 2016–2018 · ARI 2016–2017, WAS 2018
- Epic
Jace Whittaker
DB · 2020–2023 · ARI 2020–2022, WAS 2023
- Legendary
Pete Robertson
LB · 2016–2019 · ARI 2019, WAS 2017
- Ball-knower
Curtis Gatewood
LB · 2008–2010 · ARI 2010, WAS 2009
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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