Players who played for both the Arizona Cardinals and the Las Vegas Raiders
75 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
75
Players
11
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 Cardinals player to a Raiders player through Gabe Holmes 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
Carson Palmer
QB · 2003–2017 · ARI 2013–2017, RAI 2011–2012
- Common
Chandler Jones
DE · 2012–2022 · ARI 2016–2021, RAI 2022
- Common
Michael Crabtree
WR · 2009–2019 · ARI 2019, RAI 2015–2017
- Common
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
CB · 2008–2019 · ARI 2008–2010, RAI 2018
- Uncommon
LaMarr Woodley
OLB · 2007–2015 · ARI 2015, RAI 2014
- Uncommon
Zay Jones
WR · 2017–2025 · ARI 2024–2025, RAI 2019–2021
- Uncommon
Kenyan Drake
RB · 2016–2023 · ARI 2019–2020, RAI 2021
- Uncommon
Josh McCown
QB · 2002–2019 · ARI 2002–2005, RAI 2007
- Uncommon
D.J. Swearinger
FS · 2013–2020 · ARI 2015–2016, 2018–2019, RAI 2019
- Uncommon
Duane Starks
DB · 1998–2006 · ARI 2002, 2004, RAI 2006
- Uncommon
Antonio Smith
DE · 2004–2016 · ARI 2004–2008, RAI 2014
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Frostee Rucker
DE · 2007–2018 · ARI 2013–2017, RAI 2018
- Rare
Tahir Whitehead
OLB · 2012–2021 · ARI 2021, RAI 2018–2019
- Rare
Tyvon Branch
SS · 2008–2017 · ARI 2016–2017, RAI 2008–2014
- Rare
David Amerson
CB · 2013–2018 · ARI 2018, RAI 2015–2017
- Rare
Renaldo Hill
DB · 2001–2010 · ARI 2001–2004, RAI 2005
- Rare
Matt Leinart
QB · 2006–2012 · ARI 2006–2009, RAI 2012
- Rare
Lorenzo Alexander
DT · 2007–2019 · ARI 2013–2014, RAI 2015
- Rare
Mike Glennon
QB · 2013–2022 · ARI 2018, RAI 2019
- Rare
Gardner Minshew
QB · 2019–2026 · ARI 2026, RAI 2024
- Rare
Rob Fredrickson
LB · 1994–2002 · ARI 1999–2002, RAI 1994–1997
- Rare
Quentin Groves
DE · 2008–2014 · ARI 2012, RAI 2010–2011
- Rare
Trayvon Mullen
DB · 2019–2022 · ARI 2022, RAI 2019–2021
- Rare
Andrew Billings
DL · 2017–2026 · ARI 2026, RAI 2022
- Rare
Tommy Kelly
DT · 2004–2014 · ARI 2014, RAI 2004–2012
- Rare
Brian Hoyer
QB · 2009–2023 · ARI 2012, RAI 2023
- Rare
Dan Williams
NT · 2010–2016 · ARI 2010–2014, RAI 2015–2016
- Rare
Bilal Nichols
DL · 2018–2025 · ARI 2024–2025, RAI 2022–2023
- Rare
Mike Nugent
K · 2005–2020 · ARI 2009, 2020, RAI 2018
- Rare
Matt Shaughnessy
DE · 2009–2016 · ARI 2013–2014, RAI 2009–2012
- Rare
Benson Mayowa
DE · 2013–2021 · ARI 2018, RAI 2014–2015, 2019
- Rare
Sio Moore
OLB · 2013–2016 · ARI 2016, RAI 2013–2014
- Rare
J.J. Nelson
WR · 2015–2019 · ARI 2015–2018, RAI 2019
- Rare
Clinton McDonald
DT · 2010–2019 · ARI 2019, RAI 2018
- Rare
Jay Schroeder
QB · 1990–1994 · ARI 1994, RAI 1990–1992
- Rare
Jared Veldheer
C · 2010–2023 · ARI 2014–2017, RAI 2010–2013
- Rare
Leki Fotu
DL · 2020–2025 · ARI 2020–2023, RAI 2025
- Rare
Pharaoh Brown
TE · 2017–2026 · ARI 2025, RAI 2017
- Rare
Josh Mauro
DE · 2014–2021 · ARI 2014–2017, 2020–2021, RAI 2019
- Rare
Antonio Hamilton
DB · 2016–2025 · ARI 2021–2023, RAI 2016–2017
- Rare
Rodney Hudson
C · 2011–2022 · ARI 2021–2022, RAI 2015–2020
- Rare
Khalif Barnes
T · 2005–2017 · ARI 2017, RAI 2009–2015
- Rare
Teyo Johnson
TE · 2003–2005 · ARI 2005, RAI 2003–2004
- Rare
Darryl Blackstock
OLB · 2005–2011 · ARI 2005–2007, RAI 2011
- Rare
Jonathan Cooper
G · 2014–2019 · ARI 2014–2015, RAI 2019
- Rare
Joe Barksdale
T · 2011–2018 · ARI 2018, RAI 2011–2012
- Rare
Rick Cunningham
OL · 1990–1998 · ARI 1992–1994, RAI 1996–1998
- Rare
Lorenzo Lynch
DB · 1990–1997 · ARI 1990–1995, RAI 1996–1997
- Rare
Stacy McGee
NT · 2013–2020 · ARI 2020, RAI 2013–2016
- Rare
Matt McCrane
K · 2018 · ARI 2018, RAI 2018
- Rare
Joe Nedney
SPEC · 1996–2010 · ARI 1997–1999, RAI 1999
- Rare
Anthony Bell
LB · 1990–1992 · ARI 1990, RAI 1992
- Rare
Jacquies Smith
DE · 2014–2018 · ARI 2018, RAI 2018
- Rare
Jeremy Ross
WR · 2012–2016 · ARI 2016, RAI 2015
- Rare
Curtis Riley
DB · 2016–2020 · ARI 2020, RAI 2019
- Rare
Fred Wakefield
DL · 2001–2008 · ARI 2001–2003, 2005–2006, RAI 2008
- Epic
Rich Camarillo
SPEC · 1990–1996 · ARI 1990–1993, RAI 1996
- Epic
Zachary Carter
DL · 2022–2025 · ARI 2025, RAI 2024
- Epic
Chris Cooper
DL · 2001–2007 · ARI 2006–2007, RAI 2001–2003
- Epic
Bene' Benwikere
CB · 2014–2018 · ARI 2018, RAI 2018
- Epic
Lester Holmes
OL · 1993–2000 · ARI 1998–2000, RAI 1997
- Epic
Aaron Graham
OL · 1996–2002 · ARI 1996–1999, RAI 2001
- Epic
James Folston
LB · 1994–2001 · ARI 1999–2001, RAI 1994–1998
- Epic
Greg Davis
SPEC · 1990–1998 · ARI 1991–1996, RAI 1998
- Epic
Bryan McCann
CB · 2010–2013 · ARI 2013, RAI 2011
- Epic
Jackson Barton
OL · 2020–2024 · ARI 2023–2024, RAI 2021–2022
- Epic
Trey Junkin
LB · 1990–2001 · ARI 1996–2001, RAI 1996
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Eric Johnson
DB · 2000–2005 · ARI 2005, RAI 2000–2003
- Epic
Justin Murray
OL · 2017–2023 · ARI 2019–2021, RAI 2018
- Epic
Todd Watkins
WR · 2006–2009 · ARI 2006, RAI 2008–2009
- Epic
Derek Brown
TE · 1992–2000 · ARI 1999–2000, RAI 1998
- Epic
Elston Ridgle
DL · 1990–1993 · ARI 1990, RAI 1993
- Epic
Antoine McClain
G · 2013–2016 · ARI 2016, RAI 2013
- Epic
Ricky Lumpkin
NT · 2012–2016 · ARI 2012, RAI 2013–2014
- Ball-knower
Gabe Holmes
TE · 2015–2018 · ARI 2017–2018, RAI 2015
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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