Players who played for both the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers
59 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
59
Players
11
Easy to name
Legendary
Best link
Chains matchup: Friendly. 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 Steelers player through Rashaad Coward and the link is rated Legendary (+250 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
Patrick Peterson
CB · 2011–2023 · ARI 2011–2020, PIT 2023
- Common
Joey Porter
LB · 1999–2011 · ARI 2010–2011, PIT 1999–2006
- Uncommon
LaMarr Woodley
OLB · 2007–2015 · ARI 2015, PIT 2007–2013
- Uncommon
Alan Faneca
OL · 1998–2010 · ARI 2010, PIT 1998–2007
- Uncommon
James Conner
RB · 2017–2025 · ARI 2021–2025, PIT 2017–2020
- Uncommon
Rashard Mendenhall
RB · 2008–2013 · ARI 2013, PIT 2008–2012
- Uncommon
Markus Golden
LB · 2015–2023 · ARI 2015–2018, 2020–2022, PIT 2023
- Uncommon
Larry Foote
ILB · 2002–2014 · ARI 2014, PIT 2002–2008, 2010–2013
- Uncommon
Sean Murphy-Bunting
DB · 2019–2026 · ARI 2024, PIT 2026
- Uncommon
Bryant McFadden
CB · 2005–2011 · ARI 2009, PIT 2005–2008, 2010–2011
- Uncommon
Clark Haggans
LB · 2000–2012 · ARI 2008–2011, PIT 2000–2007
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
William Gay
CB · 2007–2017 · ARI 2012, PIT 2007–2011, 2013–2017
- Rare
Cassius Marsh
DE · 2014–2021 · ARI 2019, PIT 2020
- Rare
Leonard Pope
TE · 2006–2012 · ARI 2006–2008, PIT 2012
- Rare
Brian Hoyer
QB · 2009–2023 · ARI 2012, PIT 2012
- Rare
Brent Alexander
DB · 1994–2005 · ARI 1994–1997, PIT 2000–2003
- Rare
Nick Eason
DT · 2004–2012 · ARI 2011–2012, PIT 2007–2010
- Rare
Joshua Dobbs
QB · 2017–2026 · ARI 2023, PIT 2017–2020
- Rare
Kendrick Clancy
DL · 2000–2009 · ARI 2006, PIT 2000–2004
- Rare
Jerame Tuman
TE · 1999–2008 · ARI 2008, PIT 1999–2007
- Rare
Josh Jackson
DB · 2018–2022 · ARI 2022, PIT 2022
- Rare
Brandon Johnson
OLB · 2006–2012 · ARI 2006–2007, PIT 2012
- Rare
Isaac Seumalo
OL · 2016–2026 · ARI 2026, PIT 2023–2025
- Rare
Jonathan Dwyer
RB · 2010–2014 · ARI 2014, PIT 2010–2013
- Rare
Steven Sims
WR · 2019–2025 · ARI 2025, PIT 2021–2022
- Rare
Mitch Berger
SPEC · 1994–2009 · ARI 2007, PIT 2008
- Rare
Marcus Gilbert
T · 2011–2019 · ARI 2019, PIT 2011–2018
- Rare
LaRod Stephens-Howling
RB · 2009–2013 · ARI 2009–2012, PIT 2013
- Rare
Rodney Bailey
DL · 2001–2007 · ARI 2007, PIT 2001–2003, 2006
- Rare
Chris Oldham
DB · 1990–2001 · ARI 1991–1994, PIT 1995–1999
- Rare
Kent Graham
QB · 1992–2002 · ARI 1996–1997, PIT 2000
- Rare
Todd Peterson
SPEC · 1994–2005 · ARI 1994, PIT 2002
- Rare
Dan Kreider
RB · 2000–2009 · ARI 2009, PIT 2000–2007
- Rare
Kelvin Beachum
G · 2012–2025 · ARI 2020–2025, PIT 2012–2015
- Rare
Mason Cole
OL · 2018–2023 · ARI 2018–2020, PIT 2022–2023
- Rare
Matt McCrane
K · 2018 · ARI 2018, PIT 2018
- Rare
Sean Morey
WR · 1999–2009 · ARI 2007–2009, PIT 2004–2006
- Rare
Drew Butler
P · 2012–2016 · ARI 2014–2016, PIT 2012
- Rare
Fred McAfee
RB · 1991–2006 · ARI 1994, PIT 1994–1998
- Rare
Chris Jacke
SPEC · 1990–1999 · ARI 1998–1999, PIT 1997
- Rare
Jamaal Westerman
ILB · 2009–2013 · ARI 2012, PIT 2013
- Rare
Duval Love
OL · 1990–1996 · ARI 1995–1996, PIT 1992–1994
- Rare
Oliver Ross
OL · 1998–2006 · ARI 2005–2006, PIT 2000–2004
- Rare
Tyronne Stowe
LB · 1990–1996 · ARI 1991–1993, PIT 1990
- Rare
D.J. Johnson
DB · 1990–1996 · ARI 1996, PIT 1990–1993
- Rare
Crezdon Butler
CB · 2010–2016 · ARI 2012, PIT 2010
- Epic
Jonathan Ward
RB · 2020–2024 · ARI 2020–2022, PIT 2024
- Epic
Bernard Dafney
OL · 1992–1997 · ARI 1995, PIT 1996
- Epic
Tim Jorden
TE · 1990–1995 · ARI 1990–1991, PIT 1992–1993
- Epic
Brian St. Pierre
QB · 2003–2010 · ARI 2008–2009, PIT 2003–2004, 2006–2007
- Epic
Lance Brown
DB · 1995–2001 · ARI 1995–1996, PIT 1995, 1998–1999
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Keydrick Vincent
OL · 2001–2010 · ARI 2007, PIT 2001–2004
- Epic
Eku Leota
LB · 2023–2026 · ARI 2026, PIT 2024
- Epic
Kameron Canaday
LS · 2016–2020 · ARI 2016, PIT 2017–2020
- Epic
Danny Isidora
OL · 2017–2021 · ARI 2021, PIT 2020
- Epic
Alameda Ta'amu
NT · 2012–2016 · ARI 2013–2014, PIT 2012
- Epic
Larry Tharpe
OL · 1992–2000 · ARI 1995, PIT 2000
- Epic
J.B. Brown
DB · 1990–2000 · ARI 1998, PIT 1997
- Legendary
Rashaad Coward
DL · 2017–2022 · ARI 2022, PIT 2021
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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