Players who played for both the Los Angeles Chargers and the New York Jets
51 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
51
Players
8
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 Chargers player to a Jets player through J.J. Jones 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
LaDainian Tomlinson
RB · 2001–2011 · LAC 2001–2009, NYJ 2010–2011
- Common
Antonio Cromartie
CB · 2006–2016 · LAC 2006–2009, NYJ 2010–2013, 2015
- Common
Geno Smith
QB · 2013–2026 · LAC 2018, NYJ 2013–2016, 2026
- Uncommon
Curtis Conway
WR · 1993–2004 · LAC 2000–2002, NYJ 2003
- Uncommon
Marcus Maye
DB · 2017–2025 · LAC 2024–2025, NYJ 2017–2021
- Uncommon
Andre Roberts
WR · 2010–2022 · LAC 2021, NYJ 2018
- Uncommon
Marcus Gilchrist
CB · 2011–2020 · LAC 2011–2014, NYJ 2015–2016
- Uncommon
Tyler Conklin
TE · 2018–2026 · LAC 2025, NYJ 2022–2024
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Tim Dwight
WR · 1998–2007 · LAC 2001–2004, NYJ 2006
- Rare
Tyrone Carter
DB · 2000–2010 · LAC 2010, NYJ 2003
- Rare
Tyrod Taylor
QB · 2011–2026 · LAC 2019–2020, NYJ 2024–2025
- Rare
Lorenzo Neal
RB · 1993–2008 · LAC 2003–2007, NYJ 1997
- Rare
Dwight Lowery
CB · 2008–2016 · LAC 2016, NYJ 2008–2010
- Rare
Danny Woodhead
WR · 2009–2017 · LAC 2013–2016, NYJ 2009–2010
- Rare
Pierre Desir
CB · 2014–2021 · LAC 2016, NYJ 2020
- Rare
Jeremiah Attaochu
OLB · 2014–2022 · LAC 2014–2017, 2022, NYJ 2018
- Rare
Kellen Clemens
QB · 2006–2017 · LAC 2014–2017, NYJ 2006–2010
- Rare
Mike Williams
WR · 2017–2024 · LAC 2017–2023, NYJ 2024
- Rare
Jeff Graham
WR · 1991–2001 · LAC 1999–2001, NYJ 1996–1997
- Rare
Donald Strickland
CB · 2003–2011 · LAC 2010, NYJ 2009, 2011
- Rare
Troy Reeder
LB · 2019–2026 · LAC 2022, NYJ 2026
- Rare
Antwan Barnes
OLB · 2007–2014 · LAC 2010–2012, NYJ 2013–2014
- Rare
Webster Slaughter
WR · 1990–1998 · LAC 1998, NYJ 1996
- Rare
Kalen Ballage
RB · 2018–2021 · LAC 2020, NYJ 2020
- Rare
Mekhi Becton
OL · 2020–2025 · LAC 2025, NYJ 2020–2021, 2023
- Rare
Dave Ball
DE · 2004–2011 · LAC 2004–2005, NYJ 2005–2006
- Rare
Jeff Cumberland
TE · 2010–2017 · LAC 2017, NYJ 2010–2015
- Rare
Stone Smartt
TE · 2022–2025 · LAC 2022–2024, NYJ 2025
- Rare
John Kidd
SPEC · 1990–1998 · LAC 1990–1994, NYJ 1998
- Rare
Leon Johnson
RB · 1997–2003 · LAC 2003, NYJ 1997–2000
- Rare
Bobby Houston
LB · 1990–1998 · LAC 1997, NYJ 1991–1996
- Rare
Ja'Sir Taylor
DB · 2022–2025 · LAC 2022–2025, NYJ 2025
- Rare
Chase McLaughlin
K · 2019–2026 · LAC 2019, NYJ 2020
- Rare
Dan Feeney
OL · 2017–2026 · LAC 2017–2020, NYJ 2021–2022
- Rare
Del'Shawn Phillips
LB · 2020–2026 · LAC 2025–2026, NYJ 2021
- Rare
John Burke
TE · 1994–1998 · LAC 1998, NYJ 1997
- Rare
Eric Tomlinson
TE · 2016–2024 · LAC 2024, NYJ 2016–2018
- Rare
Oday Aboushi
T · 2013–2022 · LAC 2021, NYJ 2013–2014
- Rare
Jesse Chatman
RB · 2002–2008 · LAC 2002–2004, NYJ 2008
- Rare
Austin Deculus
OL · 2022–2025 · LAC 2025, NYJ 2023
- Rare
Matt Slauson
G · 2009–2018 · LAC 2016–2017, NYJ 2009–2012
- Rare
Mike Remmers
T · 2013–2022 · LAC 2013, NYJ 2022
- Rare
Lonnie Young
DB · 1990–1996 · LAC 1994, NYJ 1991–1993, 1995–1996
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Rare
Zack Bailey
OL · 2019–2024 · LAC 2022, NYJ 2024
- Rare
Quinn Early
WR · 1990–1999 · LAC 1990, NYJ 1999
- Epic
Dwayne Gordon
LB · 1993–2000 · LAC 1995–1996, NYJ 1997–2000
- Epic
Jeremy Butler
WR · 2015–2016 · LAC 2016, NYJ 2016
- Epic
Troymaine Pope
RB · 2016–2020 · LAC 2018–2020, NYJ 2016
- Epic
Colin Baxter
C · 2011–2012 · LAC 2011–2012, NYJ 2011
- Epic
B.J. Bello
LB · 2017–2020 · LAC 2020, NYJ 2019
- Ball-knower
J.J. Jones
WR · 2018 · LAC 2018, NYJ 2018
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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