Players who played for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the New Orleans Saints
71 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
71
Players
10
Easy to name
Legendary
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 Chiefs player to a Saints player through Braxton Hoyett 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
Dale Carter
DB · 1992–2005 · KC 1992–1998, NO 2002–2003
- Common
Tyrann Mathieu
FS · 2013–2024 · KC 2019–2021, NO 2022–2024
- Common
Morten Andersen
SPEC · 1990–2007 · KC 2002–2003, NO 1990–1994
- Common
Justin Reid
DB · 2018–2026 · KC 2022–2024, NO 2025–2026
- Uncommon
Eddie Kennison
WR · 1996–2007 · KC 2001–2007, NO 1999
- Uncommon
C.J. Spiller
RB · 2010–2017 · KC 2017, NO 2015–2016
- Uncommon
Willie Roaf
OL · 1993–2005 · KC 2002–2005, NO 1993–2001
- Uncommon
Joe Horn
WR · 1996–2007 · KC 1996–1999, NO 2000–2006
- Uncommon
Scott Fujita
OLB · 2002–2012 · KC 2002–2004, NO 2006–2009
- Uncommon
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB · 2020–2025 · KC 2020–2023, 2025, NO 2024
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
WR · 2018–2026 · KC 2022–2023, NO 2024
- Rare
Kawika Mitchell
MLB · 2003–2010 · KC 2003–2006, NO 2010
- Rare
Willie Gay Jr.
LB · 2020–2026 · KC 2020–2023, NO 2024
- Rare
Mark Simoneau
LB · 2000–2010 · KC 2010, NO 2006–2007
- Rare
Alex Okafor
OLB · 2013–2021 · KC 2019–2021, NO 2017–2018
- Rare
Tanoh Kpassagnon
LB · 2017–2025 · KC 2017–2020, NO 2021–2024
- Rare
Sammy Knight
DB · 1997–2008 · KC 2005–2006, NO 1997–2002
- Rare
Kurt Coleman
SS · 2010–2019 · KC 2014, NO 2018
- Rare
Daniel Sorensen
SS · 2014–2023 · KC 2014–2021, NO 2022–2023
- Rare
Khalen Saunders
DL · 2019–2025 · KC 2019–2022, NO 2023–2024
- Rare
Ugo Amadi
DB · 2019–2025 · KC 2022, NO 2023–2025
- Rare
Chris Owens
CB · 2009–2016 · KC 2014, NO 2015–2016
- Rare
Brett Perriman
WR · 1990–1997 · KC 1997, NO 1990
- Rare
Jimmy Wilkerson
DE · 2003–2010 · KC 2003–2007, NO 2010
- Rare
Turk McBride
DE · 2007–2012 · KC 2007–2009, NO 2011–2012
- Rare
Kyle Turley
OL · 1998–2007 · KC 2006–2007, NO 1998–2002
- Rare
Cameron Erving
G · 2015–2023 · KC 2017–2019, NO 2023
- Rare
Michael Burton
FB · 2015–2026 · KC 2021–2022, NO 2020
- Rare
Tom Ricketts
OL · 1990–1994 · KC 1993, NO 1994
- Rare
Terrance Copper
WR · 2004–2012 · KC 2009–2012, NO 2006–2008
- Rare
Billy Joe Tolliver
QB · 1990–2000 · KC 1997, NO 1998–2000
- Rare
John Carney
SPEC · 1990–2010 · KC 2007, NO 2001–2006, 2009–2010
- Rare
Ben Grubbs
G · 2007–2015 · KC 2015, NO 2012–2014
- Rare
Chase Daniel
QB · 2009–2022 · KC 2013–2015, NO 2009–2012, 2017
- Rare
Steve Weatherford
P · 2006–2015 · KC 2008, NO 2006–2008
- Rare
Trezelle Jenkins
OL · 1995–1997 · KC 1995–1997, NO 1997
- Rare
Eric Martin
WR · 1990–1994 · KC 1994, NO 1990–1993
- Rare
Kenny Smith
DL · 2001–2009 · KC 2009, NO 2001–2003
- Rare
Victor Riley
OL · 1998–2005 · KC 1998–2001, NO 2002–2004
- Rare
Tyler Palko
QB · 2007–2011 · KC 2010–2011, NO 2007
- Rare
Darren Mickell
DL · 1992–2001 · KC 1992–1995, NO 1996–1997, 1999
- Rare
Cedric Mack
DB · 1990–1993 · KC 1992, NO 1992–1993
- Rare
Sean Ryan
TE · 2004–2009 · KC 2009, NO 2008
- Rare
Mike McGlynn
G · 2009–2016 · KC 2014, NO 2015–2016
- Rare
Yasir Durant
OL · 2020–2022 · KC 2020, NO 2022
- Rare
Ronnie Dixon
DL · 1993–1998 · KC 1998, NO 1993
- Rare
Shaun Smith
DT · 2004–2012 · KC 2010, 2012, NO 2004
- Rare
Wes Bender
RB · 1993–1997 · KC 1993, NO 1997
- Rare
Corey Harris
DB · 1999–2003 · KC 2001–2003, NO 1999–2000
- Rare
Taylor Stallworth
DL · 2018–2023 · KC 2022, NO 2018–2019
- Epic
Mark McMillian
DB · 1992–1999 · KC 1997–1998, NO 1996
- Epic
KeiVarae Russell
DB · 2016–2021 · KC 2016, NO 2021
- Epic
Sam Barrington
ILB · 2013–2016 · KC 2016, NO 2016
- Epic
Ricky Siglar
OL · 1990–1998 · KC 1993–1996, 1998, NO 1997–1998
- Epic
Patrick Omameh
G · 2013–2021 · KC 2020, NO 2019
- Epic
Ernest Dixon
LB · 1994–1998 · KC 1998, NO 1994–1997
- Epic
Andy Alleman
G · 2007–2009 · KC 2009, NO 2007
- Epic
Austin Reiter
OL · 2016–2021 · KC 2018–2020, NO 2021
- Epic
Kendall Gammon
OL · 1992–2006 · KC 2000–2004, 2006, NO 1996–1999
- Epic
Justin March
LB · 2016–2021 · KC 2016, NO 2021
- Epic
Tommie Stowers
TE · 1992–1994 · KC 1994, NO 1992–1993
- Epic
Brian Parker
TE · 2015–2019 · KC 2015, NO 2019
- Epic
Stan Petry
DB · 1990–1991 · KC 1990–1991, NO 1991
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Donald Willis
OL · 1995–2003 · KC 2000–2003, NO 1995–1997
- Epic
Bennie Thompson
DB · 1990–1999 · KC 1992–1993, NO 1990–1991
- Epic
Robert Williams
DB · 1998–1999 · KC 1998–1999, NO 1999
- Epic
Jerry Franklin
LB · 2012–2014 · KC 2014, NO 2014
- Epic
Vashone Adams
DB · 1995–1999 · KC 1998, NO 1997
- Epic
Saalim Hakim
WR · 2012–2015 · KC 2015, NO 2012
- Legendary
Seantavius Jones
WR · 2014–2016 · KC 2016, NO 2014–2015
- Legendary
Braxton Hoyett
DL · 2020–2021 · KC 2020, NO 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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