Players who played for both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers
40 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
40
Players
9
Easy to name
Epic
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 Chiefs player to a Steelers player through Tracy Greene and the link is rated Epic (+160 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
Le'Veon Bell
RB · 2013–2021 · KC 2020, PIT 2013–2017
- Common
Kendrell Bell
LB · 2001–2007 · KC 2005–2007, PIT 2001–2004
- Common
Melvin Ingram
OLB · 2012–2023 · KC 2021, PIT 2021
- Common
Mike Vrabel
DL · 1997–2010 · KC 2009–2010, PIT 1997–2000
- Common
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR · 2017–2025 · KC 2022, 2024–2025, PIT 2017–2021
- Uncommon
Justin Fields
QB · 2021–2026 · KC 2026, PIT 2024
- Uncommon
Dewayne Washington
DB · 1994–2005 · KC 2005, PIT 1998–2003
- Uncommon
Juan Thornhill
DB · 2019–2025 · KC 2019–2022, PIT 2025
- Uncommon
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
WR · 2018–2026 · KC 2022–2023, PIT 2025
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Steven Nelson
CB · 2015–2023 · KC 2015–2018, PIT 2019–2020
- Rare
Taco Charlton
DL · 2017–2022 · KC 2020, PIT 2021
- Rare
Leonard Pope
TE · 2006–2012 · KC 2009–2011, PIT 2012
- Rare
Rocky Boiman
OLB · 2002–2009 · KC 2008, PIT 2009
- Rare
Robert Tonyan
TE · 2018–2026 · KC 2025, PIT 2026
- Rare
Jonathan Hayes
TE · 1990–1996 · KC 1990–1993, PIT 1994–1996
- Rare
Dustin Colquitt
P · 2005–2021 · KC 2005–2019, PIT 2020
- Rare
Keyaron Fox
OLB · 2004–2011 · KC 2004–2007, PIT 2008–2010
- Rare
Josh Jackson
DB · 2018–2022 · KC 2021, PIT 2022
- Rare
Ricardo Colclough
CB · 2004–2009 · KC 2008–2009, PIT 2004–2007
- Rare
Cam Thomas
DT · 2010–2017 · KC 2017, PIT 2014–2015
- Rare
Stefen Wisniewski
G · 2011–2020 · KC 2019–2020, PIT 2020
- Rare
Tom Ricketts
OL · 1990–1994 · KC 1993, PIT 1990–1991
- Rare
Ryan Harris
T · 2007–2016 · KC 2014, PIT 2016
- Rare
Jerrol Williams
LB · 1990–1996 · KC 1994, PIT 1990–1992
- Rare
Bam Morris
RB · 1994–1999 · KC 1998–1999, PIT 1994–1995
- Rare
Keith Cash
TE · 1991–1996 · KC 1992–1996, PIT 1991
- Rare
Todd Peterson
SPEC · 1994–2005 · KC 2000–2001, PIT 2002
- Rare
Matthew Wright
K · 2020–2025 · KC 2022, 2024, PIT 2020, 2022
- Rare
Troy Sadowski
TE · 1990–1998 · KC 1991, PIT 1997–1998
- Rare
Leroy Thompson
RB · 1991–1996 · KC 1995, PIT 1991–1993
- Rare
Dee Brown
RB · 2001–2006 · KC 2005–2006, PIT 2003
- Rare
Sammy Walker
DB · 1991–1994 · KC 1993, PIT 1991–1992
- Rare
Dan Stryzinski
SPEC · 1990–2003 · KC 2001–2002, PIT 1990–1991
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Rare
Victor Jones
RB · 1990–1994 · KC 1994, PIT 1993–1994
- Rare
Jeremy Parquet
T · 2005–2008 · KC 2005, PIT 2008
- Rare
Kendall Gammon
OL · 1992–2006 · KC 2000–2004, 2006, PIT 1992–1995
- Epic
Danny Isidora
OL · 2017–2021 · KC 2020, PIT 2020
- Epic
Rob McGovern
LB · 1990–1992 · KC 1990, PIT 1991
- Epic
Richard Gordon
TE · 2011–2014 · KC 2013–2014, PIT 2013
- Epic
Tracy Greene
TE · 1994–1995 · KC 1994, PIT 1995
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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