Players who played for both the Washington Commanders and the Philadelphia Eagles
84 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
84
Players
20
Easy to name
Ball-knower
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 Commanders player to a Eagles player through Kori Dickerson 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
Donovan McNabb
QB · 1999–2011 · WAS 2010, PHI 1999–2009
- Common
Zach Ertz
TE · 2013–2026 · WAS 2024–2025, PHI 2013–2021, 2026
- Common
Ryan Kerrigan
OLB · 2011–2021 · WAS 2011–2020, PHI 2021
- Common
DeSean Jackson
WR · 2008–2022 · WAS 2014–2016, PHI 2008–2013, 2019–2020
- Common
Art Monk
WR · 1990–1995 · WAS 1990–1993, PHI 1995
- Common
Carson Wentz
QB · 2016–2026 · WAS 2022, PHI 2016–2020
- Common
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
CB · 2008–2019 · WAS 2019, PHI 2011–2012
- Common
Troy Vincent
DB · 1992–2006 · WAS 2006, PHI 1996–2003
- Common
Marcus Mariota
QB · 2015–2026 · WAS 2024–2026, PHI 2023
- Common
Jeremiah Trotter
LB · 1998–2009 · WAS 2002–2003, PHI 1998–2001, 2004–2006, 2009
- Common
Donte' Stallworth
WR · 2002–2012 · WAS 2011, PHI 2006
- Uncommon
Mark Sanchez
QB · 2009–2018 · WAS 2018, PHI 2014–2015
- Uncommon
Rasul Douglas
DB · 2017–2026 · WAS 2026, PHI 2017–2019
- Uncommon
Mychal Kendricks
OLB · 2012–2020 · WAS 2020, PHI 2012–2017
- Uncommon
Zach Brown
OLB · 2012–2019 · WAS 2017–2018, PHI 2019
- Uncommon
Darryl Tapp
DE · 2006–2017 · WAS 2013, PHI 2010–2012
- Uncommon
Ronald Darby
CB · 2015–2024 · WAS 2020, PHI 2017–2019
- Uncommon
Alex Smith
TE · 2005–2016 · WAS 2015–2016, PHI 2009
- Uncommon
Jahan Dotson
WR · 2022–2026 · WAS 2022–2023, PHI 2024–2025
- Uncommon
Marco Coleman
DL · 1992–2005 · WAS 1999–2001, PHI 2003
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Jonathan Jones
DB · 2016–2026 · WAS 2025, PHI 2026
- Rare
Shawn Barber
LB · 1998–2007 · WAS 1998–2001, PHI 2002, 2006
- Rare
Cullen Jenkins
DE · 2004–2016 · WAS 2016, PHI 2011–2012
- Rare
Irving Fryar
WR · 1990–2000 · WAS 1999–2000, PHI 1996–1998
- Rare
Olamide Zaccheaus
WR · 2019–2026 · WAS 2024, PHI 2023
- Rare
James Thrash
WR · 1997–2008 · WAS 1997–2000, 2004–2008, PHI 2001–2003
- Rare
Brian Mitchell
RB · 1990–2003 · WAS 1990–1999, PHI 2000–2002
- Rare
Akeem Spence
DT · 2013–2022 · WAS 2021, PHI 2019
- Rare
DeAndre Carter
WR · 2016–2025 · WAS 2021, PHI 2018
- Rare
Wendell Smallwood
RB · 2016–2021 · WAS 2019, 2021, PHI 2016–2018
- Rare
N. D. Kalu
DL · 1997–2008 · WAS 1998–2000, PHI 1997, 2001–2003, 2005
- Rare
Sam Howell
QB · 2022–2026 · WAS 2022–2023, PHI 2025
- Rare
Chris Clemons
LB · 2004–2015 · WAS 2004–2005, PHI 2008–2009
- Rare
Rodney Peete
QB · 1990–2004 · WAS 1999, PHI 1995–1998
- Rare
Marcus Smith
OLB · 2014–2018 · WAS 2018, PHI 2014–2016
- Rare
Akeem Jordan
LB · 2007–2014 · WAS 2014, PHI 2007–2012
- Rare
Terry Hoage
DB · 1990–1996 · WAS 1991–1992, PHI 1990
- Rare
E.J. Biggers
CB · 2010–2016 · WAS 2013–2014, PHI 2015
- Rare
Matt Stevens
DB · 1996–2003 · WAS 1998–2000, PHI 1997–1998
- Rare
Nate Gerry
LB · 2017–2022 · WAS 2022, PHI 2017–2020
- Rare
Jesse Campbell
DB · 1991–1998 · WAS 1997–1998, PHI 1991
- Rare
David Akers
SPEC · 1998–2013 · WAS 1998, PHI 1999–2010
- Rare
Dimitri Patterson
DB · 2005–2013 · WAS 2005, PHI 2009–2010
- Rare
Casey Toohill
DL · 2020–2024 · WAS 2020–2023, PHI 2020
- Rare
Ross Pierschbacher
OL · 2019–2022 · WAS 2019–2020, PHI 2020
- Rare
Darnerien McCants
WR · 2001–2005 · WAS 2001–2004, PHI 2005
- Rare
Mohammed Elewonibi
OL · 1991–1995 · WAS 1991–1993, PHI 1995
- Rare
Jimmie Johnson
TE · 1990–1998 · WAS 1990–1991, PHI 1995–1998
- Epic
Kevon Seymour
DB · 2016–2024 · WAS 2024, PHI 2020
- Epic
Victor Harris
FS · 2009–2010 · WAS 2010, PHI 2009
- Epic
T.Y. McGill
DT · 2015–2024 · WAS 2019, PHI 2018, 2020
- Epic
Bryan Barker
SPEC · 1990–2005 · WAS 2001–2003, PHI 1994
- Epic
Mike Flores
DL · 1991–1995 · WAS 1995, PHI 1991–1994
- Epic
Jose Cortez
SPEC · 1999–2005 · WAS 2002, PHI 2005
- Epic
Rick Lovato
LS · 2015–2025 · WAS 2016, PHI 2016–2024
- Epic
Johnny Thomas
DB · 1990–1997 · WAS 1990, 1992–1994, PHI 1996
- Epic
Tim Hasselbeck
QB · 2002–2007 · WAS 2003–2004, PHI 2002
- Epic
Keith Rucker
DL · 1992–1997 · WAS 1997, PHI 1996
- Epic
Treyvon Hester
DL · 2017–2019 · WAS 2019, PHI 2018
- Epic
Mark McMillian
DB · 1992–1999 · WAS 1999, PHI 1992–1995
- Epic
Karl Hankton
WR · 1997–2006 · WAS 1997, PHI 1998
- Epic
P.J. Hill
RB · 2009 · WAS 2009, PHI 2009
- Epic
Austin Howard
T · 2010–2018 · WAS 2018, PHI 2010
- Epic
Nate Sudfeld
QB · 2016–2022 · WAS 2016, PHI 2017–2020
- Epic
Robert Davis
WR · 2017–2019 · WAS 2017, 2019, PHI 2019
- Epic
Deral Boykin
DB · 1993–1996 · WAS 1994, PHI 1996
- Epic
Nick Gates
OL · 2018–2024 · WAS 2023, PHI 2024
- Epic
Artis Hicks
T · 2002–2011 · WAS 2010, PHI 2002–2005
- Epic
Mark Rypien
QB · 1990–2001 · WAS 1990–1993, PHI 1996
- Epic
Sav Rocca
P · 2007–2013 · WAS 2011–2013, PHI 2007–2010
- Epic
Floyd Dixon
WR · 1990–1992 · WAS 1992, PHI 1992
- Epic
Clifton Geathers
DE · 2010–2014 · WAS 2014, PHI 2013
- Epic
Raleigh McKenzie
OL · 1990–2000 · WAS 1990–1994, PHI 1995–1996
- Epic
Troy Drake
OL · 1995–1998 · WAS 1998, PHI 1995–1997
- Epic
Byron Marshall
WR · 2016–2018 · WAS 2017–2018, PHI 2016
- Epic
Jeremy Clark
DT · 2008–2010 · WAS 2010, PHI 2010
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Gerald Nichols
DL · 1990–1993 · WAS 1993, PHI 1993
- Epic
Jamie Asher
TE · 1995–1999 · WAS 1995–1998, PHI 1999
- Epic
Eddie Murray
SPEC · 1990–2000 · WAS 1995, 2000, PHI 1994
- Epic
Casey Weldon
QB · 1992–1999 · WAS 1998–1999, PHI 1992
- Epic
Terry Crews
LB · 1991–1996 · WAS 1995, PHI 1996
- Epic
Kurt Gouveia
LB · 1990–1999 · WAS 1990–1994, 1999, PHI 1995
- Legendary
Tyrone M. Williams
DL · 1997–2001 · WAS 2001, PHI 1999–2000
- Ball-knower
Kori Dickerson
TE · 2003–2004 · WAS 2004, PHI 2003
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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