Players who played for both the Washington Commanders and the Detroit Lions
70 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
70
Players
9
Easy to name
Legendary
Best link
Chains matchup: Tough. 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 Lions player through James Wilder 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
Adrian Peterson
RB · 2007–2021 · WAS 2018–2019, DET 2020
- Common
Andre Johnson
OL · 1996–1998 · WAS 1996, DET 1997–1998
- Uncommon
Phillip Buchanon
CB · 2002–2010 · WAS 2010, DET 2009
- Uncommon
Dan Wilkinson
DL · 1994–2006 · WAS 1998–2002, DET 2003–2005
- Uncommon
Darryl Tapp
DE · 2006–2017 · WAS 2013, DET 2014–2015
- Uncommon
T.J. Duckett
RB · 2002–2008 · WAS 2006, DET 2007
- Uncommon
D.J. Hayden
CB · 2013–2021 · WAS 2021, DET 2017
- Uncommon
Rocky McIntosh
LB · 2006–2013 · WAS 2006–2011, DET 2013
- Uncommon
Andre Roberts
WR · 2010–2022 · WAS 2014–2015, DET 2016
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Josh Wilson
CB · 2007–2015 · WAS 2011–2013, DET 2015
- Rare
Stephen Alexander
TE · 1998–2006 · WAS 1998–2001, DET 2004
- Rare
Will Harris
DB · 2019–2025 · WAS 2025, DET 2019–2023
- Rare
Mark Carrier
DB · 1990–2000 · WAS 2000, DET 1997–1999
- Rare
Amik Robertson
DB · 2020–2026 · WAS 2026, DET 2024–2025
- Rare
Jacquez Green
WR · 1998–2002 · WAS 2002, DET 2002
- Rare
Patrick Ramsey
QB · 2002–2010 · WAS 2002–2005, DET 2009
- Rare
Gus Frerotte
QB · 1994–2008 · WAS 1994–1998, DET 1999
- Rare
Akeem Spence
DT · 2013–2022 · WAS 2021, DET 2017
- Rare
Desmond Howard
WR · 1992–2002 · WAS 1992–1994, DET 1999–2002
- Rare
Nick Bellore
ILB · 2011–2025 · WAS 2024–2025, DET 2017–2018
- Rare
Josh Johnson
QB · 2008–2025 · WAS 2018, 2025, DET 2019
- Rare
J.D. McKissic
RB · 2016–2022 · WAS 2020–2022, DET 2019
- Rare
Robert Bailey
DB · 1991–2001 · WAS 1995, DET 1997–1999, 2001
- Rare
Kyle Allen
QB · 2018–2026 · WAS 2020–2021, DET 2025
- Rare
Rodney Peete
QB · 1990–2004 · WAS 1999, DET 1990–1993
- Rare
Jon Jansen
OL · 1999–2009 · WAS 1999–2003, 2005–2006, 2008, DET 2009
- Rare
Ricky Jean Francois
DE · 2009–2018 · WAS 2015–2016, DET 2018
- Rare
Michael Burton
FB · 2015–2026 · WAS 2019, DET 2015–2016
- Rare
David Akers
SPEC · 1998–2013 · WAS 1998, DET 2013
- Rare
Craig Reynolds
RB · 2019–2026 · WAS 2019, 2026, DET 2021–2025
- Rare
Jeff Driskel
QB · 2016–2025 · WAS 2024–2025, DET 2019
- Rare
Brian Walker
DB · 1996–2003 · WAS 1996–1997, DET 2002–2003
- Rare
Logan Thomas
QB · 2014–2023 · WAS 2020–2023, DET 2019
- Rare
Ross Pierschbacher
OL · 2019–2022 · WAS 2019–2020, DET 2022
- Rare
Kent Graham
QB · 1992–2002 · WAS 2001, DET 1995
- Rare
Austin Seibert
K · 2019–2024 · WAS 2024, DET 2021–2022
- Rare
Nick Whiteside
DB · 2023–2025 · WAS 2023, DET 2025
- Rare
Darryl Roberts
DB · 2016–2021 · WAS 2021, DET 2020
- Rare
Donte Curry
LB · 2001–2008 · WAS 2001, DET 2002–2007
- Rare
Mike Haight
OL · 1990–1992 · WAS 1992, DET 1992
- Rare
Jimmie Johnson
TE · 1990–1998 · WAS 1990–1991, DET 1992–1993
- Rare
Brenden Stai
OL · 1995–2002 · WAS 2002, DET 2001
- Rare
Caraun Reid
DT · 2014–2021 · WAS 2017, DET 2014–2015, 2017
- Rare
Vernon Fox
SS · 2002–2009 · WAS 2006–2007, DET 2004–2005
- Rare
Marquis Walker
DB · 1996–2000 · WAS 1996, DET 2000
- Rare
Walter Rasby
TE · 1994–2004 · WAS 2001–2002, 2004, DET 1998–2000
- Rare
Keiland Williams
RB · 2010–2012 · WAS 2010, 2012, DET 2011–2012
- Rare
Ray Brown
OL · 1990–2005 · WAS 1990–1995, 2004–2005, DET 2002–2003
- Rare
Cornelius Lucas
T · 2014–2025 · WAS 2020–2024, DET 2014–2016
- Rare
Marquis Flowers
OLB · 2014–2018 · WAS 2018, DET 2018
- Epic
Jonathan Williams
RB · 2016–2023 · WAS 2021–2023, DET 2020
- Epic
Crezdon Butler
CB · 2010–2016 · WAS 2012, DET 2015–2016
- Epic
Don Sasa
DL · 1995–1998 · WAS 1997, DET 1998
- Epic
Jerome Murphy
CB · 2010–2013 · WAS 2012–2013, DET 2012
- Epic
Nate Sudfeld
QB · 2016–2022 · WAS 2016, DET 2022
- Epic
David Loverne
OL · 1999–2004 · WAS 2002, DET 2004
- Epic
Alex Carter
DB · 2016–2018 · WAS 2018, DET 2016
- Epic
DeJon Gomes
FS · 2011–2013 · WAS 2011–2012, DET 2013
- Epic
Marcus McCauley
CB · 2007–2009 · WAS 2009, DET 2009
- Epic
Andre Collins
LB · 1990–1999 · WAS 1990–1994, DET 1999
- Epic
Tay Martin
WR · 2022–2026 · WAS 2025, DET 2026
- Epic
Rick DeMulling
OL · 2001–2007 · WAS 2007, DET 2005–2006
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Bobby Price
DB · 2020–2024 · WAS 2024, DET 2020–2022
- Epic
Donovan Greer
DB · 1997–2002 · WAS 2001, DET 2002
- Epic
Eddie Murray
SPEC · 1990–2000 · WAS 1995, 2000, DET 1990–1991
- Epic
Zac Kerin
G · 2015–2018 · WAS 2018, DET 2017
- Epic
Jerome Cunningham
TE · 2014–2019 · WAS 2019, DET 2018
- Epic
Anthony Bryant
DT · 2005–2010 · WAS 2010, DET 2006
- Epic
Shaun Bodiford
WR · 2006–2007 · WAS 2007, DET 2006
- Legendary
James Wilder
RB · 1990 · WAS 1990, DET 1990
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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