Players who played for both the Washington Commanders and the New Orleans Saints
72 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
72
Players
9
Easy to name
Ball-knower
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 Saints player through Brian Johnson 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
Adrian Peterson
RB · 2007–2021 · WAS 2018–2019, NO 2017
- Common
Marshon Lattimore
DB · 2017–2025 · WAS 2024–2025, NO 2017–2024
- Common
Chase Young
DL · 2020–2026 · WAS 2020–2023, NO 2024–2026
- Common
Donte' Stallworth
WR · 2002–2012 · WAS 2011, NO 2002–2005
- Uncommon
Tracy Porter
CB · 2008–2016 · WAS 2014, NO 2008–2011
- Uncommon
Darryl Tapp
DE · 2006–2017 · WAS 2013, NO 2016
- Uncommon
D.J. Swearinger
FS · 2013–2020 · WAS 2017–2018, NO 2019–2020
- Uncommon
Ladell Betts
RB · 2002–2010 · WAS 2002–2009, NO 2010
- Uncommon
Mark Brunell
QB · 1993–2011 · WAS 2004–2007, NO 2008–2009
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Renaldo Wynn
DL · 1997–2009 · WAS 2002–2006, 2009, NO 2007
- Rare
Will Harris
DB · 2019–2025 · WAS 2025, NO 2024
- Rare
Pierson Prioleau
DB · 1999–2010 · WAS 2005, 2007, NO 2009–2010
- Rare
Tim Hightower
RB · 2008–2016 · WAS 2011, NO 2015–2016
- Rare
Pierre Thomas
RB · 2007–2016 · WAS 2015–2016, NO 2007–2014
- Rare
Isaac Yiadom
DB · 2018–2026 · WAS 2026, NO 2022–2023, 2025
- Rare
David Patten
WR · 1997–2008 · WAS 2005–2006, NO 2007–2008
- Rare
Willie Jackson
WR · 1994–2002 · WAS 2002, NO 2000–2001
- Rare
Heath Shuler
QB · 1994–1998 · WAS 1994–1996, NO 1997–1998
- Rare
Ki-Jana Carter
RB · 1995–2004 · WAS 2001, NO 2003–2004
- Rare
Junior Galette
DE · 2010–2017 · WAS 2017, NO 2010–2014
- Rare
Kevin Mitchell
LB · 1994–2003 · WAS 2000–2003, NO 1998–1999
- Rare
Omar Stoutmire
DB · 1997–2007 · WAS 2005, 2007, NO 2006
- Rare
Shy Tuttle
DL · 2019–2026 · WAS 2025–2026, NO 2019–2022
- Rare
Albert Connell
WR · 1997–2001 · WAS 1997–2000, NO 2001
- Rare
Chad Morton
RB · 2000–2006 · WAS 2003–2004, NO 2000
- Rare
Chip Lohmiller
SPEC · 1990–1996 · WAS 1990–1994, NO 1995
- Rare
Jammal Brown
T · 2005–2011 · WAS 2010–2011, NO 2005–2008
- Rare
Jalyn Holmes
DL · 2018–2025 · WAS 2024–2025, NO 2021
- Rare
Jamarca Sanford
SS · 2009–2015 · WAS 2014, NO 2014–2015
- Rare
Keith Taylor
DB · 1990–1996 · WAS 1994–1996, NO 1992–1993
- Rare
Terry Allen
RB · 1991–2001 · WAS 1995–1998, NO 2000
- Rare
Michael Burton
FB · 2015–2026 · WAS 2019, NO 2020
- Rare
Jeff Uhlenhake
OL · 1990–1998 · WAS 1996–1998, NO 1994–1995
- Rare
Billy Cundiff
K · 2002–2015 · WAS 2012, NO 2006
- Rare
Cedric Smith
RB · 1990–1998 · WAS 1994–1995, NO 1991
- Rare
Terrell Burgess
DB · 2020–2026 · WAS 2023, NO 2025
- Rare
Khaleke Hudson
LB · 2020–2024 · WAS 2020–2023, NO 2024
- Rare
Danny Wuerffel
QB · 1997–2002 · WAS 2002, NO 1997–1999
- Rare
Michael Davis
DB · 2017–2025 · WAS 2024, NO 2025
- Rare
Kai Forbath
K · 2012–2020 · WAS 2012–2015, NO 2015–2016
- Rare
Jamie Martin
QB · 1993–2008 · WAS 1997, NO 2006–2007
- Rare
John Ridgeway
DL · 2022–2026 · WAS 2022–2023, NO 2024–2026
- Rare
Leigh Torrence
CB · 2005–2011 · WAS 2006–2008, NO 2008–2011
- Rare
T.Y. McGill
DT · 2015–2024 · WAS 2019, NO 2019
- Rare
Fred Stokes
DL · 1990–1996 · WAS 1990–1992, NO 1996
- Rare
Walter Rasby
TE · 1994–2004 · WAS 2001–2002, 2004, NO 2003
- Rare
Lucas Patrick
OL · 2017–2026 · WAS 2026, NO 2024
- Rare
Mickey Washington
DB · 1990–1997 · WAS 1992, NO 1997
- Rare
Cornelius Lucas
T · 2014–2025 · WAS 2020–2024, NO 2018
- Epic
Mark McMillian
DB · 1992–1999 · WAS 1999, NO 1996
- Epic
Martin Chase
DL · 1998–2005 · WAS 2003, NO 2000–2002
- Epic
Jonathan Williams
RB · 2016–2023 · WAS 2021–2023, NO 2017–2018
- Epic
Alex Armah
RB · 2017–2023 · WAS 2021–2023, NO 2021
- Epic
Jeff Faulkner
DL · 1990–1996 · WAS 1993, NO 1993
- Epic
Tommy Barnhardt
SPEC · 1990–2000 · WAS 2000, NO 1990–1994, 1999
- Epic
Todd Franz
DB · 2000–2005 · WAS 2002–2004, NO 2000
- Epic
Jerome Murphy
CB · 2010–2013 · WAS 2012–2013, NO 2012
- Epic
Josh LeRibeus
G · 2012–2018 · WAS 2012–2015, NO 2017–2018
- Epic
Cary Blanchard
SPEC · 1992–2001 · WAS 1998, NO 1992
- Epic
Tyronne Drakeford
DB · 1994–2001 · WAS 2000, NO 1998–1999
- Epic
Austin Reiter
OL · 2016–2021 · WAS 2016, NO 2021
- Epic
Marcus McCauley
CB · 2007–2009 · WAS 2009, NO 2009
- Epic
J.P. Holtz
TE · 2016–2023 · WAS 2018–2019, NO 2022–2023
- Epic
Alvin Harper
WR · 1991–1999 · WAS 1997, NO 1997
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Alfred Fincher
MLB · 2005–2008 · WAS 2008, NO 2005–2007
- Epic
Glenn Pakulak
P · 2008–2009 · WAS 2009, NO 2008
- Epic
Akeem Davis
S · 2014–2016 · WAS 2014, NO 2015
- Epic
Donovan Greer
DB · 1997–2002 · WAS 2001, NO 1997
- Epic
Daryl Terrell
OL · 1999–2003 · WAS 2003, NO 1999–2001
- Epic
Will Robinson
T · 2009–2012 · WAS 2009, NO 2011–2012
- Epic
Ron Warner
LB · 1998–2004 · WAS 2003–2004, NO 1998
- Ball-knower
Brian Johnson
K · 2021 · WAS 2021, 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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