Players who played for both the Dallas Cowboys and the Atlanta Falcons
58 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
58
Players
9
Easy to name
Ball-knower
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 Cowboys player to a Falcons player through Chris White 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
Deion Sanders
DB · 1990–2005 · DAL 1995–1999, ATL 1990–1993
- Common
Dante Fowler Jr.
DL · 2016–2026 · DAL 2022–2023, 2025, ATL 2020–2021
- Common
Andy Dalton
QB · 2011–2026 · DAL 2020, ATL 2026
- Common
Keith Brooking
LB · 1998–2012 · DAL 2009–2011, ATL 1998–2008
- Uncommon
Peerless Price
WR · 1999–2007 · DAL 2005, ATL 2003–2004
- Uncommon
Dontari Poe
NT · 2012–2020 · DAL 2020, ATL 2017
- Uncommon
Keanu Neal
DB · 2016–2023 · DAL 2021, ATL 2016–2020
- Uncommon
Justin Durant
OLB · 2007–2017 · DAL 2013–2014, 2016–2017, ATL 2015
- Uncommon
Rashaan Evans
LB · 2018–2024 · DAL 2023, ATL 2022, 2024
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Damontae Kazee
DB · 2017–2025 · DAL 2021, ATL 2017–2020
- Rare
Jonathan Bullard
DL · 2016–2026 · DAL 2026, ATL 2021
- Rare
Bruce Carter
LB · 2011–2018 · DAL 2011–2014, ATL 2018
- Rare
Tyrone Williams
DB · 1996–2004 · DAL 2004, ATL 2003
- Rare
Laurent Robinson
WR · 2007–2012 · DAL 2011, ATL 2007–2008
- Rare
Tony Casillas
DL · 1990–1997 · DAL 1991–1993, 1996–1997, ATL 1990
- Rare
Allen Rossum
DB · 1998–2009 · DAL 2009, ATL 2002–2006
- Rare
Willie Jackson
WR · 1994–2002 · DAL 1994, ATL 2002
- Rare
Jack Crawford
DE · 2012–2020 · DAL 2014–2016, ATL 2017–2019
- Rare
Eric Saubert
TE · 2017–2026 · DAL 2023, ATL 2017–2018
- Rare
Kevin Mathis
DB · 1997–2006 · DAL 1997–1999, ATL 2002–2004, 2006
- Rare
Keith Smith
LB · 2014–2023 · DAL 2014, 2016–2017, ATL 2019–2023
- Rare
Terrell McClain
DT · 2011–2019 · DAL 2014–2016, ATL 2018
- Rare
Nick Folk
K · 2007–2026 · DAL 2007–2009, ATL 2026
- Rare
Charlie Peprah
SS · 2006–2012 · DAL 2012, ATL 2009
- Rare
Scott Case
DB · 1990–1995 · DAL 1995, ATL 1990–1994
- Rare
Hugh Millen
QB · 1990–1995 · DAL 1993, ATL 1990
- Rare
Cooper Rush
QB · 2017–2026 · DAL 2017–2024, ATL 2026
- Rare
Darrin Chiaverini
WR · 1999–2002 · DAL 2001, ATL 2002
- Rare
Ito Smith
RB · 2018–2021 · DAL 2021, ATL 2018–2020
- Rare
C.J. Goodwin
DB · 2016–2025 · DAL 2018–2025, ATL 2016–2017
- Rare
Derek Ross
CB · 2002–2004 · DAL 2002–2003, ATL 2003
- Rare
Chuma Edoga
OL · 2019–2026 · DAL 2023–2024, ATL 2022
- Rare
Jesse Solomon
LB · 1990–1994 · DAL 1990, ATL 1992–1993
- Rare
Roger Harper
DB · 1993–1996 · DAL 1996, ATL 1993–1995
- Rare
Lin Elliott
SPEC · 1992–1995 · DAL 1992–1993, ATL 1993
- Rare
Lousaka Polite
RB · 2004–2012 · DAL 2004–2006, ATL 2012
- Rare
O.J. Santiago
TE · 1997–2003 · DAL 2000, ATL 1997–1999
- Rare
Woody Dantzler
RB · 2002–2003 · DAL 2002, ATL 2003
- Rare
Wade Wilson
QB · 1990–1999 · DAL 1995–1997, ATL 1992
- Rare
Leon McFadden
CB · 2013–2017 · DAL 2016, ATL 2017
- Rare
Bryan Still
WR · 1996–1999 · DAL 1999, ATL 1999
- Rare
Elijah Garcia
DL · 2022–2026 · DAL 2026, ATL 2025
- Rare
Qadree Ollison
RB · 2019–2023 · DAL 2022, ATL 2019–2021
- Rare
Matt Lehr
OL · 2001–2008 · DAL 2001–2004, ATL 2005–2006
- Rare
Lincoln Coleman
RB · 1993–1996 · DAL 1993–1994, ATL 1996
- Rare
Eli Ankou
DL · 2017–2024 · DAL 2020, ATL 2023
- Epic
Sean Harlow
OL · 2017–2023 · DAL 2023, ATL 2017, 2019–2020
- Epic
Joe Fishback
DB · 1991–1994 · DAL 1993–1994, ATL 1991–1993
- Epic
Montavious Stanley
DT · 2006–2009 · DAL 2006, ATL 2007
- Epic
Matt Wile
P · 2016–2019 · DAL 2016, ATL 2016, 2019
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Thomas Johnson
NT · 2005–2009 · DAL 2005, ATL 2009
- Epic
Daren Stone
SS · 2007–2008 · DAL 2008, ATL 2007
- Epic
Nathan Davis
DL · 1997–1999 · DAL 1998–1999, ATL 1997
- Epic
Keith Jones
RB · 1990–1992 · DAL 1991, ATL 1990–1992
- Epic
Deji Olatoye
CB · 2015–2017 · DAL 2015, ATL 2016–2017
- Legendary
Junior Glymph
DE · 2004–2006 · DAL 2005–2006, ATL 2004–2005
- Legendary
Deante Burton
WR · 2018–2021 · DAL 2019–2021, ATL 2018
- Ball-knower
Chris White
DL · 1999–2000 · DAL 2000, ATL 2000
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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