Players who played for both the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings
51 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
51
Players
8
Easy to name
Epic
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 Vikings player through Gregg Briggs 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
Stephon Gilmore
CB · 2012–2024 · DAL 2023, MIN 2024
- Common
Terence Newman
CB · 2003–2017 · DAL 2003–2011, MIN 2015–2017
- Common
Eric Kendricks
MLB · 2015–2025 · DAL 2024, MIN 2015–2022
- Common
Randall Cunningham
QB · 1990–2001 · DAL 2000, MIN 1997–1999
- Common
Anthony Barr
OLB · 2014–2023 · DAL 2022, MIN 2014–2021, 2023
- Common
Dalvin Cook
RB · 2017–2024 · DAL 2024, MIN 2017–2022
- Common
Linval Joseph
DT · 2010–2024 · DAL 2024, MIN 2014–2019
- Uncommon
Everson Griffen
DE · 2010–2021 · DAL 2020, MIN 2010–2019, 2021
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Xavier Woods
DB · 2017–2026 · DAL 2017–2020, MIN 2021
- Rare
Brad Johnson
QB · 1992–2008 · DAL 2007–2008, MIN 1992–1998, 2005–2006
- Rare
Jonathan Bullard
DL · 2016–2026 · DAL 2026, MIN 2022–2024
- Rare
Matt Cassel
QB · 2005–2018 · DAL 2015, MIN 2013–2014
- Rare
Nick Vigil
LB · 2016–2024 · DAL 2024, MIN 2021, 2023
- Rare
Mackensie Alexander
DB · 2016–2022 · DAL 2022, MIN 2016–2019, 2021
- Rare
Andrew Sendejo
DB · 2010–2021 · DAL 2010, MIN 2011–2019
- Rare
Blake Bell
TE · 2015–2023 · DAL 2020, MIN 2017
- Rare
Nahshon Wright
DB · 2021–2026 · DAL 2021–2023, MIN 2024
- Rare
Jayron Kearse
DB · 2016–2023 · DAL 2021–2023, MIN 2016–2019
- Rare
Jack Del Rio
LB · 1990–1995 · DAL 1990–1991, MIN 1992–1995
- Rare
Broderick Thomas
LB · 1990–1998 · DAL 1996–1998, MIN 1995
- Rare
Trevor Keegan
OL · 2024–2026 · DAL 2025, MIN 2026
- Rare
Andrew Booth
DB · 2022–2024 · DAL 2024, MIN 2022–2023
- Rare
Dixon Edwards
LB · 1991–1998 · DAL 1991–1995, MIN 1996–1998
- Rare
Frank Walker
CB · 2003–2011 · DAL 2011, MIN 2010
- Rare
Dan Bailey
K · 2011–2020 · DAL 2011–2017, MIN 2018–2020
- Rare
Derek Ross
CB · 2002–2004 · DAL 2002–2003, MIN 2004
- Rare
Frank Cornish
OL · 1990–1995 · DAL 1992–1994, MIN 1994
- Rare
Brooks Bollinger
QB · 2003–2008 · DAL 2008, MIN 2006–2007
- Rare
Eric Frampton
SS · 2007–2013 · DAL 2012, MIN 2007–2011
- Rare
Kai Forbath
K · 2012–2020 · DAL 2019, MIN 2016–2017
- Rare
Ryan Cook
T · 2006–2012 · DAL 2012, MIN 2006–2010
- Rare
Lemanski Hall
LB · 1994–2002 · DAL 1999, MIN 2000–2002
- Rare
Remi Ayodele
DT · 2007–2011 · DAL 2007, MIN 2011
- Rare
Jose Cortez
SPEC · 1999–2005 · DAL 2005, MIN 2003–2004
- Rare
John Davis
TE · 1995–2002 · DAL 1995, MIN 2000
- Rare
Bobby Abrams
LB · 1990–1996 · DAL 1992–1993, MIN 1993–1994
- Rare
Mike Saxon
SPEC · 1990–1995 · DAL 1990–1992, MIN 1994–1995
- Rare
Aviante Collins
OL · 2017–2023 · DAL 2022, MIN 2017–2020
- Rare
Herschel Walker
RB · 1990–1997 · DAL 1996–1997, MIN 1990–1991
- Rare
Matt Vanderbeek
LB · 1990–1996 · DAL 1993–1994, MIN 1991
- Rare
Joe Berger
G · 2005–2017 · DAL 2006–2008, MIN 2011–2017
- Rare
Hakeem Adeniji
OL · 2020–2025 · DAL 2025, MIN 2023
- Rare
Jake McQuaide
LS · 2011–2025 · DAL 2021–2022, MIN 2024
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Rare
Wade Wilson
QB · 1990–1999 · DAL 1995–1997, MIN 1990–1991
- Epic
Zach Moore
DE · 2014–2018 · DAL 2016, MIN 2015
- Epic
Fred Strickland
LB · 1990–1999 · DAL 1996–1998, MIN 1993
- Epic
Matt Wile
P · 2016–2019 · DAL 2016, MIN 2018
- Epic
Derek Tennell
TE · 1991–1993 · DAL 1992, MIN 1992–1993
- Epic
Eddie Murray
SPEC · 1990–2000 · DAL 1993, 1999, MIN 1997
- Epic
Rodney Smith
WR · 2013–2015 · DAL 2015, MIN 2013–2014
- Epic
Gregg Briggs
DB · 1992–1999 · DAL 1992, 1995, MIN 1997–1999
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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