Players who played for both the Miami Dolphins and the Detroit Lions
85 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
85
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 Dolphins player to a Lions player through Andy Vincent 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
Ndamukong Suh
DT · 2010–2022 · MIA 2015–2017, DET 2010–2014
- Common
Andre Johnson
OL · 1996–1998 · MIA 1997, DET 1997–1998
- Common
Reggie Bush
RB · 2006–2016 · MIA 2011–2012, DET 2013–2014
- Common
Kyle Van Noy
LB · 2014–2026 · MIA 2020, DET 2014–2016
- Common
Daunte Culpepper
QB · 1999–2009 · MIA 2006, DET 2008–2009
- Uncommon
Joey Harrington
QB · 2002–2008 · MIA 2006, DET 2002–2005
- Uncommon
Teddy Bridgewater
QB · 2014–2025 · MIA 2022, DET 2023
- Uncommon
Dan Wilkinson
DL · 1994–2006 · MIA 2006, DET 2003–2005
- Uncommon
Kelvin Sheppard
ILB · 2011–2018 · MIA 2014–2015, DET 2018
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Trey Flowers
DE · 2016–2022 · MIA 2022, DET 2019–2021
- Rare
Danny Amendola
WR · 2009–2021 · MIA 2018, DET 2019–2020
- Rare
Charles Harris
DL · 2017–2024 · MIA 2017–2019, DET 2021–2023
- Rare
Louis Delmas
FS · 2009–2014 · MIA 2014, DET 2009–2013
- Rare
Andre' Goodman
CB · 2002–2011 · MIA 2006–2008, DET 2002–2005
- Rare
Brock Marion
DB · 1993–2004 · MIA 1998–2003, DET 2004
- Rare
Bobby Carpenter
ILB · 2006–2012 · MIA 2010, DET 2010–2011
- Rare
DeShon Elliott
DB · 2019–2025 · MIA 2023, DET 2022
- Rare
Jamar Fletcher
DB · 2001–2008 · MIA 2001–2003, DET 2006
- Rare
Patrick Ramsey
QB · 2002–2010 · MIA 2010, DET 2009
- Rare
Troy Stradford
RB · 1990–1992 · MIA 1990, DET 1992
- Rare
Gus Frerotte
QB · 1994–2008 · MIA 2005, DET 1999
- Rare
Sylvester Williams
NT · 2013–2020 · MIA 2018, DET 2018
- Rare
Da'Shawn Hand
DL · 2018–2026 · MIA 2023–2024, DET 2018–2021
- Rare
Gerald Alexander
FS · 2007–2011 · MIA 2011, DET 2007–2008
- Rare
Ifeatu Melifonwu
DB · 2021–2026 · MIA 2025, DET 2021–2024
- Rare
David Long Jr.
LB · 2019–2024 · MIA 2023–2024, DET 2024
- Rare
Akeem Spence
DT · 2013–2022 · MIA 2018, DET 2017
- Rare
Jason Jones
DT · 2008–2016 · MIA 2016, DET 2013–2015
- Rare
Justin Coleman
DB · 2015–2022 · MIA 2021, DET 2019–2020
- Rare
Robert Bailey
DB · 1991–2001 · MIA 1996, DET 1997–1999, 2001
- Rare
Brett Perriman
WR · 1990–1997 · MIA 1997, DET 1991–1996
- Rare
Bert Emanuel
WR · 1994–2001 · MIA 2000, DET 2001
- Rare
Tim McKyer
DB · 1990–1997 · MIA 1990, DET 1993
- Rare
Tyoka Jackson
DL · 1994–2006 · MIA 1994, DET 2006
- Rare
Lamar Gordon
RB · 2002–2006 · MIA 2004, DET 2006
- Rare
Bracy Walker
DB · 1994–2005 · MIA 1997, DET 2002–2005
- Rare
Andre Fluellen
DT · 2008–2015 · MIA 2012, DET 2008–2015
- Rare
John Kidd
SPEC · 1990–1998 · MIA 1994–1997, DET 1998
- Rare
Isa Abdul-Quddus
FS · 2011–2016 · MIA 2016, DET 2014–2015
- Rare
Brian Walker
DB · 1996–2003 · MIA 1997–1998, 2000–2001, DET 2002–2003
- Rare
Logan Thomas
QB · 2014–2023 · MIA 2015, DET 2019
- Rare
Will Heller
TE · 2003–2012 · MIA 2005, DET 2009–2012
- Rare
Stockar McDougle
OL · 2000–2006 · MIA 2005, DET 2000–2004
- Rare
C.J. Mosley
DT · 2005–2015 · MIA 2015, DET 2013–2014
- Rare
Zach Zenner
RB · 2015–2019 · MIA 2019, DET 2015–2018
- Rare
Jim Arnold
SPEC · 1990–1994 · MIA 1994, DET 1990–1993
- Rare
Riley Patterson
K · 2021–2026 · MIA 2025–2026, DET 2021, 2023
- Rare
Johnson Bademosi
CB · 2012–2019 · MIA 2019, DET 2016
- Rare
Scott Mitchell
QB · 1991–2001 · MIA 1991–1993, DET 1994–1998
- Rare
James-Michael Johnson
OLB · 2012–2016 · MIA 2015–2016, DET 2015
- Rare
Dave Dickenson
QB · 2001–2002 · MIA 2002, DET 2002
- Rare
Larry Borom
OL · 2021–2026 · MIA 2025, DET 2026
- Rare
Scott McGarrahan
DB · 1998–2005 · MIA 2001–2002, DET 2005
- Rare
Benito Jones
DL · 2020–2025 · MIA 2020, 2024–2025, DET 2022–2023
- Rare
Tim Boyle
QB · 2018–2024 · MIA 2024, DET 2021
- Epic
Ikaika Alama-Francis
DE · 2007–2011 · MIA 2009–2011, DET 2007–2008
- Epic
Autry Denson
RB · 1999–2002 · MIA 1999–2000, DET 2002
- Epic
Travis Swanson
C · 2014–2018 · MIA 2018, DET 2014–2017
- Epic
Mark Royals
SPEC · 1990–2003 · MIA 2002–2003, DET 1995–1996
- Epic
Evan Brown
OL · 2018–2026 · MIA 2019, DET 2020–2022
- Epic
Nick Williams
DE · 2014–2023 · MIA 2016, DET 2020–2021
- Epic
Jake McQuaide
LS · 2011–2025 · MIA 2024, DET 2023
- Epic
Mike Chalenski
DL · 1993–1998 · MIA 1997, DET 1998
- Epic
Bruce McNorton
DB · 1990–1991 · MIA 1991, DET 1990
- Epic
Donald Thomas
G · 2009–2012 · MIA 2009, DET 2010
- Epic
Jimmy Wyrick
DB · 2000–2004 · MIA 2003–2004, DET 2000–2003
- Epic
Corey Harris
WR · 1992–2003 · MIA 1997, DET 2002–2003
- Epic
Jeff Hunter
DL · 1990–1994 · MIA 1992–1993, DET 1990–1992
- Epic
Sean Hill
DB · 1994–1997 · MIA 1994–1996, DET 1997
- Epic
Jerris McPhail
RB · 1996–1998 · MIA 1996–1997, DET 1998
- Epic
Jason Fox
T · 2010–2015 · MIA 2014–2015, DET 2010, 2012–2013
- Epic
Andrew Donnal
T · 2015–2019 · MIA 2019, DET 2018
- Epic
Ben Stille
DL · 2022–2026 · MIA 2022, DET 2026
- Epic
Darian Barnes
FB · 2002–2008 · MIA 2005–2006, DET 2008
- Epic
Greg Jeffries
DB · 1993–2000 · MIA 1999–2000, DET 1993–1998
- Epic
Iheanyi Uwaezuoke
WR · 1996–2000 · MIA 1998, DET 1999
- Epic
Barry Stokes
OL · 1998–2007 · MIA 1998, DET 2006–2007
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Bruce Alexander
DB · 1990–1993 · MIA 1992–1993, DET 1990–1991
- Epic
Gabe Wright
DT · 2015–2018 · MIA 2017, DET 2015
- Epic
Robert Clark
WR · 1990–1992 · MIA 1992, DET 1990–1991
- Epic
Anthony Bryant
DT · 2005–2010 · MIA 2007, DET 2006
- Legendary
Chris Hannon
WR · 2006–2008 · MIA 2008, DET 2008
- Legendary
J.B. Brown
DB · 1990–2000 · MIA 1990–1996, DET 1999–2000
- Legendary
Henry Taylor
DL · 1998–2001 · MIA 2001, DET 1998
- Ball-knower
Andy Vincent
OL · 2000–2001 · MIA 2001, DET 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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