Players who played for both the New York Giants and the Carolina Panthers
71 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
71
Players
14
Easy to name
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Chains matchup: Friendly. 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 Giants player to a Panthers player through O.J. Childress and the link is rated Unicorn (+600 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
Jeremy Shockey
TE · 2002–2011 · NYG 2002–2007, CAR 2011
- Common
Kerry Collins
QB · 1995–2011 · NYG 1999–2003, CAR 1995–1998
- Common
Brian Burns
LB · 2019–2026 · NYG 2024–2026, CAR 2019–2023
- Common
Jonathan Stewart
RB · 2008–2018 · NYG 2018, CAR 2008–2017
- Uncommon
David Carr
QB · 2002–2012 · NYG 2008–2009, 2011–2012, CAR 2007
- Uncommon
James Bradberry
DB · 2016–2023 · NYG 2020–2021, CAR 2016–2019
- Uncommon
Isaiah Simmons
LB · 2020–2026 · NYG 2023–2024, CAR 2025–2026
- Uncommon
Bobby Okereke
LB · 2019–2026 · NYG 2023–2025, CAR 2026
- Uncommon
Eli Apple
DB · 2016–2025 · NYG 2016–2018, CAR 2020
- Uncommon
A'Shawn Robinson
DL · 2016–2026 · NYG 2023, CAR 2024–2025
- Uncommon
Deon Grant
DB · 2000–2011 · NYG 2010–2011, CAR 2000–2003
- Uncommon
Jon Beason
OLB · 2007–2015 · NYG 2013–2015, CAR 2007–2013
- Uncommon
Micheal Barrow
LB · 1993–2003 · NYG 2000–2003, CAR 1997–1999
- Uncommon
Shaun Williams
DB · 1998–2006 · NYG 1998–2005, CAR 2006
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Darren Waller
WR · 2015–2026 · NYG 2023, CAR 2026
- Rare
Brandon Short
LB · 2000–2006 · NYG 2000–2003, 2006, CAR 2004–2005
- Rare
Louis Murphy
WR · 2009–2017 · NYG 2013, CAR 2012
- Rare
Ray-Ray McCloud
WR · 2018–2025 · NYG 2025, CAR 2019
- Rare
Chase Blackburn
MLB · 2005–2014 · NYG 2005–2012, CAR 2013–2014
- Rare
Ross Cockrell
CB · 2014–2021 · NYG 2017, CAR 2019
- Rare
Vernon Butler
DL · 2016–2022 · NYG 2022, CAR 2016–2019
- Rare
Domenik Hixon
WR · 2007–2013 · NYG 2007–2009, 2011–2012, CAR 2013
- Rare
Dan Connor
MLB · 2008–2013 · NYG 2013, CAR 2008–2011, 2013
- Rare
Brent Alexander
DB · 1994–2005 · NYG 2004–2005, CAR 1998–1999
- Rare
Terry Cousin
DB · 1997–2008 · NYG 2004, CAR 2002–2003
- Rare
David Mayo
MLB · 2015–2023 · NYG 2019–2020, CAR 2015–2018
- Rare
Pharoh Cooper
WR · 2016–2022 · NYG 2021, CAR 2020
- Rare
Devin Thomas
WR · 2008–2011 · NYG 2010–2011, CAR 2010
- Rare
Matt Barkley
QB · 2013–2023 · NYG 2023, CAR 2021
- Rare
Spencer Paysinger
OLB · 2011–2017 · NYG 2011–2014, CAR 2017
- Rare
Carlos Basham
DL · 2021–2025 · NYG 2023–2024, CAR 2025
- Rare
Chuck Wiley
DL · 1998–2004 · NYG 2004, CAR 1998–1999
- Rare
George Selvie
DE · 2010–2016 · NYG 2015–2016, CAR 2011
- Rare
Mike Fox
DL · 1990–1998 · NYG 1990–1994, CAR 1995–1998
- Rare
Emmanuel McDaniel
DB · 1996–2003 · NYG 1999–2001, CAR 1996, 2002
- Rare
Graham Gano
K · 2009–2025 · NYG 2020–2025, CAR 2012–2018
- Rare
Ihmir Smith-Marsette
WR · 2021–2024 · NYG 2024, CAR 2023
- Rare
Russell Shepard
WR · 2013–2019 · NYG 2018–2019, CAR 2017
- Rare
Chris Ogbonnaya
RB · 2009–2014 · NYG 2014, CAR 2014
- Rare
Chris Manhertz
TE · 2016–2026 · NYG 2024–2026, CAR 2016–2020
- Rare
Andre Brown
RB · 2010–2013 · NYG 2012–2013, CAR 2010
- Rare
Joe Webb
QB · 2010–2020 · NYG 2020, CAR 2014–2016
- Rare
Shayne Graham
SPEC · 2001–2016 · NYG 2010, CAR 2002
- Rare
Keion Crossen
DB · 2018–2025 · NYG 2021, CAR 2025
- Rare
Kaelin Clay
WR · 2015–2018 · NYG 2018, CAR 2017
- Rare
Marshall Newhouse
T · 2011–2020 · NYG 2015–2016, CAR 2018
- Rare
Carlton Bailey
LB · 1990–1997 · NYG 1993–1994, CAR 1995–1997
- Rare
Joe Montgomery
RB · 1999–2002 · NYG 1999–2001, CAR 2002
- Rare
Greg Van Roten
G · 2012–2026 · NYG 2024–2025, CAR 2017–2019
- Rare
Mike Remmers
T · 2013–2022 · NYG 2019, CAR 2014–2016
- Epic
Tim Hasselbeck
QB · 2002–2007 · NYG 2005–2006, CAR 2002
- Epic
Sean Chandler
DB · 2018–2023 · NYG 2018–2020, CAR 2021–2022
- Epic
Tavarres King
WR · 2013–2017 · NYG 2016–2017, CAR 2013
- Epic
Curtis Deloatch
CB · 2004–2007 · NYG 2004–2005, CAR 2007
- Epic
Mark Jones
WR · 2004–2009 · NYG 2004, CAR 2008
- Epic
Geoff Schwartz
T · 2009–2015 · NYG 2015, CAR 2009–2010
- Epic
Rashaan Gaulden
DB · 2018–2020 · NYG 2019, CAR 2018–2019
- Epic
Patrick Omameh
G · 2013–2021 · NYG 2018, CAR 2021
- Epic
Tae Davis
LB · 2018–2023 · NYG 2018–2019, CAR 2023
- Epic
Tutan Reyes
OL · 2000–2009 · NYG 2009, CAR 2002–2005
- Epic
Clarence Jones
OL · 1991–2000 · NYG 1991–1993, CAR 1999–2000
- Epic
Scott Simonson
TE · 2014–2019 · NYG 2018–2019, CAR 2015–2016
- Epic
Jeremy Cash
LB · 2016–2017 · NYG 2017, CAR 2016–2017
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Antonio Edwards
DL · 1993–1999 · NYG 1997, CAR 1999
- Epic
Bryan Stoltenberg
OL · 1996–2000 · NYG 1997, CAR 1998–2000
- Epic
Ray Green
DB · 2000–2003 · NYG 2003, CAR 2000
- Epic
Gillis Wilson
DL · 2000–2001 · NYG 2001, CAR 2000–2001
- Epic
Woodrow Hamilton
DL · 2016–2021 · NYG 2021, CAR 2020
- Legendary
Madre Harper
DB · 2020–2021 · NYG 2020, CAR 2021
- Legendary
Damane Duckett
DT · 2004–2007 · NYG 2004–2005, CAR 2004
- Unicorn
O.J. Childress
LB · 1999–2000 · NYG 1999, CAR 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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