Players who played for both the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams
77 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
77
Players
14
Easy to name
Legendary
Best link
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 Lions player to a Rams player through Isaiah Johnson and the link is rated Legendary (+250 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
Matthew Stafford
QB · 2009–2026 · DET 2009–2020, RAM 2021–2026
- Common
Ndamukong Suh
DT · 2010–2022 · DET 2010–2014, RAM 2018
- Common
Jared Goff
QB · 2016–2026 · DET 2021–2026, RAM 2016–2020
- Common
Dre' Bly
DB · 1999–2009 · DET 2003–2006, RAM 1999–2002
- Common
Allen Robinson
WR · 2014–2024 · DET 2024, RAM 2022
- Uncommon
Michael Brockers
DT · 2012–2022 · DET 2021–2022, RAM 2012–2020
- Uncommon
A'Shawn Robinson
DL · 2016–2026 · DET 2016–2019, RAM 2020–2022
- Uncommon
Chris Claiborne
LB · 1999–2006 · DET 1999–2002, RAM 2005
- Uncommon
Travis Taylor
WR · 2000–2008 · DET 2008, RAM 2007
- Uncommon
Todd Lyght
DB · 1991–2002 · DET 2001–2002, RAM 1991–2000
- Uncommon
Rocky McIntosh
LB · 2006–2013 · DET 2013, RAM 2012
- Uncommon
Josh Reynolds
WR · 2017–2025 · DET 2021–2023, RAM 2017–2020
- Uncommon
Nick Fairley
DT · 2011–2016 · DET 2011–2014, RAM 2015
- Uncommon
Troy Edwards
WR · 1999–2005 · DET 2005, RAM 2002
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Az-Zahir Hakim
WR · 1998–2006 · DET 2002–2004, 2006, RAM 1998–2001
- Rare
Danny Amendola
WR · 2009–2021 · DET 2019–2020, RAM 2009–2012
- Rare
Roger McCreary
DB · 2022–2026 · DET 2026, RAM 2025
- Rare
Ronald Bartell
CB · 2005–2012 · DET 2012, RAM 2005–2011
- Rare
Ryan McNeil
DB · 1993–2003 · DET 1993–1996, RAM 1997–1998
- Rare
Quinton Jefferson
DL · 2016–2025 · DET 2025, RAM 2017
- Rare
Justin Bannan
DT · 2002–2013 · DET 2013, RAM 2011
- Rare
Troy Stradford
RB · 1990–1992 · DET 1992, RAM 1992
- Rare
Gus Frerotte
QB · 1994–2008 · DET 1999, RAM 2006–2007
- Rare
Travis Fisher
CB · 2002–2009 · DET 2007–2008, RAM 2002–2006
- Rare
C.J. Anderson
RB · 2013–2019 · DET 2019, RAM 2018
- Rare
Shaun McDonald
WR · 2003–2008 · DET 2007–2008, RAM 2003–2006
- Rare
Paris Lenon
OLB · 2002–2013 · DET 2006–2008, RAM 2009
- Rare
Chuck Long
QB · 1990–1994 · DET 1991–1992, 1994, RAM 1990
- Rare
James Hall
DL · 2000–2011 · DET 2000–2006, RAM 2007–2011
- Rare
Nickell Robey-Coleman
CB · 2013–2022 · DET 2021, RAM 2017–2019
- Rare
Terry Fair
DB · 1998–2005 · DET 1998–2001, RAM 2005
- Rare
Mike Furrey
WR · 2003–2009 · DET 2006–2008, RAM 2003–2005
- Rare
Tye Hill
CB · 2006–2010 · DET 2010, RAM 2006–2008
- Rare
Jonah Williams
DL · 2021–2025 · DET 2024, RAM 2021–2024
- Rare
Robert Bailey
DB · 1991–2001 · DET 1997–1999, 2001, RAM 1991–1994
- Rare
Shaun Hill
QB · 2002–2016 · DET 2010–2013, RAM 2014
- Rare
KhaDarel Hodge
WR · 2018–2026 · DET 2021, RAM 2018
- Rare
Tyoka Jackson
DL · 1994–2006 · DET 2006, RAM 2001–2005
- Rare
Lamar Gordon
RB · 2002–2006 · DET 2006, RAM 2002–2003
- Rare
Jonah Jackson
OL · 2020–2026 · DET 2020–2023, RAM 2024
- Rare
Mike McDonald
LB · 1990–1992 · DET 1992, RAM 1990–1991
- Rare
Aveion Cason
RB · 2001–2008 · DET 2001–2002, 2006–2008, RAM 2001, 2004–2005
- Rare
Greg Hill
RB · 1994–1999 · DET 1999, RAM 1998
- Rare
Kasim Edebali
OLB · 2014–2018 · DET 2017, RAM 2017
- Rare
Grant Stuard
LB · 2021–2026 · DET 2025, RAM 2026
- Rare
Jonathan Wade
CB · 2007–2010 · DET 2010, RAM 2007–2009
- Rare
Oday Aboushi
T · 2013–2022 · DET 2019–2020, RAM 2022
- Epic
Marquis Walker
DB · 1996–2000 · DET 2000, RAM 1996–1997
- Epic
Paul Smith
RB · 2000–2007 · DET 2003, 2005, RAM 2006
- Epic
Greg Robinson
G · 2014–2019 · DET 2017, RAM 2014–2016
- Epic
Arlen Harris
RB · 2003–2006 · DET 2006, RAM 2003–2005
- Epic
Vernon Turner
RB · 1990–1995 · DET 1993, 1995, RAM 1991–1992
- Epic
Brandon Powell
WR · 2018–2024 · DET 2018, RAM 2021–2022
- Epic
Matthew Mulligan
TE · 2009–2016 · DET 2016, RAM 2012
- Epic
Cornelius Lucas
T · 2014–2025 · DET 2014–2016, RAM 2017
- Epic
Tyrunn Walker
DT · 2012–2017 · DET 2015–2016, RAM 2017
- Epic
Rex Tucker
OL · 1999–2006 · DET 2006, RAM 2005
- Epic
Jake McQuaide
LS · 2011–2025 · DET 2023, RAM 2011–2020, 2025
- Epic
Andy McCollum
OL · 1994–2008 · DET 2008, RAM 1999–2005, 2007
- Epic
Amp Lee
RB · 1992–2001 · DET 2001, RAM 1997–1999
- Epic
Jerome Murphy
CB · 2010–2013 · DET 2012, RAM 2010
- Epic
Danny Gorrer
DB · 2009–2014 · DET 2014, RAM 2009
- Epic
David Loverne
OL · 1999–2004 · DET 2004, RAM 2003
- Epic
Jeremy Lincoln
DB · 1992–2000 · DET 2000, RAM 1996
- Epic
Jacoby Shepherd
DB · 2000–2003 · DET 2003, RAM 2000–2001
- Epic
Garrett Reynolds
T · 2009–2015 · DET 2014, RAM 2015
- Epic
Jamil Demby
OL · 2018–2019 · DET 2018, RAM 2018–2019
- Epic
Andrew Donnal
T · 2015–2019 · DET 2018, RAM 2015–2017
- Epic
Bradley Marquez
WR · 2015–2018 · DET 2017–2018, RAM 2015–2016
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Jermelle Cudjo
DT · 2010–2016 · DET 2015, RAM 2010, 2012–2013
- Epic
JuJu Hughes
DB · 2020–2022 · DET 2022, RAM 2020–2021
- Epic
Blaine Saipaia
C · 2003–2007 · DET 2006–2007, RAM 2004–2005
- Epic
Roy Schuening
G · 2008–2009 · DET 2009, RAM 2008
- Epic
Stephen Trejo
RB · 2001–2004 · DET 2001–2004, RAM 2004
- Legendary
Jared Pinkney
TE · 2021–2022 · DET 2021, RAM 2021–2022
- Legendary
Nicholas Grigsby
LB · 2016–2018 · DET 2018, RAM 2016
- Legendary
Isaiah Johnson
DB · 2015–2018 · DET 2015, RAM 2016–2018
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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