Players who played for both the Detroit Lions and the New Orleans Saints
79 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
79
Players
15
Easy to name
Ball-knower
Best link
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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 Saints player through Mitchell Loewen 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
Adrian Peterson
RB · 2007–2021 · DET 2020, NO 2017
- Common
Reggie Bush
RB · 2006–2016 · DET 2013–2014, NO 2006–2010
- Common
Pat Swilling
LB · 1990–1998 · DET 1993–1994, NO 1990–1992
- Uncommon
Joey Harrington
QB · 2002–2008 · DET 2002–2005, NO 2008
- Uncommon
Alex Anzalone
LB · 2017–2026 · DET 2021–2025, NO 2017–2020
- Uncommon
Teddy Bridgewater
QB · 2014–2025 · DET 2023, NO 2018–2019
- Uncommon
Desmond Trufant
CB · 2013–2021 · DET 2020, NO 2021
- Uncommon
Shaun Rogers
DL · 2001–2013 · DET 2001–2007, NO 2011
- Uncommon
C.J. Gardner-Johnson
DB · 2019–2026 · DET 2023, NO 2019–2021
- Uncommon
Jamaal Williams
RB · 2017–2024 · DET 2021–2022, NO 2023–2024
- Uncommon
Darryl Tapp
DE · 2006–2017 · DET 2014–2015, NO 2016
- Uncommon
Kwon Alexander
MLB · 2015–2024 · DET 2024, NO 2020–2021
- Uncommon
Marcus Davenport
DL · 2018–2026 · DET 2024–2025, NO 2018–2022
- Uncommon
Dwight Smith
DB · 2001–2008 · DET 2008, NO 2005
- Uncommon
Nick Fairley
DT · 2011–2016 · DET 2011–2014, NO 2016
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Az-Zahir Hakim
WR · 1998–2006 · DET 2002–2004, 2006, NO 2005
- Rare
Will Harris
DB · 2019–2025 · DET 2019–2023, NO 2024
- Rare
Al-Quadin Muhammad
DL · 2017–2026 · DET 2024–2025, NO 2017
- Rare
Lance Moore
WR · 2006–2015 · DET 2015, NO 2006–2013
- Rare
Grady Jackson
DL · 1997–2009 · DET 2009, NO 2002–2003
- Rare
Alex Molden
DB · 1996–2003 · DET 2003, NO 1996–2000
- Rare
David Sloan
TE · 1995–2003 · DET 1995–2001, NO 2002–2003
- Rare
Joique Bell
RB · 2010–2016 · DET 2011–2016, NO 2011
- Rare
Terrence Holt
FS · 2003–2008 · DET 2003–2006, NO 2008
- Rare
Arthur Maulet
DB · 2017–2025 · DET 2025, NO 2017–2018
- Rare
Jonah Williams
DL · 2021–2025 · DET 2024, NO 2025
- Rare
Brett Perriman
WR · 1990–1997 · DET 1991–1996, NO 1990
- Rare
Turk McBride
DE · 2007–2012 · DET 2009–2010, NO 2011–2012
- Rare
Robert Massey
DB · 1990–1997 · DET 1994–1995, NO 1990
- Rare
Terrelle Smith
RB · 2000–2009 · DET 2009, NO 2000–2003
- Rare
Michael Burton
FB · 2015–2026 · DET 2015–2016, NO 2020
- Rare
Mario Bates
RB · 1994–2000 · DET 2000, NO 1994–1997
- Rare
Isa Abdul-Quddus
FS · 2011–2016 · DET 2014–2015, NO 2011–2013
- Rare
Rafael Bush
DB · 2010–2018 · DET 2016, NO 2012–2015, 2017
- Rare
Chase Daniel
QB · 2009–2022 · DET 2020, NO 2009–2012, 2017
- Rare
J.T. O'Sullivan
QB · 2002–2010 · DET 2007, NO 2002–2004
- Rare
Brian Williams
LB · 1995–2002 · DET 2001–2002, NO 2001
- Rare
Chris Oldham
DB · 1990–2001 · DET 1990, NO 2000–2001
- Rare
Zach Zenner
RB · 2015–2019 · DET 2015–2018, NO 2019
- Rare
Kasim Edebali
OLB · 2014–2018 · DET 2017, NO 2014–2017
- Rare
Johnson Bademosi
CB · 2012–2019 · DET 2016, NO 2019
- Rare
Ben Graham
P · 2005–2012 · DET 2011–2012, NO 2008
- Rare
Eric Frampton
SS · 2007–2013 · DET 2007, NO 2013
- Rare
Larry Warford
G · 2013–2019 · DET 2013–2016, NO 2017–2019
- Rare
Anthony Zettel
DL · 2016–2020 · DET 2016–2017, NO 2020
- Rare
Corey Fuller
WR · 2014–2016 · DET 2014–2016, NO 2016
- Rare
Moran Norris
RB · 2001–2011 · DET 2008, NO 2001–2002
- Rare
Dwayne Washington
RB · 2016–2023 · DET 2016–2017, NO 2018–2022
- Rare
Ty Summers
LB · 2019–2025 · DET 2025, NO 2022–2023
- Rare
Aldrick Rosas
K · 2016–2021 · DET 2021, NO 2021
- Rare
Walter Rasby
TE · 1994–2004 · DET 1998–2000, NO 2003
- Rare
John Owens
TE · 2002–2009 · DET 2002–2004, 2007–2008, NO 2006–2007
- Epic
Milton Mack
DB · 1990–1994 · DET 1994, NO 1990–1991
- Epic
George Johnson
DE · 2010–2017 · DET 2014, 2017, NO 2017
- Epic
Cornelius Lucas
T · 2014–2025 · DET 2014–2016, NO 2018
- Epic
Tyrunn Walker
DT · 2012–2017 · DET 2015–2016, NO 2012–2014
- Epic
Mark Royals
SPEC · 1990–2003 · DET 1995–1996, NO 1997–1998
- Epic
Keyunta Dawson
DE · 2007–2013 · DET 2011, NO 2013
- Epic
Jed Collins
RB · 2011–2014 · DET 2014, NO 2011–2013
- Epic
Jonathan Williams
RB · 2016–2023 · DET 2020, NO 2017–2018
- Epic
Christian Ringo
DL · 2016–2022 · DET 2017, NO 2021–2022
- Epic
C.J. Wilson
DE · 2010–2016 · DET 2015, NO 2016
- Epic
Antwan Lake
DT · 2002–2008 · DET 2002, NO 2006–2008
- Epic
Andy McCollum
OL · 1994–2008 · DET 2008, NO 1994–1998
- Epic
Scott Daly
LS · 2021–2026 · DET 2021–2023, NO 2026
- Epic
Jerome Murphy
CB · 2010–2013 · DET 2012, NO 2012
- Epic
Willie Clay
DB · 1992–1999 · DET 1992–1995, NO 1999
- Epic
Tommy Kraemer
OL · 2021–2023 · DET 2021, NO 2023
- Epic
Marcus McCauley
CB · 2007–2009 · DET 2009, NO 2009
- Epic
Brad Leggett
OL · 1990–1992 · DET 1992, NO 1990–1991
- Epic
Darian Barnes
FB · 2002–2008 · DET 2008, NO 2008
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Orien Harris
DE · 2006–2009 · DET 2009, NO 2007
- Epic
Albert Huggins
DL · 2019–2023 · DET 2020, NO 2021
- Epic
Devine Ozigbo
RB · 2019–2023 · DET 2023, NO 2021
- Epic
Tim Lelito
G · 2013–2017 · DET 2017, NO 2013–2016
- Epic
Donovan Greer
DB · 1997–2002 · DET 2002, NO 1997
- Epic
Michael Ola
G · 2014–2019 · DET 2015–2016, NO 2018–2019
- Epic
Garrett Griffin
TE · 2016–2022 · DET 2022, NO 2016–2017, 2020–2021
- Ball-knower
Mitchell Loewen
DL · 2017–2019 · DET 2018, NO 2017–2019
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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