Players who played for both the Carolina Panthers and the New Orleans Saints
70 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
70
Players
11
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 Panthers player to a Saints player through Jason Vander Laan 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
Jeremy Shockey
TE · 2002–2011 · CAR 2011, NO 2008–2010
- Common
Andy Dalton
QB · 2011–2026 · CAR 2023–2025, NO 2022
- Common
Kerry Collins
QB · 1995–2011 · CAR 1995–1998, NO 1998
- Common
Ted Ginn
WR · 2007–2020 · CAR 2013, 2015–2016, NO 2017–2019
- Common
Roman Harper
SS · 2006–2016 · CAR 2014–2015, NO 2006–2013, 2016
- Common
Vonn Bell
DB · 2016–2024 · CAR 2023, NO 2016–2019
- Uncommon
Jairus Byrd
FS · 2009–2017 · CAR 2017, NO 2014–2016
- Uncommon
Eli Apple
DB · 2016–2025 · CAR 2020, NO 2018–2019
- Uncommon
Teddy Bridgewater
QB · 2014–2025 · CAR 2020, NO 2018–2019
- Uncommon
James Anderson
OLB · 2006–2016 · CAR 2006–2012, NO 2015–2016
- Uncommon
Wesley Walls
TE · 1990–2003 · CAR 1996–2002, NO 1994–1995
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Mark Fields
LB · 1995–2004 · CAR 2002, 2004, NO 1995–2000
- Rare
Sam Mills
LB · 1990–1997 · CAR 1995–1997, NO 1990–1994
- Rare
Cortland Finnegan
CB · 2006–2016 · CAR 2015, NO 2016
- Rare
A.J. Klein
OLB · 2013–2023 · CAR 2013–2016, NO 2017–2019
- Rare
Jake Delhomme
QB · 1998–2011 · CAR 2003–2009, NO 1998–2002
- Rare
Lamar Smith
RB · 1994–2003 · CAR 2002, NO 1998–1999, 2003
- Rare
Kurt Coleman
SS · 2010–2019 · CAR 2015–2017, NO 2018
- Rare
Chris Hogan
WR · 2012–2021 · CAR 2019, NO 2021
- Rare
Hollis Thomas
DL · 1996–2009 · CAR 2009, NO 2006–2008
- Rare
Willie Snead
WR · 2015–2023 · CAR 2021, NO 2015–2017
- Rare
Cory Littleton
LB · 2016–2023 · CAR 2022, NO 2023
- Rare
Lonnie Johnson
DB · 2019–2025 · CAR 2024, NO 2023
- Rare
John Kasay
SPEC · 1991–2011 · CAR 1995–2010, NO 2011
- Rare
Reggie Howard
DB · 2000–2006 · CAR 2000–2003, 2006, NO 2000
- Rare
Shy Tuttle
DL · 2019–2026 · CAR 2023–2024, NO 2019–2022
- Rare
Renaldo Turnbull
DL · 1990–1997 · CAR 1997, NO 1990–1996
- Rare
Darion Conner
LB · 1990–1997 · CAR 1995, NO 1994
- Rare
Chad Cota
DB · 1995–2002 · CAR 1995–1997, NO 1998
- Rare
Cameron Erving
G · 2015–2023 · CAR 2021–2022, NO 2023
- Rare
Velus Jones Jr.
WR · 2022–2026 · CAR 2024, NO 2025
- Rare
Dan Arnold
WR · 2018–2022 · CAR 2021, NO 2018–2019
- Rare
Chris Manhertz
TE · 2016–2026 · CAR 2016–2020, NO 2016
- Rare
Wes Horton
DE · 2013–2019 · CAR 2013–2019, NO 2019
- Rare
Luke Fortner
OL · 2022–2026 · CAR 2026, NO 2025
- Rare
Shayne Graham
SPEC · 2001–2016 · CAR 2002, NO 2013–2014
- Rare
T.J. Green
DB · 2016–2021 · CAR 2019, NO 2019
- Rare
Travaris Cadet
RB · 2012–2018 · CAR 2018, NO 2012–2016
- Rare
Olindo Mare
SPEC · 1997–2012 · CAR 2011, NO 2007
- Rare
Toi Cook
DB · 1990–1997 · CAR 1996–1997, NO 1990–1993
- Rare
Brett Maxie
DB · 1990–1997 · CAR 1995–1996, NO 1990–1993
- Rare
Torricelli Simpkins III
OL · 2025–2026 · CAR 2026, NO 2025
- Rare
Ernest Jones
LB · 1994–1999 · CAR 1998–1999, NO 1995, 1998
- Rare
Walter Rasby
TE · 1994–2004 · CAR 1995–1997, NO 2003
- Rare
Keith Kirkwood
WR · 2018–2023 · CAR 2020–2021, NO 2018–2019, 2022–2023
- Rare
Jake Luton
QB · 2020–2023 · CAR 2023, NO 2022
- Epic
Jason Kyle
LB · 1995–2010 · CAR 2001–2008, NO 2009–2010
- Epic
Les Miller
DL · 1990–1998 · CAR 1996–1998, NO 1991–1994
- Epic
Curtis Deloatch
CB · 2004–2007 · CAR 2007, NO 2006
- Epic
Donta Jones
LB · 1995–2000 · CAR 1999, NO 2000
- Epic
Alex Armah
RB · 2017–2023 · CAR 2017–2020, NO 2021
- Epic
Eric Guliford
WR · 1993–1998 · CAR 1995, NO 1997–1998
- Epic
Ricky Siglar
OL · 1990–1998 · CAR 1998, NO 1997–1998
- Epic
Tommy Barnhardt
SPEC · 1990–2000 · CAR 1995, NO 1990–1994, 1999
- Epic
Patrick Omameh
G · 2013–2021 · CAR 2021, NO 2019
- Epic
Calvin Throckmorton
OL · 2021–2025 · CAR 2023, NO 2021–2022
- Epic
Tutan Reyes
OL · 2000–2009 · CAR 2002–2005, NO 2000–2002
- Epic
Caleb Benenoch
OL · 2016–2021 · CAR 2019, NO 2021
- Epic
Jamar Nesbit
OL · 1999–2009 · CAR 1999–2002, NO 2004–2009
- Epic
Chris Reed
OL · 2016–2024 · CAR 2019–2020, NO 2024
- Epic
Clarence Jones
OL · 1991–2000 · CAR 1999–2000, NO 1996–1998
- Epic
Steve Scifres
OL · 1997–1999 · CAR 1998, NO 1999
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
DeMario Pressley
DT · 2009–2011 · CAR 2011, NO 2009
- Epic
Eku Leota
LB · 2023–2026 · CAR 2023–2024, NO 2025
- Epic
Marcus Ball
SS · 2014–2016 · CAR 2016, NO 2014
- Epic
Rob Petitti
T · 2005–2010 · CAR 2009–2010, NO 2006
- Epic
Deveron Harper
DB · 2000–2004 · CAR 2000–2001, NO 2003–2004
- Epic
Dino Philyaw
RB · 1995–1999 · CAR 1995–1996, NO 1999
- Epic
Kevin Reddick
ILB · 2013–2015 · CAR 2014, NO 2013
- Epic
Jason Vander Laan
TE · 2016–2019 · CAR 2018, NO 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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