Players who played for both the Los Angeles Rams 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
8
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 Rams player to a Saints player through Troy Ridgley 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
Brandin Cooks
WR · 2014–2026 · RAM 2018–2019, NO 2014–2016, 2025
- Common
James Laurinaitis
MLB · 2009–2016 · RAM 2009–2015, NO 2016
- Common
Janoris Jenkins
CB · 2012–2022 · RAM 2012–2015, NO 2019–2020
- Common
Jared Cook
TE · 2009–2021 · RAM 2013–2015, NO 2019–2020
- Uncommon
Blake Bortles
QB · 2014–2021 · RAM 2019–2020, NO 2021
- Uncommon
Eddie Kennison
WR · 1996–2007 · RAM 1996–1998, NO 1999
- Uncommon
La'Roi Glover
DL · 1996–2008 · RAM 2006–2008, NO 1997–2001
- Uncommon
Nick Fairley
DT · 2011–2016 · RAM 2015, NO 2016
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Az-Zahir Hakim
WR · 1998–2006 · RAM 1998–2001, NO 2005
- Rare
Mark Fields
LB · 1995–2004 · RAM 2001, NO 1995–2000
- Rare
Cortland Finnegan
CB · 2006–2016 · RAM 2012–2013, NO 2016
- Rare
Anthony Hargrove
DE · 2004–2011 · RAM 2004–2006, NO 2009–2010
- Rare
Nick Vannett
TE · 2016–2026 · RAM 2025, NO 2021–2022
- Rare
Kendall Langford
DE · 2008–2017 · RAM 2012–2014, NO 2017
- Rare
Brian Leonard
RB · 2007–2014 · RAM 2007–2008, NO 2014
- Rare
Ernie Conwell
TE · 1996–2006 · RAM 1996–2002, NO 2003–2006
- Rare
Jim Everett
QB · 1990–1997 · RAM 1990–1993, NO 1994–1996
- Rare
Craig Heyward
RB · 1990–1998 · RAM 1997, NO 1990–1992
- Rare
Matt Giordano
FS · 2005–2013 · RAM 2013, NO 2010
- Rare
Hollis Thomas
DL · 1996–2009 · RAM 2009, NO 2006–2008
- Rare
Scott Shanle
OLB · 2003–2012 · RAM 2003, NO 2006–2012
- Rare
Cory Littleton
LB · 2016–2023 · RAM 2016–2019, NO 2023
- Rare
Jason Craft
DB · 1999–2008 · RAM 2008, NO 2004–2008
- Rare
Michael Hoomanawanui
TE · 2010–2017 · RAM 2010–2011, NO 2015, 2017
- Rare
Jonah Williams
DL · 2021–2025 · RAM 2021–2024, NO 2025
- Rare
Kyle Turley
OL · 1998–2007 · RAM 2003, NO 1998–2002
- Rare
Brian Young
DL · 2000–2008 · RAM 2000–2003, NO 2004–2008
- Rare
Chip Lohmiller
SPEC · 1990–1996 · RAM 1996, NO 1995
- Rare
Jo-Lonn Dunbar
LB · 2008–2015 · RAM 2012–2014, NO 2008–2011, 2015
- Rare
Fakhir Brown
DB · 1999–2008 · RAM 2006–2008, NO 2002–2005
- Rare
Chad Cota
DB · 1995–2002 · RAM 2002, NO 1998
- Rare
Wayne Gandy
OL · 1994–2008 · RAM 1994–1998, NO 2003–2005
- Rare
Will Herring
OLB · 2007–2014 · RAM 2014, NO 2011–2013
- Rare
Charlie Clemons
LB · 1997–2003 · RAM 1997–1999, NO 2000–2002
- Rare
Blake Grupe
K · 2023–2026 · RAM 2026, NO 2023–2025
- Rare
Torrance Small
WR · 1992–2001 · RAM 1997, NO 1992–1996
- Rare
Ray-Ray Armstrong
OLB · 2013–2020 · RAM 2013–2014, NO 2019
- Rare
John Carney
SPEC · 1990–2010 · RAM 1990, NO 2001–2006, 2009–2010
- Rare
Mitch Berger
SPEC · 1994–2009 · RAM 2002, NO 2003–2005
- Rare
Mike Karney
FB · 2004–2010 · RAM 2009–2010, NO 2004–2008
- Rare
Don Davis
LB · 1996–2006 · RAM 2001–2002, NO 1996–1998
- Rare
Fred Weary
DB · 1998–2003 · RAM 2003, NO 1998–2001
- Rare
Cameron Cleeland
TE · 1998–2005 · RAM 2003–2005, NO 1998–2001
- Rare
Terrell Burgess
DB · 2020–2026 · RAM 2020–2022, NO 2025
- Rare
Steve Israel
DB · 1992–2001 · RAM 1992–1994, NO 2000–2001
- Rare
Nick Toon
WR · 2013–2015 · RAM 2015, NO 2013–2014
- Rare
John Greco
T · 2008–2018 · RAM 2008–2010, NO 2017
- Rare
Kasim Edebali
OLB · 2014–2018 · RAM 2017, NO 2014–2017
- Rare
DeJuan Groce
CB · 2003–2006 · RAM 2003–2005, NO 2006
- Rare
Michael Hawthorne
DB · 2000–2005 · RAM 2005, NO 2000–2003
- Rare
Ethan Westbrooks
DE · 2014–2021 · RAM 2014–2018, NO 2021
- Rare
Brett Maher
K · 2018–2023 · RAM 2023, NO 2021
- Rare
Kai Forbath
K · 2012–2020 · RAM 2020, NO 2015–2016
- Rare
Jamie Martin
QB · 1993–2008 · RAM 1993–1996, 2001–2002, 2004–2005, NO 2006–2007
- Rare
David Edwards
OL · 2019–2026 · RAM 2019–2022, NO 2026
- Rare
Anthony Newman
DB · 1990–1999 · RAM 1990–1994, NO 1995–1997
- Rare
Ernest Jones
LB · 1994–1999 · RAM 1994, NO 1995, 1998
- Epic
Fred Stokes
DL · 1990–1996 · RAM 1993–1995, NO 1996
- Epic
Steve Walsh
QB · 1990–1999 · RAM 1996, NO 1990–1993
- Epic
Cornelius Lucas
T · 2014–2025 · RAM 2017, NO 2018
- Epic
Grant Haley
DB · 2018–2022 · RAM 2021–2022, NO 2020
- Epic
Tyrunn Walker
DT · 2012–2017 · RAM 2017, NO 2012–2014
- Epic
Eric Moore
DE · 2005–2010 · RAM 2006–2008, NO 2006
- Epic
Jason Kyle
LB · 1995–2010 · RAM 2000, NO 2009–2010
- Epic
Mike Verstegen
OL · 1995–1998 · RAM 1998, NO 1995–1997
- Epic
Matt Lehr
OL · 2001–2008 · RAM 2004, NO 2008
- Epic
Andy McCollum
OL · 1994–2008 · RAM 1999–2005, 2007, NO 1994–1998
- Epic
Jerome Murphy
CB · 2010–2013 · RAM 2010, NO 2012
- Epic
Nick Leckey
C · 2004–2009 · RAM 2007–2008, NO 2009
- Epic
Zach Hocker
K · 2015 · RAM 2015, NO 2015
- Epic
Clarence Jones
OL · 1991–2000 · RAM 1994–1995, NO 1996–1998
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Epic
Malcolm Floyd
WR · 1994–1999 · RAM 1997, NO 1999
- Epic
Trevor Johnson
DE · 2004–2007 · RAM 2007, NO 2006
- Epic
Jerald Moore
RB · 1996–2000 · RAM 1996–1998, NO 2000
- Epic
Rob Petitti
T · 2005–2010 · RAM 2007, NO 2006
- Epic
Phillip Ward
LB · 1997–2000 · RAM 1998, NO 2000
- Epic
Jack Heflin
DL · 2021–2026 · RAM 2025, NO 2023
- Legendary
K.C. Asiodu
LB · 2009–2010 · RAM 2009, NO 2010
- Ball-knower
Troy Ridgley
DL · 1996–1998 · RAM 1996, NO 1998
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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