Players who played for both the New Orleans Saints and the Houston Texans
48 NFL players have suited up for both franchises. Here they all are, ranked the way The Chains ranks them, most recognizable first.
48
Players
12
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 Saints player to a Texans player through Toben Opurum 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
Brandin Cooks
WR · 2014–2026 · NO 2014–2016, 2025, HOU 2020–2022
- Common
Mark Ingram
RB · 2011–2022 · NO 2011–2018, 2021–2022, HOU 2021
- Common
Aaron Glenn
DB · 1994–2008 · NO 2008, HOU 2002–2004
- Common
Tyrann Mathieu
FS · 2013–2024 · NO 2022–2024, HOU 2018
- Common
Sheldon Rankins
DL · 2016–2026 · NO 2016–2020, HOU 2023, 2025–2026
- Common
Justin Reid
DB · 2018–2026 · NO 2025–2026, HOU 2018–2021
- Uncommon
Bradley Roby
CB · 2014–2023 · NO 2021–2022, HOU 2019–2020
- Uncommon
David Johnson
RB · 2015–2022 · NO 2022, HOU 2020–2021
- Uncommon
C.J. Gardner-Johnson
DB · 2019–2026 · NO 2019–2021, HOU 2025
- Uncommon
Barrett Ruud
MLB · 2005–2012 · NO 2012, HOU 2012
- Uncommon
D.J. Swearinger
FS · 2013–2020 · NO 2019–2020, HOU 2013–2014
- Uncommon
Kenny Stills
WR · 2013–2021 · NO 2013–2014, 2021, HOU 2019–2020
In the middle
Real answers, but not the first ones people think of.
- Rare
Mario Edwards
DE · 2015–2026 · NO 2019, HOU 2024–2026
- Rare
Foster Moreau
TE · 2019–2026 · NO 2023–2025, HOU 2026
- Rare
Jake Delhomme
QB · 1998–2011 · NO 1998–2002, HOU 2011
- Rare
Kendall Langford
DE · 2008–2017 · NO 2017, HOU 2017
- Rare
Isaac Yiadom
DB · 2018–2026 · NO 2022–2023, 2025, HOU 2022
- Rare
Cory Littleton
LB · 2016–2023 · NO 2023, HOU 2023
- Rare
Keith Mitchell
LB · 1997–2003 · NO 1997–2001, HOU 2002
- Rare
Danny Clark
LB · 2000–2010 · NO 2006, 2010, HOU 2007
- Rare
Billy Miller
WR · 1999–2008 · NO 2006–2008, HOU 2002–2004
- Rare
Lonnie Johnson
DB · 2019–2025 · NO 2023, HOU 2019–2021
- Rare
Vonta Leach
RB · 2004–2013 · NO 2006, HOU 2006–2010
- Rare
Charlie Clemons
LB · 1997–2003 · NO 2000–2002, HOU 2003
- Rare
Kai Kroeger
P · 2025–2026 · NO 2025, HOU 2026
- Rare
Shiloh Keo
DB · 2011–2016 · NO 2016, HOU 2011–2013
- Rare
Eno Benjamin
RB · 2021–2022 · NO 2022, HOU 2022
- Rare
Shayne Graham
SPEC · 2001–2016 · NO 2013–2014, HOU 2012
- Rare
T.J. Green
DB · 2016–2021 · NO 2019, HOU 2021
- Rare
Johnson Bademosi
CB · 2012–2019 · NO 2019, HOU 2018
- Rare
Howard Green
DE · 2002–2011 · NO 2003–2004, HOU 2002
- Rare
Moran Norris
RB · 2001–2011 · NO 2001–2002, HOU 2002–2005
- Rare
Victor Riley
OL · 1998–2005 · NO 2002–2004, HOU 2005
- Rare
Mike Mohamed
OLB · 2011–2015 · NO 2015, HOU 2013–2014
- Rare
Troy Evans
ILB · 2002–2009 · NO 2007–2009, HOU 2002–2006
- Rare
Elbert Mack
CB · 2008–2014 · NO 2012, HOU 2013–2014
- Rare
Austin Deculus
OL · 2022–2025 · NO 2024, HOU 2022–2024
- Rare
Taylor Stallworth
DL · 2018–2023 · NO 2018–2019, HOU 2022
- Rare
Ben Heeney
MLB · 2015–2017 · NO 2017, HOU 2017
- Rare
Senio Kelemete
G · 2012–2021 · NO 2014–2017, HOU 2018–2020
The rarest links
The players almost nobody names first, and the biggest bonus in a puzzle.
- Rare
Derek Newton
T · 2011–2018 · NO 2018, HOU 2011–2016
- Epic
Tutan Reyes
OL · 2000–2009 · NO 2000–2002, HOU 2009
- Epic
Don Jones
FS · 2013–2016 · NO 2015, HOU 2016
- Epic
DeMario Pressley
DT · 2009–2011 · NO 2009, HOU 2010
- Epic
David Pittman
CB · 2006–2008 · NO 2008, HOU 2008
- Epic
Derrick Lewis
WR · 2002–2006 · NO 2002–2003, HOU 2006
- Epic
Travis Carroll
OLB · 2002–2003 · NO 2002–2003, HOU 2003
- Legendary
Toben Opurum
RB · 2013–2015 · NO 2015, HOU 2013
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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