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NFL Players Who Changed Teams

Try to guess these football players who changed teams - either in a trade or free agency.
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First submittedJuly 28, 2012
Times taken50,400
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Year
Team Change
Player
2023
Packers → Jets
Aaron Rodgers
2022
Seahawks → Broncos
Russell Wilson
2022
Chiefs → Dolphins
Tyreek Hill
2021
Lions → Rams
Matthew Stafford
2020
Patriots → Buccaneers
Tom Brady
2020
Patriots → Buccaneers
Rob Gronkowski
2020
Texans → Cardinals
DeAndre Hopkins
2018
Raiders → Bears
Khalil Mack
2018
Redskins → Vikings
Kirk Cousins
2012
Colts → Broncos
Peyton Manning
2009
Broncos → Bears
Jay Cutler
Year
Team Change
Player
2009
Falcons → Eagles
Michael Vick
2008
Packers → Jets
Brett Favre
2007
Raiders → Patriots
Randy Moss
2006
Chargers → Saints
Drew Brees
2006
Eagles → Cowboys
Terrell Owens
2003
Cowboys → Cardinals
Emmitt Smith
2001
49ers → Raiders
Jerry Rice
1993
49ers → Chiefs
Joe Montana
1993
Eagles → Packers
Reggie White
1989
Cowboys → Vikings
Herschel Walker
1987
Rams → Colts
Eric Dickerson
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24 Comments
joeythelemur
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Level 82
Sep 9, 2014
Herschel Walker!
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Sep 3, 2015
Added that one!
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 87
Jul 4, 2018
Ugh. Thanks for reminding me about that awful trade.
joeythelemur
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Level 82
Jul 31, 2020
Ha, 6 years later and I see a comment led to a quiz update. Got a good chuckle out of it (the only one I'm likely to get over that ridiculous "trade"/robbery).
HutHutVikes
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Level 64
Feb 6, 2024
Read my username. Guess how I feel about that trade.
Kyle72211
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Level 58
Nov 4, 2015
Brett Fav-rah...
PanosG31
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Level 34
Nov 4, 2015
Is it so rare for an American footballer to change teams? Because in football (soccer) it happens all the time.
fuanacdc
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Level 86
Nov 4, 2015
Not at all, these are just notable changes, usually from a player that has been with one team for a long time and has become associated with that team name.
Hdny42
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Level 64
Nov 6, 2015
@Panos: Of the 4 major North American pro-sports (American football, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey) there is probably less trading of players in the NFL than in the other four. While some players do change teams via trade, that is usually during the NFL draft when players are traded for draft picks, while trades of an active player for another are rare. Players definitely change teams a good amount in the NFL, but it is mostly due to free agency and rarely due to trades.

Compare the trades made in NFL during its just passed trading dradline to those who were moved before Major League Baseball's deadline. The only NFL trade of note was Vernon Davis from San Francisco to Denver. In baseball MAJOR pieces moved: the World Champion Kansas City Royals traded for former Cincinnati Red Johnny Cueto, who was brilliant in the World Series; the NL Champion Mets added Yoenis Cespedes, who played like an MVP in his 2 months in NY.

Players move around in the NFL, but rarely from trades.

BobsPats
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Level 12
Jul 23, 2020
Also, I would love it of this quiz got an update and there would be Tom Brady, DeAndre Hopkins, etc, etc
ZooTuber3000
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Level 52
Jul 23, 2020
Yes, yes, needs an update. Hope it comes
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Jul 30, 2020
Done!
DonTheLamplighter
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Level 85
Jul 31, 2020
Niice! Plenty for a sequel, too, even if limited only to Hall-of-Famers.

1926 Giants -> Bulldogs (HB) Jim Thorpe

1958 Lions -> Steelers (QB) Bobby Layne

1961 49ers -> Giants (QB) Y.A. Tittle

1964 Eagles -> Redskins (QB) Sonny Jurgensen

1964 Giants -> Redskins (LB) Sam Huff

1967 Oilers -> Raiders (QB/K) George Blanda

1970 Browns -> Dolphins (WR) Paul Warfield

1971 Chargers -> Cowboys (WR) Lance Alworth

1972 Giants -> Vikings (QB) Fran Tarkenton

1973 Colts -> Chargers (QB) Johnny Unitas

1976 Jets -> Redskins (RB) John Riggins

1977 Jets -> Rams (QB) Joe Namath

1978 Bills -> 49ers (RB) O.J. Simpson

DonTheLamplighter
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Level 85
Jul 31, 2020

1980 Chiefs -> Packers (K) Jan Stenerud

1980 Raiders -> Oilers (QB) Ken Stabler

1984 Oilers -> Saints (RB) Earl Campbell

1984 Steelers -> Seahawks (RB) Franco Harris

1987 Buccaneers -> 49ers (QB) Steve Young

1991 49ers -> Raiders (S) Ronnie Lott

1992 49ers -> Cowboys (DE) Charles Haley

1993 Raiders -> Chiefs (RB) Marcus Allen

2000 Broncos -> Ravens (TE) Shannon Sharpe

2003 Chargers -> Dolphins (LB) Junior Seau

2004 Redskins -> Broncos (CB) Champ Bailey

2009 Chiefs -> Falcons (TE) Tony Gonzalez

2010 Chargers -> Jets (RB) Ladanian Tomlinson

DonTheLamplighter
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Level 85
Jul 31, 2020
HOF Coaches only:

1963 Colts -> Jets Weeb Ewbank

1969 Packers -> Redskins Vince Lombardi

1970 Colts -> Dolphins Don Shula

1971 Rams -> Redskins George Allen

1997 Patriots -> Jets Bill Parcels

2002 Buccaneers -> Colts Tony Dungy

ZooTuber3000
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Level 52
Sep 10, 2020
Philip Rivers and Eli Manning!
jmellor13
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Level 67
Sep 16, 2020
Are you referring to the draft-day trade? I don't think that really fits with the quiz. All the players in this quiz established themselves over many years with the first franchise before moving to the second. Rivers would work from the Chargers to the Colts, but Eli played his whole career with the Giants.
tshalla
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Level 77
Sep 16, 2020
Great list.
idontkn1
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Level 92
Sep 16, 2020
I would have bet my house that Favre went to the Vikings first. He was so unremarkable in New Jersey, I figured it was because he was older. That first Vikings team was probably the best team in the NFL that season. Saints voodoo wasn't very kind to them in the NFC championship.
jmellor13
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Level 67
Sep 16, 2020
The Jets actually started 8-3 the year they had Favre, then they tumbled to 9-7. It came out after the season that Favre played the last month with a torn biceps muscle in his throwing arm, but he insisted on playing anyway because he is an egomaniac. He threw interceptions all over the place in that last month, and played the Jets out of a shot at the postseason. He also sent lewd and unsolicited photos and voicemails to Jenn Sterger that year, which everyone brushes aside because for some reason the football world wants to fetishize "the big kid" Brett Favre. The guy is a sleaze and a jerk.
ClassicAvery
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Level 56
Apr 5, 2022
Packer - Raiders (Davante Adams)

Broncos - Rams (Von Miller)

Chiefs - Dolphins (Tyreek Hill)

Seahawks - Broncos (Russel Wilson)

I have more suggestions but they haven't been with their first team very long so people might not know but man 2022 off season has been crazy.

Jarl5
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Level 68
Sep 13, 2023
JJ Watt also went from the Texans to the Cardinals in 2020
mooselikestoparty
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Level 61
Aug 6, 2024
I thought so too and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't work. Turns out, that was early 2021 that he signed with them.
JJRN
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Level 70
Apr 2, 2024
ok, just found this one after doing the baseball one, great concept and just finished this one too in the nick of time for a perfect score, I see the NBA one, now time to make the NHL one.
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