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Players who played for the Detroit Lions and New England Patriots

71 NFL players have played for both the Detroit Lions and the New England Patriots, regular season or playoffs, listed by career games. Teams that moved count for the team they became: the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders count for Las Vegas, the San Diego Chargers for the Los Angeles Chargers, the Houston Oilers for Tennessee and the Baltimore Colts for Indianapolis. Season stats count from 1999 on.

1. Jon Morris180 GP
2. Henry Thomas174 GP
3. Otis Smith167 GP
4. Kyle Van Noy166 GP
5. Danny Amendola162 GP
6. Shawn Jefferson160 GP
7. Duron Harmon146 GP
8. Trevor Matich144 GP
9. Pat Studstill132 GP
10. Mohamed Sanu130 GP
11. LeGarrette Blount128 GP
12. David Richards120 GP
13. Derrick Ramsey120 GP
14. Marlin Briscoe120 GP
15. Mike Montler120 GP
16. Jalen Mills117 GP
17. Jamie Collins117 GP
18. Carlton Davis III111 GP
19. Zefross Moss111 GP
20. Ray Jarvis108 GP
21. Jahlani Tavai107 GP
22. Tavon Wilson105 GP
23. Matt Cassel104 GP
24. Akeem Spence101 GP
25. James Ihedigbo100 GP
26. Willie Clay99 GP
27. Mike Compton97 GP
28. Prentice McCray96 GP
29. Walter Stanley96 GP
30. Lamont Warren94 GP
31. Ricky Jean Francois94 GP
32. Danny Shelton91 GP
33. Corwin Brown90 GP
34. Justin Coleman89 GP
35. Bert Emanuel88 GP
36. Leigh Bodden87 GP
37. Stephen Starring84 GP
38. Chris Board82 GP
39. Johnson Bademosi81 GP
40. Trey Flowers76 GP
41. Bo Robinson72 GP
42. Mike Haggerty72 GP
43. Bobby Carpenter68 GP
44. Rashaan Melvin68 GP
45. Brandon Copeland67 GP
46. Harry Colon60 GP
47. Ricky Smith60 GP
48. Steve Doig60 GP
49. Kindle Vildor53 GP
50. Chidi Iwuoma52 GP
51. Corey Ballentine52 GP
52. Chris Gambol48 GP
53. Damien Woody48 GP
54. Paul Gipson48 GP
55. Willie Germany48 GP
56. Matthew Mulligan35 GP
57. Timothy Wright35 GP
58. Monty Rice29 GP
59. Ishmaa'ily Kitchen28 GP
60. Landon Cohen28 GP
61. Marquis Flowers27 GP
62. Don Overton24 GP
63. Scott Lockwood24 GP
64. Dan Gronkowski14 GP
65. Nicholas Grigsby13 GP
66. Eric Lee11 GP
67. LaAdrian Waddle10 GP
68. Donald Thomas8 GP
69. Rashod Berry4 GP
70. Trevor Bates3 GP
71. Malik Cunningham2 GP

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