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Chris Spielman

Retired

Cleveland Browns · LB

Chris Spielman recorded 148 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

6

playoff games

10

indexed seasons

148

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Chris Spielman's most significant indexed performances.

Wild Card
1996
JACKSONVILLEJAGUARS
BUFFALOBILLS
DEC 28, 1996

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Buffalo Bills

Wild Card · Dec 28, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1995
DETROITLIONS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
DEC 30, 1995

Detroit Lions vs Philadelphia Eagles

Wild Card · Dec 30, 1995

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1994
DETROITLIONS
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DEC 31, 1994

Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers

Wild Card · Dec 31, 1994

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1993
GREEN BAYPACKERS
DETROITLIONS
JAN 8, 1994

Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions

Wild Card · Jan 8, 1994

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1991
W
DETROITLIONS
WSH
JAN 12, 1992

Detroit Lions vs WSH

Conference Championship · Jan 12, 1992

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Chris Spielman's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 1 sack

Regular Season
1995
DETROITLIONS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 23, 1995

Detroit Lions vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 23, 1995

0 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
1997
BUFFALOBILLS
NEW YORKJETS
SEP 7, 1997

Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets

Regular Season · Sep 7, 1997

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Chris Spielman's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1959–1988

01
DETSPIELMAN54Chris Spielman
DETLEBEAU—Dick LeBeau
DETBARNEY—Lem Barney

Great defenders and Billy Sims cannot sustain a winner

Detroit Lions · The long wait

Detroit produced elite players but only intermittent contention, and Sims's career-altering injury removed the brightest offensive hope.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

02
DETSPIELMAN54Chris Spielman
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1985–1996

03
BUFSPIELMAN54Chris Spielman
BUFKELLY12Jim Kelly
BUFTHOMAS34Thurman Thomas

Four consecutive AFC championships

Buffalo Bills · The K-Gun years

Kelly's no-huddle offense and a defense led by Smith reached four straight Super Bowls, an achievement defined equally by dominance and heartbreak.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

04
BUFSPIELMAN54Chris Spielman
BUFMOULDS80Eric Moulds
BUFJACKSON22Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

1999–2017

05
CLESPIELMAN54Chris Spielman
CLETHOMAS73Joe Thomas
CLECRIBBS16Josh Cribbs

An expansion-style rebirth becomes a long rebuild

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

The restored franchise returned in 1999 but cycled through leadership and quarterbacks, with Thomas providing Hall of Fame stability amid the turnover.

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Career accomplishments

Pro Bowl selection · 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994First-team All-Pro · 199111 NFL seasons148 career games11 career sacksJersey: 546 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 4, 1988Most recent: Oct 26, 1997

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history