There has been a lot of discussion about the New Orleans Saints changing their base defense from a 4-3 to a 3-4, but it still won't be their most frequently used defense. Brandon Staley laid out his ...

To do this, we used a nickel defense. Had we used a base 4-3 defense, Oregon's Jeffrey Bassa would have been the additional linebacker. If we used a 3-4 defense, the extra interior defensive ...

The most common personnel packages these days are nickel and dime defenses. That was the case on Staley's 2020 L.A. Rams defense and each of his Chargers defenses. Run-first NFL offenses have had ...

opponents could dictate how much he played in a game simply by going to three wide receiver sets and forcing the Steelers to match their wide receivers on the field with a nickel defense. Finding a ...

The Packers signed inside linebacker Isaiah McDuffie, scheduled to become a free agent March 12, to a two-year, $8 million deal.

That could help determine which prospects might rise and fall in the draft. To do this, we used a nickel defense. Had we used a base 4-3 defense, Oregon's Jeffrey Bassa would have been the ...