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 ...

With Dee Alford still unsigned, the Atlanta Falcons are searching for a new starter at nickel. While Alford racked up a ...

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 ...

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 ...