08-07-2015, 04:30 PM
(08-07-2015, 04:26 PM)Bengalfan11164 Wrote: Nickel is 5 dbs, including 2 outside cbs, a slot cb, and 2 safeties.
If hall was playing the slot cb (as he has historically), then Hobson wouldn't report a change.
Hobson is reporting the hall is playing at safety in the nickel.
So, with pacman (outside), drekirk (outside), dennard (slot?), and 2 safeties (Nelson and Iloka), which safety is Leon hall displacing if he is playing safety in the nickel formation?
I just assume one of the 3 out of Hall, Iloka, and Nelson are playing the technical "5th" DB, but I could be wrong.
I see no reason they'd take out one of the better coverage safeties in a pass defense formation. Nelson and Iloka are one of the best coverage tandems in the league right now.
