What does your team's nickel defense look like?

[Da-Phins]

My guess it would be....

DE-Cam Wake
DT-Randy Starks
DT-Jared Odrick
DE-Olivier Vernon

LB- Kevin Burnett
LB- Karlos Dansby

CB-Sean Smith
CB-Vontae Davis
NB-Richard Marshall

S-Jimmy Wilson/Chris Clemons
S-Reshad Jones/Tyrell Johnson

[Bobo]

Originally Posted by mightytitan9

Hard to predict with so many new comers on defense.

If I had to guess right now:

LE: Derrick Morgan
DT: Karl Klug
DT: Mike Martin
RE: Kamerion Wimbley
LB: Colin McCarthy
LB: Zach Brown
CB: Tommie Campbell
CB: Jason McCourty
NB: Alterraun Verner
S: Jordan Babineaux
S: Michael Griffin

I'm hoping Tommie Campbell shows enough to warrant taking over outside in NB situations and having Verner slide inside.

Also, Akeem Ayers could be a player at LB or DE. I hope Brown can help in the nickel, but Witherspoon may be there

I hope Ayers gets his pass rush attempts in Nickle now, leaving Morgan in usually in the base D. I can see Martin playing Nickle,he's far from just a NT. i wonder if Markelle Martin could maybe man the NB position? I'll be disappointed if Brown doesn't a least play Nickle right away. And wouldn't it be great if we found another 7th round CB steal?

[Maybe This Year Mayhew]

Lions Dline rotates alot so DE/DT could change
LE Avril/Willie Young
DT Suh
DT Williams/Fairley(hopefully he plays next to Suh more)
RE KVB/Lo Jack
MLB Tulloch
OLB DeAndre Levy
LCB Chris Houston
RCB Aaron Berry
NCB Jacob Lacey or Dwight Bentley
FS Louis Delmas
SS Amari Spievey

http://espn.go.com/nfl/statistics/te...sition/defense

Lions were very good in 3rd down D last year making stops. Injuries to Houston,Delmas and Berry in the last quarter of season and playoff game really derailed the Lions. That D and back 7 is better than people think.

[Fico]

OLB Barwin
DE Mercilus
NT Smith
DE Watt
OLB Reed

LB Cushing

CB Joseph
CB Jackson
NB Quinn
S Nolan
S Manning

[onejayhawk]

Chiefs Nickel Package
LE: Dontari Poe (3-5 tecnhique)
RE: Allen Bailey (3-5 technique)
LOLB: Justin Houston
ILB: Derrick Johnson
ROLB: Tamba Hali
Jack: DeQuan Menzie/Jovan Belcher
CB: Brandon Flowers, Stanford Routt
NCB: Javier Arenas
SS: Eric Berry
FS: Kendrick Lewis

If Menzie is in, its a dime. Belcher either needs to step up his coverage skills, or the team will get another ILB for the nickel package.

J

[Bills2083]

My guess for the Bills:

LE - Mario Williams
DT - Marcel Dareus
DT - Kyle Williams
RE - Mark Anderson
LB - Kelvin Sheppard
LB - Nick Barnett
LCB - Terrence McGee
NCB - Stephon Gilmore
RCB - Aaron Williams
FS - Jairus Byrd
SS - George Wilson

[keylime_5]

LDE-Jabaal Sheard
DT-Ahtyba Rubin
DT-Frostee Rucker/Billy Winn/John Hughes
DE-Juqua Parker
LB-D'Qwell Jackson
LB-Chris Gocong
CB-Joe Haden
SS-TJ Ward
FS-Usama Young
CB-Sheldon Brown
NB-Dimitri Patterson

[OzTitan]

Originally Posted by mightytitan9

Hard to predict with so many new comers on defense.

If I had to guess right now:

LE: Derrick Morgan
DT: Karl Klug
DT: Mike Martin
RE: Kamerion Wimbley
LB: Colin McCarthy
LB: Zach Brown
CB: Tommie Campbell
CB: Jason McCourty
NB: Alterraun Verner
S: Jordan Babineaux
S: Michael Griffin

I'm hoping Tommie Campbell shows enough to warrant taking over outside in NB situations and having Verner slide inside.

Also, Akeem Ayers could be a player at LB or DE. I hope Brown can help in the nickel, but Witherspoon may be there

With Finnegan gone, I'm not sure who takes over at NB. I dunno if Verner fits it very well. Apparently some video on the Titans website hints that Coty Sensabaugh was drafted for the NB role. I dunno if Campbell breaks into any starting role this year. I also wonder if they'd have a outside guy on base packages (i.e. Verner) move inside with nickel - I'd think they'd prefer to keep who is outside consistent across all packages. I know Finny did this at times but he gave them that luxury - Verner is a decent CB but that sort of versatility seems more suited to a more experienced veteran.

And yeah, I believe Ayers is meant to be tried as a nickel DE. This probably hinges on how Morgan goes as a pass rusher - I suspect they think he is probably more a base 4-3 DE and might come out in nickel packages.

[tmljeh19]

I'll give this a whirl for the skins

DE - Adam Carriker
NT - Jarvis Jenkins
DE - Stephen Bowen

LB - London Fletcher
LB - Ryan Kerrigan

CB - DeAngelo Hall
CB - Josh Wilson
NB - Cedric Griffin
SS - Brandon Meriweather
FS - Tanard Jackson

*note: I could 100% see Chase Minnifield as the starting NB on week one. Dude is super motivated to prove himself.

[Jakey]

My guess(es)...


DT: Cameron Heyward
DT: Ziggy Hood

OLB: Lamarr Woodley
OLB: James Harrison

ILB: Lawrence Timmons
ILB: Sean Spence (eventually)

CB: Ike Taylor
CB: Keenan Lewis
CB: Curtis Brown/Cortez Allen

FS: Ryan Clark
SS: Troy Polamalu

...

(BIG NICKEL)

DE: Brett Keisel
DT: Alameda Ta'amu
DT: Ziggy Hood
DT: Cam Heyward

LB: Lawrence Timmons
LB: Larry Foote/Sean Spence/Stevenson Sylvester

CB: Ike Taylor
CB: Keenan Lewis

NB: Ryan Mundy

FS: Ryan Clark
SS: Troy Polamalu

...


DT: Cam Heyward
DT: Brett Keisel

OLB: James Harrison
OLB: Lamarr Woodley

ILB: Lawrence Timmons

CB: Ike Taylor
CB: Keenan Lewis
NB: Curtis Brown
DB: Cortez Allen

FS: Ryan Clark
SS: Troy Polamalu

[scar988]

Falcons:
LE - Sidbury
NT - Babineaux
UT - Edwards
RE - Abraham
LB - Weatherspoon
LB - Nicholas
LCB - Samuel
RCB - Grimes
NCB - Robinson
FS - Decoud
SS - Moore

[Pat Sims 90]

This is how i see the Bengals going into the season.

LE: Michael Johnson
NT: Devon Still
UT: Geno Atkins
RE: Carlos Dunlap
LB: Thomas Howard
LB: Manny Lawson
LCB: Leon Hall
RCB: Dre Kirkpatrick
NCB: Jason Allen
FS: Reggie Nelson
SS: Taylor Mays

[Phins827]

Originally Posted by Da-Phins

My guess it would be....

DE-Cam Wake
DT-Randy Starks
DT-Jared Odrick
DE-Olivier Vernon

LB- Kevin Burnett
LB- Karlos Dansby

CB-Sean Smith
CB-Vontae Davis
NB-Richard Marshall

S-Jimmy Wilson/Chris Clemons
S-Reshad Jones/Tyrell Johnson

100% agreed

[Bobo]

Originally Posted by OzTitan

With Finnegan gone, I'm not sure who takes over at NB. I dunno if Verner fits it very well. Apparently some video on the Titans website hints that Coty Sensabaugh was drafted for the NB role. I dunno if Campbell breaks into any starting role this year. I also wonder if they'd have a outside guy on base packages (i.e. Verner) move inside with nickel - I'd think they'd prefer to keep who is outside consistent across all packages. I know Finny did this at times but he gave them that luxury - Verner is a decent CB but that sort of versatility seems more suited to a more experienced veteran.

And yeah, I believe Ayers is meant to be tried as a nickel DE. This probably hinges on how Morgan goes as a pass rusher - I suspect they think he is probably more a base 4-3 DE and might come out in nickel packages.

Verner got plenty of NB reps his rookie year, I thought he was good there. He's played inside and out so I'd say he somewhat got "vet" status now, at least with the roster we have. I think they'd want Coty to learn mostly one position his rookie year, and I'd guess NB since that seems the norm around here. So maybe Verner stays outside if they feel Coty can play right away inside.

Campbell's size and speed keep us all hopeful I guess, but I wonder if they'd try him at S.

It'll be tragic if they don't put Ayers hand in the dirt more this year. He's got skills there and we obviously need all the pass rush help we can get. They have said they will use him there more this year, so that's encouraging at least.

Morgan did lead the team in QBH's last year even if he only had like 2.5 sacks. He was coming on later in the year, they said he was settling in from the ACL. I imagine they still want to try him some in pass rush situations.

[TheFinisher]

My best guess for Dallas

RE: D Ware
DT: Ratliff
LE: Spencer/Tyrone Crawford

LB: Sean Lee
LB: Bruce Carter

LCB: Brandon Carr
RCB: Morris Claiborne
NB: Mike Jenkins

SS: Gerald Sensabaugh
FS: Brodney Pool
Rover: Orlando Scandrick

Technically not a nickel D but Rob Ryan perfers DBs/LBs on the field as opposed to DL on passing downs. He also likes to mix it up and group stange personel combos in different packages where we could have 0 DL and 6 LBs and 5 DBs, Victor Butler is a pass rush specialist who gets moved around a lot and I have a feeling 4th round picks Kyle Wilber and Matt Johnson will find some kind of hybrid roles in some packages. But as for our base pass D I'd have to assume hed go with the above look. Scandrick will be a wildcard, he's played S, NCB, and has been a nice blitz option for us from the secondary... Rob will probably get real creative with Scandrick now that he has Mo and Carr to man up on the outsides.