One of the changes made is extensive use of his safety unit in “big” nickel and dime formations ... from behind could fire up the young Rams defense and put pressure on Hurts to win it ...

The Big Ten is about to display it's talents as ... 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.

Size helps also, but just being able to know the defense ... nickel." Typically, the team's quickest and fastest receiver plays slot and that's who Curtis would have to defend. Being a big ...