1.   Although not listed as a starter, he plays in the nickel defense at right corner, allowing Williams to slide inside and cover a slot receiver.

2.   Analyzing an algebra problem is not like analyzing a nickel defense.

3.   And the addition of Anthony Davis and Martin Bayless in the nickel defense has bolstered that unit significantly.

4.   Bates plays in the nickel defense.

5.   Brown will be used as the pass-rushing right end in the nickel defense, the position filled by McCrary last year.

6.   But Williams was able to play in the nickel defense and finished with six tackles. . . .

7.   CB Booker replaced Fuller in the nickel defense, and CB Darren Anderson replaced him in the dime defense. . . .

8.   Clay on this play was back at safety in the nickel pass defense.

9.   Crawford will be hard-pressed to unseat Tedy Bruschi in that role, though, as Bruschi did a fine job in the nickel defense last season.

10.   Gray immediately assumed a role in the nickel defenses.