There has been a lot of talk about the Bengals’ defensive scheme.
They had some struggles last season, but they ran some interesting concepts and added talented rookies and free agents this offseason.
Let’s take a look at the Bengals’ main defensive packages.
Nickel
The clip above shows the Bengals in their nickel defense.
The defense features 4 defensive linemen and 2 linebackers, but “nickel” gets its name from the presence of a 5th defensive back called the slot corner or the nickelback.
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