When the Pittsburgh Steelers defense first takes the field during the regular season, who is going to be out there if they’re in a nickel front? The way training camp has evolved, it certainly seems as though it could be any number of defensive backs—and that’s in fact how they see it, and like it, in the room.
The defender who is likely to see the most time on the field in nickel packages is Levi Wallace, signed as a free agent coming over from the Buffalo Bills. He talked to reporters on Thursday about the multitude of different personnel groupings the Steelers have shown in the secondary, and he’s supportive of it, even if it’s a bit new to him.