Setting up your nickel defense: A guide to nickel personnel in MUT 19
Alright guys, today I'm gonna go over how you can set yourself up a really good nickel defense to win you more games against good players, and do it out of any playbook. ANY of these formations work:
Nickel 3-3-5, Big Over G, Normal, Double A-Gap (NOT 2-4-5 double A-gap) and nickel 3-3-5 odd, although I won't be going over the setup for the last one.
https://www.muthead.com/19/team-builder/1058115
This lineup is how I run my 3-3-5 personnel. In nickel normal/big nickel/double a, I'll only use one of the backup safeties and move my spare DE to DT.
Alright: the most universal thing here is pass rushers. I'm going to separate this into 3-down and 4-down formations for simplicity, so I'll go over the 3-3-5 first.
3-3-5 pass rush
In the 3-3-5, you NEED a combination of 80+ speed and 99 of a move at end/OLB. There's quite a few good cheap players who you can do this with (sheard, bosa, chubb, etc). I would go for higher blockshed before you go for 99 on both moves. OLB Taylor is ideal here if you can afford him.
Alright guys, today I'm gonna go over how you can set yourself up a really good nickel defense to win you more games against good players, and do it out of any playbook. ANY of these formations work: Nickel 3-3-5, Big Over G, Normal, Double A-Gap (NOT 2-4-5 double A-gap) and nickel 3-3-5 odd, although I won't be going over the setup for the last one.
https://www.muthead.com/19/team-builder/1058115 This lineup is how I run my 3-3-5 personnel. In nickel normal/big nickel/double a, I'll only use one of the backup safeties and move my spare DE to DT.
Alright: the most universal thing here is pass rushers. I'm going to separate this into 3-down and 4-down formations for simplicity, so I'll go over the 3-3-5 first. 3-3-5 pass rush In the 3-3-5, you NEED a combination of 80+ speed and 99 of a move at end/OLB. There's quite a few good cheap players who you can do this with (sheard, bosa, chubb, etc). I would go for higher blockshed before you go for 99 on both moves. OLB Taylor is ideal here if you can afford him.