Base defense isn’t dead in the NFL, especially with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but it’s certainly not the dominant personnel package on the majority of downs like it used to be. But the Steelers have an interesting challenge to figure out this season with their base personnel. Who is the odd man out in the secondary after the addition of Jalen Ramsey?
“[Juan] Thornhill will be a fit in the team’s nickel and dime defenses,” Dulac wrote in his Steelers chat via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “But when they have just four secondary players on the field, it will always be [Joey] Porter [Jr.