The Buffalo Bills run a nickel defense as their base look against most opponents. With a modern NFL game that’s skewed towards passing, it makes sense to have lighter, faster players on the field to counter spread offensive looks. But, what happens when teams decide to run out of those spread formations? If you have corners on the field who can’t tackle, you’re in trouble.

Enter Buffalo’s nickel corner, a smaller player who plays the run like someone 50 pounds heavier than he actually is, yet can run with most wideouts in the current NFL. He’s a weapon on defense in so many ways, capable of playing man or zone, blitzing off the edge or containing the run. It’s because of him that so many of Buffalo’s defensive calls work, as he allows them to run multiple defenses out of the same personne

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