For Bears second-year cornerback Kyler Gordon, this season will be a chance to focus on one thing. The Bears intend to have Gordon focus solely on his role as a 'nickel' or slot corner, lining up opposite slot receivers on the inside of formations.
For Bears second-year cornerback Kyler Gordon, this season will be a chance to focus on one thing. The Bears intend to have Gordon focus solely on his role as a"nickel" or slot corner, lining up opposite slot receivers on the inside of formations.
Last season, Gordon would play boundary corner on the outside when the Bears had four defensive backs on the field. When they went to a smaller lineup and swapped a linebacker for a fifth DB, Gordon moved to the nickel spot and veteran Kindle Vildor entered the game as a boundary corner. "That nickel position is a hard position," Bears head coach Matt Eberflus said this week during OTAs."You can do a lot of different things in there, a lot of different techniques. Things happen fast in there. You have to fit the run."
"I like to blitz and stuff like that," Gordon said."Them giving me the ability to go and do that, that's what I love a lot about being in the nickel."
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