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NICKEL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: It didn't come from head coach Mike Tomlin (the opinion that matters most), but one starter on defense endorsed Cam Sutton as the nickel-cornerback in the five-defensive backs sub-package following Saturday night's 26-20 preseason victory over the Lions.
"That's where I'm expecting him to be at this point," outside linebacker Alex Highsmith said.
That's the way it played out against the Lions.
Sutton moved inside and was replaced at outside cornerback by James Pierre on the Lions' first third down of the game.
On Detroit's second possession cornerback Arthur Maulet came on as the nickel for a second-down snap but was replaced at the nickel by Sutton on third down.
The next time the Lions got the ball Maulet was again the first option at nickel but was once again replaced by Sutton after one snap. And that was it for Maulet, who left the game with an ankle injury.
Cornerback Antoine Brooks Jr. opened training camp as the first-team nickel but was unavailable for the Detroit game, the second consecutive preseason game he's missed due to injury.
Undrafted rookie Shakur Brown took nickel snaps in the second half.
More intriguing, potentially, is how often the Steelers went to the six-defensive backs dime alignment.
They didn't.
When the varsity players were playing, that meant inside linebackers Joe Schobert and Devin Bush both stayed on the field in sub-package defense. And this despite the Lions facing third-and-20, third-and-25 and third-and-20 again as the first half played out, downs and distances that have traditionally called for six defensive backs.
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