Pentagon Cane
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Wait, what? Either you're joking or you're confused about something. A dime defense features 6 defensive backs. It's literally impossible to have 4-3 personnel in a "dime" package.
Also, the main difference between a 4-2-5 and a traditional nickle is the player being used at the nickle (or rover, or striker or whatever) position. A traditional nickle package puts a premium on pass coverage even at the expense of stopping the run. Normally used in obvious passing situations when you prefer your extra DB be able to cover a slot receiver. (Bandy) A 4-2-5 uses an extra safety who is more suited to playing the run even if his coverage ability isn't quite as good as a true nickle corner's (Smith) Also a traditional nickle alignment usually has two safeties lined up deep with three corners lined up on or near the line of scrimmage. A 4-2-5 alignment often deploys one free safety lined up deep in the middle of the field and both the strong safety and rover lined up closer to the line on each side. Obviously, it's dependent on the offensive formation and coverage called.
With Florida athletes, I love to see us running TCU's coverage schemes out of the 4-2-5. TCU runs a lot of Cover 25, mixed with Cover 2, Cover 5 and Cover 3. They blitz a lot out of Cover 3. Also, like the fact that Quarterman and Pinckney have trimmed down allowing them to run a little quicker in space.