Cortez Allen, the Steelers' dime DB as a rookie last year, has worked at nickel back in OTAs thus far. He told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: “It is a great position to play. It’s fun. It’s different. It helps me as far as the grand scheme of the concept of the defense. I am excited about it.”
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