In the nickel you only have 6 in the box right? 3 DL and 3LB with 5 DB's. My CB's are CV Woodson, HW Woodson, Deion, TC Law so I'm not worried about getting beat deep ( I don't press a lot). I play 80-90% man on the outside and zone over the top. I had 99 Berry before 99 Taylor I they are pretty much the same. I didn't notice any difference in ground coverage over Taylor because of Berry's speed. The biggest difference I noticed was that Taylor picks off most passes he gets his hands on ( I'm pretty sure his CTH is better) and the biggest thing I noticed is the big hits and fumbles caused. There is a zone blitz which blitzes Taylor and 99 Brooks trough the same gap and 7 out of 10 times Taylor causes the QB to fumble when he hits him. Your right about it being preference though. You can't really go wrong with either one! Now SS is another thing! I wish they would drop a 99 SS.