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ChaosTheory 04-28-2026 01:22 PM

Anarumo and crew's reaction to getting Haulcy:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P3eN_dKTpF8

Puck 04-28-2026 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory (Post 347180)
Anarumo and crew's reaction to getting Haulcy:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P3eN_dKTpF8


Looks like they were holding their breath he would be there. Nice find

Dam8610 05-10-2026 11:17 AM

After watching Haulcy more, I'm a lot more excited about this pick. I'm not saying he'll be as good as either of these players, though I hope he is, but watching his film, his coverage reminds me of Antoine Bethea, and his run support and hit power remind me of Bob Sanders.

apballin 05-10-2026 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dam8610 (Post 347764)
After watching Haulcy more, I'm a lot more excited about this pick. I'm not saying he'll be as good as either of these players, though I hope he is, but watching his film, his coverage reminds me of Antoine Bethea, and his run support and hit power remind me of Bob Sanders.

I respect your knowledge of college players and your breakdowns of them but nobody I mean nobody can even compare to Bob Sanders, he was 1 of 1.

I’m no expert but from what I’ve seen of Haulcy he reminds me of Mike Adams which is fine.

Dam8610 05-10-2026 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by apballin (Post 347767)
I respect your knowledge of college players and your breakdowns of them but nobody I mean nobody can even compare to Bob Sanders, he was 1 of 1.

I’m no expert but from what I’ve seen of Haulcy he reminds me of Mike Adams which is fine.

Look at his takedown of Le'Veon Moss and tell me that isn't reminiscent of Bob Sanders's eraser days. I'm not saying Haulcy will be as good, though I certainly hope he is, I'm just saying that element of his game is similar.

Also Haulcy is nothing like Mike Adams. Adams had no enforcer to his game, and was primarily a coverage safety. Haulcy is good in zone coverage, but you don't want him in man against a WR or some of the better receiving TEs in the NFL. What you want Haulcy doing is playing either deep half or short zone or man coverage, such as the underneath zone in Cover 1 Robber, reading the QB, and using his physicality to support the run game and make receivers think twice about MOF routes, which is Anarumo's defense is looking for from its SS.

Hoopsdoc 05-11-2026 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by apballin (Post 347767)
I respect your knowledge of college players and your breakdowns of them but nobody I mean nobody can even compare to Bob Sanders, he was 1 of 1.

I’m no expert but from what I’ve seen of Haulcy he reminds me of Mike Adams which is fine.

I don’t know about Haulcy but 100 percent agree with you on Bob. In his prime, there was nobody better. Nobody. He was the best I ever saw, and that includes Ed Reed and Palmolive.

Dam8610 05-11-2026 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 347794)
I don’t know about Haulcy but 100 percent agree with you on Bob. In his prime, there was nobody better. Nobody. He was the best I ever saw, and that includes Ed Reed and Palmolive.

Bob is my favorite Colt of all time, and for the pure impact each player had on the game when healthy, I would agree with you. But as a pure safety, Reed was better. Sean Taylor would've been better than all of them had he not died.

apballin 05-11-2026 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Dam8610 (Post 347770)
Look at his takedown of Le'Veon Moss and tell me that isn't reminiscent of Bob Sanders's eraser days. I'm not saying Haulcy will be as good, though I certainly hope he is, I'm just saying that element of his game is similar.

Also Haulcy is nothing like Mike Adams. Adams had no enforcer to his game, and was primarily a coverage safety. Haulcy is good in zone coverage, but you don't want him in man against a WR or some of the better receiving TEs in the NFL. What you want Haulcy doing is playing either deep half or short zone or man coverage, such as the underneath zone in Cover 1 Robber, reading the QB, and using his physicality to support the run game and make receivers think twice about MOF routes, which is Anarumo's defense is looking for from its SS.

If he wins DPOY I’ll personally buy and mail you a Haulcy jersey

Oldcolt 05-11-2026 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Dam8610 (Post 347804)
Bob is my favorite Colt of all time, and for the pure impact each player had on the game when healthy, I would agree with you. But as a pure safety, Reed was better. Sean Taylor would've been better than all of them had he not died.

Those guys were better because they played longer careers. There was nobody who elevated a defense like Sanders. One man took that defense from run of the mill to exceptional. It was an amazing thing to see

apballin 05-12-2026 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Oldcolt (Post 347824)
Those guys were better because they played longer careers. There was nobody who elevated a defense like Sanders. One man took that defense from run of the mill to exceptional. It was an amazing thing to see

Not only run if the mil… a historically bad run defense.

He played 1 full season and won DPOY at 5-8 in a game of giants


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