Colts draft S A.J. Haulcy - Round 3, Pick 78

[ChaosTheory]

Anarumo and crew's reaction to getting Haulcy:

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

[Puck]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

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]

Originally Posted by apballin

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]

Originally Posted by apballin

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]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

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]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

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]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

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]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

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