*****The C.J Hanson Thread*****
 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">C.J. Hanson was drafted in round 7 pick 248 in the 2024 draft class. He scored a 9.84 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAS</a> out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 26 out of 1583 OG from 1987 to 2024. <a href="https://t.co/YHPcF5MPox">https://t.co/YHPcF5MPox</a> <a href="https://t.co/Jl9oPENbQn">pic.twitter.com/Jl9oPENbQn</a></p>&mdash; Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) <a href="https://twitter.com/MathBomb/status/1784355216856412166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Another darth throw at the interior to possibly fill a future need (or 2).

Not sure how he makes the team but it's the 7th round and I don't really care.

Really wonder what has teams so down on Leonard Williams...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Im watching Holy Cross RG CJ Hanson and Ive now made a note to check in on LT (#71) Luke Newman for the 2025 draft cycle. <a href="https://t.co/LoyxY43uw4">pic.twitter.com/LoyxY43uw4</a></p>&mdash; Chicago Football Connection (@CFCBears) <a href="https://twitter.com/CFCBears/status/1782204330516336813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hell CJ Hanson was the first man to get a team'a mule up Bear Mountain, and he once shot a man to death just for snoring too loud

DT & RB coming from UDFAs

He's a practice squad player most likely.

Big guy at 6”5 300 lbs. Short arms but not bad for a G. Outstanding athleticism and good technique.

He needs to get stronger but that’s very fixable. Great value for rd 7

The house next door to me is for sale. Some kids just jumped the fence and broke into the shed. Must have been him. My wife called the cops Veach and co must have already heard.

**** YOU VARCH



jk

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My Top Interior Offensive line prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft:<br><br>1. Jackson Powers- Johnson<br>2. Christian Haynes <br>3. Graham Barton<br>4. Christian Mahogany <br>5. Cooper Beebe<br><br>CJ Hanson from Holy Cross could develop into a strong NFL starter</p>&mdash; White Iverson (@caseybellar) <a href="https://twitter.com/caseybellar/status/1782405806714933647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Sure why not. A lot of future uncertainty with the line.

Give him a year on the PS to get used to NFL game and maybe he is your backup IOL next year. That is probably going to be a need next year as we are going to lose at least one of Thuney, Creed, and/or Smith.

I don’t know who this tweets from but it’s making me horny!

This is competition for Caliendo.

It's been a while since I've been a bit disappointed with Veach's 7th round pick(s). LMAO

Can't draft a Pacheco and Jaylen Watson every year.

Athletic fat guy...org be like we can teach him

Put him on the practic squad, Get him in a NFL weight room for a year. See if he's got that passion and drive to achieve a dream.

Chiefs selected Holy Cross OG CJ Hanson with the No. 248 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Hanson (6'5/300) was an unranked prospect out of Depaul Catholic High School in Wayne, New Jersey in the 2019 recruiting class and though he got a late start to the game of football, he finished his five-year college career with 38 starts at right guard. This earned him all-conference honors in three seasons, on top of his status as a team captain and All-American honors in 2023. Hanson struggles with many of the deficits facing prospects coming from a lower level of competition. While he sports a projectable frame for the interior, he will likely need to go through body recomposition at the least and could stand to add quite a bit of weight. Though his tape reflected many reps where his fundamentals were solid, he was able to win fairly often with sheer physical superiority. Hanson moves well for his size, though it’s much less impressive considering his lack of ideal size. Nevertheless, his 94th percentile RAS is backed-up on tape as he is able to out-angle defenders with ease. Questions remain as to whether Hanson will be able to anchor down against NFL caliber defensive linemen. He projects well as a project for the nutrition staff at the pro level, but could mold himself into a serviceable starter once he spends some time in the weight room.

maybe another 7th round hit, maybe not. We'll see!

Get the RB from MU.. Schrader

It's interesting that we keep throwing the word nutrition out there where in the past we'd focus on strength and conditioning

But man at this point pay the moon for the best possible nutrition staff

Hanson can contribute right away if he is tasked with being the guy who stays at the scene to exchange insurance information.

Feels very LDTish.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Family. ����<a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Chiefs</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/chris330196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chris330196</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoCrossGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoCrossGo</a> <a href="https://t.co/NYlqqE8KwH">pic.twitter.com/NYlqqE8KwH</a></p>&mdash; Holy Cross Football (@HCrossFB) <a href="https://twitter.com/HCrossFB/status/1784385093181616406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

He's ****ing PUMPED

If that’s the case, a great depth pick.

Man, if that doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, you have no heart. I have no idea how he will turn out, but I’m rooting big time for this kid.

It's dusty in here.

1000%, I watched that like 3 times. I wish someone had a recording of the phone call. One thing I’ve noticed watching these videos this year is I really don’t see enough excitement from the guys we drafted to be coming here. I mean they were all happy, but to me all the videos should have been like this.

Instantly a fan now as you said, and with that RAS score he’s guaranteed a spot on the practice squad for sure, and I think they might actually have some plans for him. This team isn’t like the Carl or Pioli years where 7th rounders are camp fodder. If he cares as much as it looks like and with that kind of athletic ability, he’s going to get a real shot here.

Not sure I agree with this because all the other players knew they were at least going get drafted by an NFL team. When it comes to the seventh rounders it really is the difference between continuing your dream and having to get a normal job. Sure they can be UDFAs but it makes their goal seem far more realistic. Unless a player has tanked, the reactions from the seventh rounders are generally the best in the draft for this very reason.

The best reaction by our 2022 draftees was Pacheco in the seventh:

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I heard Bill Belichick was in our draft room at the end of the 7th

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k9e98rSZsgU

I think he's extremely happy to be a part of Chiefs Kingdom. :thumb:

Not everyone is the same. I have a feeling that a good majority of these guys are just exhausted and ready for all of the stress to be over. They've been waiting for months to see where they're going to go...and if they'll even get to play again. Give them a break.

Oh I get it, I just know this is how I would have reacted if I ever got drafted. I suppose for the first and second round types who have known they were the cream of the crop their whole lives and know they’re going to get picked, they you won’t see quite this much emotion. Plus, as you mentioned, for them there’s all the limelight as well and it’s probably pretty uncomfortable having a TV crew in your living room telling you when you can and can’t get up to take a piss.

How did this guy fall so far? One of the last 10 picks in the draft and yet…

6’5”
300 lbs

Hanson ranks vs OL at combine:
5.0 40–>6th best
1.76 10 split—>20th best
9’7” broad—->4th best
33.50” vertical—->7th best
25 bench reps (pro day)—->15th best

For pick 248 that seems like a potential value pick

Small Schools don't play much upper level competition and film from these schools is sometimes hard to come by. I'd imagine this was one of those guys Veach spoke of they knew they couldn't get as an UDFA so they took him in the 7th.

I'm thinking that's a nice cheap replacement for Trey Smith.

Moving forward (2025-on):

LT - Suamataia
LG - Wanya Morris
C - Creed Humphrey
RG - Hanson or Nourzad
RT - Jawaan Taylor

Sexy RAS.

Heck can coach him up.

Possibility that post Taylor Wanya can hold things down over there. And the other Guard takes over.

Looks like they covered it coming and going with Hanson and Nourzad.

I think Nourzad has a really high floor; someone almost certain to have a similar career to Allegretti in that he'll be an NFL player, if never quite a guy you'd really want as a full-time starter.

Hanson's floor is a guy who never plays an NFL snap. But I think he's more tooled up than Nourzad; may have a legit NFL starter ceiling.

It's probably a really smart approach to covering off that IOL problem in the coming years. You protect yourself from Hanson not really developing at all by having a guy in Nourzad who can likely do the job for a year or so until someone better comes along. And then you have someone like Hanson with the tools to give you an upgrade on Nourzad if he develops.

I like the approach.

Taylor's here for 2 more years (his 2025 salary is already guaranteed).

I'll worry about 2026 in a year or two. By then, Morris will be on the last year of his rookie deal and we have the same sorts of questions to start asking.

Yeah, this strikes me as one of those picks where a guy just fell through the cracks and/or is a little raw. Non-premium position, small school, yada yada, but with those measurables it really feels like he should have gone a little higher.

Won't be the least bit shocked to his starting at RG in 2025-26.

Yeah it seems like Veach is covering his bases to prepare for next year. Tranquil for Bolton, Williams/Watson/Conner for Sneed and now Nourzad/Hanson for Creed/Trey.

I think the G market priced us out of Trey Smith unfortunately, but I agree with you that Nourzad has a really high floor. Strength, size, smarts are all really solid. I think that’s your starting RG in 2025.

Hanson has really nice attributes but I feel he’s a backup in the Allegretti role, which is fine by me. Don’t think he ever gets the opportunity to start for a team like Allegretti is getting now.

I'm probably overly optimistic, but Jacobs seems like he might have the potential to replace Bolton too.

I think if everything went really well with him, he'd backfill for Tranquill.

But man, you're talking about a top 10% of his probable outcomes scenario. If you get a solid rotational LBer for 4 years, you're well ahead of the game.

Seems like penciling him in as a replacement for a guy who's anchored your LB corps through 2 championship runs is...iffy.

I'm really interested to see the Smith thing play out. It's not like the blood clot thing went away. Hell if he went to the Chargers, he'd probably stroke out on the field in Training Camp. He also has some bad snaps on film. I think he was playing through injury, which is exactly what you want, but they're still out there. It's possible he goes cheaper than he should.

He seems like a good dude, I hope he gets paid. If he happens to not, I hope it's with us.

i think we'll end up floored by what he gets. I'm betting he gets to the market with $18 million as the absolute floor, presuming another season like he just had.

The OG market went nuts last offseason. He's gonna start with the Robert Hunt extension and maybe end up a little above it or below it, but he won't be far from it either way.

You're probably right. But sometimes weird shit happens. Probably wishful thinking at this point.

He lasted until the 7th because he looks 35 with teenagers at home

I think Smith will get PAID, but while I like the nastiness he plays with, I just don’t think he’s a top tier guard. So I wouldn’t pay him as one. Good. Not great.

I agree, although saying Trey Smith isn't a top guard in the league doesn't sound right if you say it out loud.

There are plays where he looks like an All-World guard. Like, smashing multiple people on a single play, or outrunning CEH while blocking on a screen pass, etc. But, there are times when he gets worked on a stunt or a game, and if he wasn't so ridiculously athletic, those times would be much more costly. I don't know if he just loses focus, or legitimately gets confused.

However, he is definitely near the top of the second tier, and the first tier is really only a handful of players.