DeMeco Ryans Says Logan Hall Can Win On The Edge
March 31st, 2026
Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans smiling this morning at the breakfast table with Joe.
It’s fascinates Joe that the NFL’s nastiest defense was fired up to sign Logan Hall, who departed Tampa Bay this month after he was the Bucs’ first pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.
That defense belongs to Houston, so Joe asked Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans about Hall today.
Ryans is excited about Hall’s versatility, he told Joe at the AFC Coaches breakfast in Phoenix.
The Bucs rarely used Hall as an edge rusher, despite great struggles at the position. Ryans sees potential in Hall on the edge.
“From Logan, starting out for us seeing him playing as an interior guy, playing that 3-technique (defensive tackle) position. Long, physical guy, has enough wiggle I think to get more in the pass rush; he can get on the edge, he can win,” Ryans said. “He can get into our scheme playing how we play; attacking the line of scrimmage is really going to help him, really going to streamline his game and really enhance the traits that he has. He’s a tough, long, physical guy.”
Ryans went on to say he really wants Hall to focus on that 3-technique position to learn the Houston defense from only one position and grow from there.
Joe’s jury is out on Hall. He was ok. Did the Bucs maximize all his skills? That’s unclear.
As Joe wrote previously, when Hall arrived in Houston, he sounded like a guy who thought he could have done more to help the Bucs. “In Tampa, I think you know [I] was kind of stand and bang, fight the good fight,” Hall said. “I think here I’d have more of an opportunity to pin my ears back and go, which is outstanding.”