For Joe, the NFL Scouting Combine is all about information gathering and mingling with important NFL types, and making sure to avoid Mark Sanchez if he’s on the downtown Indianapolis streets after midnight.

(Yeah, Joe will talk to college prospects and oily agents, too.)

But soaking up information is key, and thinking about pending Bucs free agent defensive tackle Logan Hall tonight, Joe recalled intel gleaned at a recent combine.

Back in the 2023 offsason, the Bucs wanted to keep defensive tackle Rakim Nuñez-Roches, aka Nacho, a steady and strong guy who started most games during the Super Bowl season of 2020. However, the New York Giants pounced harder and faster than the Bucs expected and Nacho was gone while the echo of the 2023 free agency dinner bell could still be heard.

That got Joe wondering if the Bucs will move quickly on pending free agent DT Logan Hall, Tampa Bay’s 2022 second-round draft pick.

Consider what Todd Bowles said about Hall in January as the head coach wrapped up the 2025 season on the Buccaneers Radio Network.

“Really Logan Hall doesn’t get a lot of credit, but he plays very hard,” Bowles said. “I thought Elijah [Roberts] had a promising start to his rookie year right there. And obviously Greg [Gaines] is Steady Eddie, so we have guys that can step in there.”

Roberts was a rookie last year and Gaines is a pending free agent and turns 30 in May.

Hall, Joe suspects, is a guy Bowles wants back on his roster. He turns 26 in May and still has upside, plus Bowles probably would love to see what new Bucs defensive line coach Marcus West does with Hall.

The Bucs can re-sign Hall at any time. The free agency dinner bell rings Monday, March 9.

Joe suspects there will be at least one strong bidder for Hall. While he’s not a great player, anybody drafted that early (No. 33 overall) always has another team or two that “loved him” in the draft but didn’t get him. Heck, even Joe Tryon-Shoyinka got $4 million+ in free agency last year.

Joe wouldn’t spend a lot of money on Hall, but the Bucs very well might.