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Marc RaimondiApr 8, 2026, 11:15 AM ET

CloseMarc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling’s New World Order Changed America,” which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. Raimondi also worked for the New York Post and Newsday, beginning in 2009, covering high school and college sports, plus the NFL, NFL, MLB and NHL.

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Marcel Louis-JacquesApr 8, 2026, 11:35 AM ET

CloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.Open Extended Reactions

The 2026 NFL draft begins on April 23 in Pittsburgh, when the Miami Dolphins will pick at No. 11 overall in Round 1. The draft continues with Rounds 2-3 on April 24 and Rounds 4-7 on April 25 (ESPN, ABC

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Ben SolakApr 8, 2026, 06:15 AM ET

CloseBen Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network.Open Extended Reactions

It’s NFL draft season. Have you read enough mock drafts yet? They’re like multivitamins this time of year — you need your daily dose.

The mock I have for you today is different, though. Instead of focusing on a round or a team, I’m focusing on a position: quarterback. I tried to find the ideal landing spot for every single draftable quarterback in this 2026 class across all

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the far back of the ballroom, inside the Arizona Biltmore resort, the site of last week’s annual league meeting, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid arrived early.

In the past, the annual breakfast for AFC coaches usually began with Reid receiving a series of congratulations from his peers for yet another long postseason run. In those years, those offseasons felt sped up for Reid and the Chiefs: they’d go from the Super Bowl, straight to the scouting combine, and to the league meeting.

This offseason stretch, however, has been an elongated one for

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Jeremy FowlerApr 8, 2026, 06:00 AM ET

CloseJeremy Fowler is a senior national NFL writer for ESPN, covering the entire league including breaking news. Jeremy also contributes to SportsCenter both as a studio analyst and a sideline reporter covering for NFL games. He is an Orlando, Florida native who joined ESPN in 2014 after covering college football for CBSSports.com.Open Extended Reactions

This time of year is among the most optimistic for front offices around the NFL.

The draft is less than three weeks away. Teams are out of the free agency haze and finalizing their draft boards. The promise of future stars on

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the far back of the ballroom, inside the Arizona Biltmore resort, the site of last week’s annual league meeting, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid arrived early.

In the past, the annual breakfast for AFC coaches usually began with Reid receiving a series of congratulations from his peers for yet another long postseason run. In those years, those offseasons felt sped up for Reid and the Chiefs: they’d go from the Super Bowl, straight to the scouting combine, and to the league meeting.

This offseason stretch, however, has been an elongated one for the team,

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Ben SolakApr 8, 2026, 06:15 AM ET

CloseBen Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network.Open Extended Reactions

It’s NFL draft season. Have you read enough mock drafts yet? They’re like multivitamins this time of year — you need your daily dose.

The mock I have for you today is different, though. Instead of focusing on a round or a team, I’m focusing on a position: quarterback. I tried to find the ideal landing spot for every single draftable quarterback in this 2026 class across all

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Todd ArcherApr 8, 2026, 06:00 AM ET

CloseTodd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.Open Extended Reactions

FRISCO, Texas — Surrounded by family and friends, Dak Prescott was in a bad mood on April 30, 2016.

The NFL draft was entering Rounds 4-7 and Prescott was still available, despite a starry, productive quarterback career at Mississippi State that included leading the Bulldogs to their first No. 1 ranking in school history.

After the first two rounds went by, he wasn’t upset.

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Sam Darnold has added another ring to his collection — the ring of a lifetime’s love.

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