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Marc RaimondiApr 2, 2026, 12:36 PM 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.Open Extended Reactions

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Ben BabyApr 2, 2026, 12:43 PM ET

CloseBen Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL shows and ESPN Radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an adjunct journalism professor at Southern Methodist University and a member of the Asian American

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Seth Walder

ESPN AnalyticsSeth Walder is an analytics writer at ESPN, specializing in quantitative analysis. He is also a regular on “ESPN Bet Live” and helps cover sports betting. Seth has been at ESPN since 2017. He previously worked at the New York Daily News covering the Jets and Giants. You can follow Seth on X via @SethWalder. and 

Ben Solak

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ESPNBen 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.Apr 2, 2026, 11:45 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

While the NFL’s new league year officially kicked off

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Dan HajduckyApr 2, 2026, 10:00 AM ET

CloseDan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.Open Extended Reactions

Fanatics, under the Topps brand, will produce fully licensed NFL cards for the first time since 2016 and is instituting its debut and award-winner patch program, the company announced Thursday.

Topps will include one-of-one-numbered Rookie PREM1ERE Patch Autograph cards and NFL Honors Gold Shield Autograph cards, featuring gold NFL shields taken from the jerseys of 2024 Associated Press award winners (MVP, Offensive

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Kirk Cousins has agreed to a contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, the veteran quarterback’s agent announced Thursday.

Terms of the deal were not immediately available.

Cousins, 37, will join a Raiders team that is widely expected to select quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick in the NFL draft later this month. The four-time Pro Bowler also will reunite with first-year Raiders coach Klint Kubiak, who worked with Cousins for three seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.

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PHOENIX — At times it is easy to forget how unusual the Minnesota Vikings‘ operation has been this offseason. There is no recent precedent for their decision to move through the primary team-building months of the year — February, March and April — with an interim general manager.

And without any assurances that he will get the permanent job — and no clear indication that he wants it — Rob Brzezinski has led the team through what he called this week a “strategic offseason.” The approach is geared in large part toward 2027, he said at the annual NFL

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Mel Kiper Jr.

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Mel Kiper Jr.

Football analystMel Kiper Jr. has served as an NFL draft analyst for ESPN since 1984. He is a regular contributor on “SportsCenter,” ESPN studio shows and ESPN Radio. He is the co-host of the First Draft podcast, and he writes regularly for ESPN+., 

Matt Miller

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NFL draft analystMatt Miller is an NFL draft analyst for ESPN, providing in-depth scouting on the nation’s top pro prospects. A Missouri native, Matt joined ESPN in 2021 and also contributes to SportsCenter, NFL Live and ESPN Radio. Prior to joining ESPN, Matt spent 11 years as a senior draft analyst at

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Bill ConnellyApr 2, 2026, 06:35 AM ET

CloseBill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019.Open Extended Reactions

The 2027 class of NFL draft-eligible quarterbacks is going to be one of the most talked about ever. (That’s saying something, of course, considering how much we talk about every class.) But between Arch Manning, Julian Sayin, Dante Moore, LaNorris Sellers, Jayden Maiava, Trinidad Chambliss and others, next year’s group will be overloaded with

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Fernando Mendoza warmed up with his college roommate Wednesday while nearly two dozen college teammates took turns running the 40-yard dash.

Then the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback did what he always seems to do: deliver another impressive performance.

All 32 NFL teams sent scouts to Indiana, more than 100 media members were credentialed, and dozens of family members and friends of ex-Hoosiers showed up for a pro day unlike any other in school history. Most came to see the guy expected to be the first pick in this

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