Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 08:48 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for

Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 09:43 PM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He

Jeff Legwold, ESPN Senior WriterApr 27, 2024, 03:40 PM ET Close Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL at ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years, joining ESPN in 2013. He also assists with NFL draft coverage, including his annual top 100 prospects. Jeff

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 08:06 PM ET Close Ben 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

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 07:15 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NFL draft had everything: a historic run on offensive players, an even more historic run on quarterbacks, moms blocking their sons’ girlfriends

NFL Nation, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NFL draft kicked off Thursday night, with six quarterbacks selected among the first 12 picks for the first time in NFL history. A total of 14 offensive players came off the board before a single defender was selected, the longest run on

Open Extended Reactions The deadline is approaching for NFL teams to pick up fifth-year options on the rookie contracts of 2021 first-round draft picks. Teams must decide whether to keep those players for a fifth season by May 2. Some teams will sign players — like Eagles WR DeVonta Smith — to contract extensions; others

Stephen Holder, ESPNApr 27, 2024, 12:19 AM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterApr 27, 2024, 12:56 AM ET Close Todd 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. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — The

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterApr 26, 2024, 05:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Kirk Cousins and Michael Penix Jr. spoke on the phone Thursday night after the Atlanta Falcons stunningly took Penix with the No. 8 pick in the NFL draft. Penix, who led the Washington Huskies to the national championship