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Marc RaimondiSep 22, 2025, 06:55 PM ET
- Marc Raimondi's archetypal twelvemonth covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn't his archetypal twelvemonth astatine ESPN. He joined the institution successful 2019 and was a apical combat sports reporter. He besides covered nonrecreational wrestling and wrote the publication "Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling's New World Order Changed America," which was published by Simon & Schuster successful 2025. Raimondi besides worked for the New York Post and Newsday, opening successful 2009, covering precocious schoolhouse and assemblage sports, positive the NFL, NFL, MLB and NHL.
The Atlanta Falcons fired wide receivers manager Ike Hilliard, 1 time aft being routed by their NFC South rivals the Carolina Panthers, the squad announced Monday.
Offensive passing crippled coordinator T.J. Yates volition presume Hilliard's duties, per the team.
The Panthers blew retired the Falcons 30-0 connected Sunday successful Charlotte, North Carolina. It was Carolina's widest borderline of triumph successful a decade.
The Falcons' discourtesy sputtered successful the disastrous performance, ne'er making it into the reddish zone. Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. had the worst crippled of his young career, throwing 2 interceptions, including a backbreaking pick-six.
Penix has not thrown a touchdown walk to a wide receiver oregon choky extremity this season. His lone touchdown walk came to moving backmost Bijan Robinson connected a checkdown that Robinson took 50 yards successful Week 1. Atlanta has conscionable 1 touchdown implicit its past 8 quarters.
Hilliard, 49, was successful his 2nd play with the Falcons. He antecedently was the wide receivers manager for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington and Buffalo Bills.
Yates, 38, has been with the Falcons since 2021. A erstwhile NFL quarterback, helium was the team's wide receivers manager successful 2022 and 2023 earlier becoming quarterbacks manager past season.
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