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Marc RaimondiAug 5, 2025, 03:48 AM<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Marc 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.<\/p>\n FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons<\/a> have locked up their right tackle position for the next few seasons, signing Kaleb McGary<\/a> to a two-year extension, the team announced.<\/p>\n The deal is worth $30 million, McGary’s agent Collin Roberts told ESPN’s Adam Schefter<\/p>\n McGary, 30, is known for his run-blocking prowess, but will now have to cover the blindside of left-handed quarterback Michael Penix Jr<\/a>. McGary, a 6-foot-6, 330-pounder, is going into his seventh season in the league. He was drafted with the 31st pick by the Falcons in 2019.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks When asked two weeks ago about not having a contract after this year, McGary said he wasn’t too concerned about that and was focusing on the 2025 season.<\/p>\n “You’ll never find somebody more willing to be paid in all your life, trust me,” McGary said. … “I’m not really worried about it. I’m worried about the season and if I don’t do my job well enough then there’s not much reason to worry about it. So, I’m just one thing at a time. That’s all.”<\/p>\n McGary had bone spurs in his left ankle and got a scope done in the offseason. He missed OTAs and minicamp due to the injury, but has returned fully for training camp.<\/p>\n “I don’t know if I’ve had a joint feel as good in a long time,” McGary said.<\/p>\n Continuity on the offensive line is a priority for the Falcons, who have Pro Bowl right guard Chris Lindstrom<\/a> and stalwart left tackle Jake Matthews<\/a> signed through 2028. Left guard Matthew Bergeron<\/a> has two more seasons left on his rookie contract and Ryan Neuzil<\/a>, replacing Drew Dalman<\/a> as starting center, is locked up through 2026, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc RaimondiAug 5, 2025, 03:48 AM CloseMarc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-43499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1527764_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center.jpeg\")
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