Marc RaimondiMar 9, 2026, 01:00 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.
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NFL free agency is off and running, and we’re keeping track of every major signing, trade and release of the 2026 offseason, with analysis from our NFL nation reporters and grades from our experts.
The new league year begins Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET, which means free agents can be made official after that. The first round of the 2026 NFL draft begins April 23 on ESPN.
Here’s a breakdown of every 2026 NFL free agent signing by the Atlanta Falcons and how each will impact the upcoming season:
What the signing means: The Falcons are expected to cut wide receivers Darnell Mooney and KhaDarel Hodge. And they already had depth issues at the position in 2025. Zaccheaus brings exactly that: depth. The Falcons will likely be rehauling their receivers room, building around Drake London. Zaccheaus is a guy who could be a third or fourth receiver. He’s a familiar face to the Falcons. He was signed as an undrafted free agent in Atlanta and had four solid years from 2019 to 2022, capped by a career-high 533 yards. Oh, and by the way, his quarterback for three of those seasons? New Falcons president of football Matt Ryan.