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ESPN Staff Writer- Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Jenna is a former cheerleader at the University of South Florida and speaks to the consistency of the program as being one of the top best in the nation.
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ESPN Staff Writer- 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.
ATLANTA -- Division titles aren't won or lost in Week 1, but the NFC South featured a significant showdown Sunday when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons 23-20.
The Bucs are vying for their fifth straight division title while the Falcons hope second-year QB Michael Penix Jr. can lead them to the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season.
Here were some of the highlights.