An Oral History on the Oral History of the Kirk Cousins Vine

This week’s Pigsplosion podcast guest is the “always rational” Dan Steinberg, who founded the DC Sports Bog at the Washington Post. We talked about his oral history of the viral Kirk Cousins vine — which he said did 3x as much traffic as his game column — and about several of the other media stories that always seem to be floating around his beat. These included his email conversation about Cousins with Bomani Jones (and Jason Whitlock’s subsequent criticism of Bomani’s criticism), the bizarre accusations from the wife of GM Scot McGloughan, and local sentiment of Jay Gruden.

Finally, as the Washington Post sports section has been churning out new national sports media members for decades, we asked about the current crop of rising stars in the section.

Miami @ New England (-8)

Ryan: Patriots
Jason: Patriots

Detroit vs Kansas City (-5) (London)

Ryan: Lions
Jason: Lions

Minnesota (-1) @ Chicago

Ryan: Vikings
Jason: Bears

Tampa Bay @ Atlanta (-7)

Ryan: Bucs
Jason: Falcons

NY Giants @ New Orleans (-3)

Ryan: Saints
Jason: Giants

San Francisco @ St. Louis (-8.5)

Ryan: 49ers
Jason: Rams

Arizona (-5) @ Cleveland

Ryan: Cardinals
Jason: Browns

Cincinnati (-1.5) @ Pittsburgh

Ryan: Bengals
Jason: Steelers

San Diego @ Baltimore (-3)

Ryan: Chargers
Jason: Ravens

Tennessee @ Houston (-4)

Ryan: Titans
Jason: Titans

NY Jets (-2) @ Oakland

Ryan: Raiders
Jason: Jets

Seattle (-6) @ Dallas

Ryan: Seahawks
Jason: Cowboys

Green Bay (-3) @ Denver

Ryan: Packers
Jason: Broncos

Indianapolis @ Carolina (-7)

Ryan: Panthers
Jason: Colts

Top Five

Ryan: Seahawks, Packers, Bengals, Vikings, Lions
Jason: Bears, Broncos, Browns, Steelers, Ravens

Last week: Ryan (7-7, 4-1 Top 5), Jason (8-6, 4-1 Top 5)

Season to Date: Ryan (55-46-3, 17-15-3 Top 5), Jason (55-46-3, 23-12 Top 5)