If you ever wanted to see Big V naked, here ya go!

Five members of the Birds’ offensive line will be featured in ESPN The Magazine’s 2019 Body Issue, according to… ESPN:

Pretty cool, if we’re being honest. It’s the entire starting group minus Jason Peters, so Big V becomes the 5th guy.

I think we have this stigma that linemen are big and dumpy and not entirely “ripped,” certainly not like Zeke Elliott, who has six pack abs and plays with his stomach showing. But ESPN generally does a nice job mixing and matching with this annual publication, showing us different body types and different athletes from different sports. I can get down with highlighting guys who are built differently from the typically cut athlete. I remember when Prince Fielder made the issue back in 2014.

Also nice to see Amanda Nunes get a shout here. She’s the best female MMA fighter of all time but doesn’t really get the same kind of marketing or promotional push that Ronda Rousey got.