The NFL’s decision to punish Tom Brady and the Patriots over the findings of the Wells Report has lent itself to about a billion hot takes but it’s hard to top the hottest of takes – the political cartoon.
Twitter users may have these political cartoonists beat when it comes to instantaneous takes but these cartoonists have been delivering scorching opinions in barely legible form since before the creation of the internet. We are all amateurs compared to these grizzled vets with PhDs in Obtuse Ethics-in-Sports .
The art form that operates by taking a complex issue, framing it in a blatantly caricatured way and overstuffing the frame with HUGE AND AGGRESSIVE TEXT, is close to being a perfect vehicle for opinions on Deflategate in our instant reaction times.
Without further ado, here are some of the absolute best/worst political cartoons on Tom Brady, the Patriots and the Wells Report.
