Chargers promote Austin Ekeler for Pro Bowl with perfect parody of political commercials

Earlier this week I had oral surgery, and I found that to be as enjoyable as watching political advertisements during each commercial break of a Chiefs game.

Fortunately for television viewers, those vile commercials disappeared from the airways more than a month ago. Alas, we know they will return one day.

A new one popped up Wednesday on Twitter, but it wasn’t for a person running for an elected office. This one was from the Los Angeles Chargers, who promoted running back Austin Ekeler for the Pro Bowl.

The Chargers’ video is really a parody of those political commercials and it’s funny.

This is part of the voiceover: “They’re not telling you the truth. They want you to stay in the dark. Why doesn’t Big NFL want Austin Ekeler in the Pro Bowl? Does he score too many touchdowns? Is he too strong? Is he too blue collar? Big schools have run the Pro Bowl for years. Big schools, big corruption. It’s time for change. A vote for Austin is a vote for the working class. He’s not afraid to get his hands dirty. He’s been in the trenches. Austin Ekeler is used to reaching across party lines.”

Those party lines were the goal line in the video, and it was part of a clever social-media video from the Chargers.

Here is the commercial.