College football's reigning national champion Ohio State Buckeyes visited the White House this week, and Thursday afternoon was the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots' turn.
The team got their customary tour of the place, and stood behind President Obama as the latter congratulated them on their run of dominance.
The commander-in-chief did manage to land one sick burn about Deflategate, however. Speaking to the media, the POTUS quipped, "I usually tell jokes at these events, but with the Patriots here, I worried 11 of 12 of them would fall flat.” Ouch.
Later on, Obama also joked that Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has to "keep his shirt on," a reference to Gronk's well-earned reputation for partying.
Watch footage of that and more below:
The visit was not without a bit of minor controversy, however, as the Pats' star QB Tom Brady declined to attend. Whether that was out of political affiliation or he just had an unmovable prior commitment, we do not know.
Check out the Patriots players touring the White House, too:
Great celebration @WhiteHouse w @Patriots Bob Kraft, Coach Bill Belichick @Mac_BZ & team! #OnToTheWhiteHouse pic.twitter.com/vWrM7R5IQ4
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) April 23, 2015
Checkin' out the White House! pic.twitter.com/5l5zTLyy0z — New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 23, 2015
Excited to be @WhiteHouse celebrating the @Patriots! #ma6 pic.twitter.com/FILswgcsvz
— Seth Moulton (@sethmoulton) April 23, 2015
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