Weekend winners
Tom Brady. Period. End of discussion. (More on that below.)
Car commercials. Loved the Cam Newton Buick commercial and the Honda ad with the celebrities in their yearbooks.
Lady Gaga. A great halftime performance – yes, they are all lip-synched – with a great entrance. Plus, she stayed neutral despite growing rumors that she was going to protest the president. Here’s one person who was happy with the evening being about football players playing football and pop singers singing pop songs. (Side note: The fact that one L.A. Times writer actually complained that she didn’t protest was a sad statement on the current state of journalism.)
Our NFL picks.