It’s hard to find an apt way to describe the 2007 Browns’ season so far. Peter King, among others, had them pegged for one of the two worst teams in the league, and suddenly, they’re 9-5, sitting atop the NFC North with the Steelers, and on the verge of clinching a playoff berth.
“Believeland,” a phrase you might remember from the Indians’ playoff run, has been trotted out and plastered on T-shirts. Gus Johnson used the phrase during the broadcast yesterday, as well as giving a shout out to local radio host Tony Rizzo’s “Season of Dreams” phrase that began back in August to describe the rejuvenated Brownies.
But for our money, there’s only one word to describe the 2007 Browns, and that’s umami. What’s that, you say? …
This article appears in Dec 12-18, 2007.
The Umami taste was discovered more than a year ago. Just a correction.