Editor’s Note: We reached out to the Cleveland Browns to verify the authenticity of these screenshots and they’ve confirmed they are, indeed, fake. We updated this story to reflect that.
Twitter, man. It’s the perfect place to talk trash about your most hated sports teams.
Nine times out of 10, they won’t actually see it. But if they do? And if they fall for it? Whew, boy. That’s what I like to call some beautiful internetting right there.
That’s what allegedly happened with this Steelers fan, Brian Campbell, who appeared to catch the Browns in a perfect troll based on a series of unverified screenshots.
#HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/69YvUiK44e
— Brian Campbell (@BrianCampbell1_) September 12, 2021
OWEN 1. GET IT?!? BECAUSE THE BROWNS ARE 0-1. BECAUSE THEY LOST TO THE CHIEFS. WOW.
I’ll be honest with y’all. It took me a half-hour to fully understand this. But once I got it? WHEW did I get it.
Twitter absolutely lost it.
But as it often goes with things that get Twitter talking, the screenshots in question were actually fake. Mike Freeman of USA Today said, apparently, this isn’t real.
That Browns thingy apparently isn’t real so deleting it but damn that was good even if it was science fiction.
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) September 14, 2021
We also reached out to the Cleveland Browns to verify the authenticity of the screenshots and the team confirmed, as creative as this was, it is fake. This conversation never happened.
It’s so good we’re going to appreciate it anyway, though.
Y’all wanna see a dead body? https://t.co/b0uleNDIhv pic.twitter.com/hHVYxS5L2w
— Duncan Goldberg (@DuncGold) September 13, 2021
😂 now this is funny https://t.co/OwyHnNajzl
— Rich Walsh KDKA (@RichieWalsh) September 13, 2021
Incredible https://t.co/iQTegEIE6J
— Derek Jeter (@vingargano) September 13, 2021
This is worse than the loss. https://t.co/iT81tUov4z
— Kneel (@NeilParente) September 13, 2021
Lmfao!!!! 😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/rBYZpTGhYI
— Ezekiel (@Mook1423) September 13, 2021
Lmfaooo okay this is kinda funny 😂😭😂😭 https://t.co/FxGPJ9ochS
— Shawn (@_BmoreLikeMe) September 13, 2021
This is golden 😭😂😂 https://t.co/rLOaQAGRrT
— Logan Parker (@loganparker910) September 13, 2021
Thank you twitter yet again for making me smile https://t.co/lltDOaWHR4
— Alexisnocare.com (@alexisnocare) September 13, 2021
I’m a huge Browns fan but this is the best trolling jobs that I have seen https://t.co/3G54aSujCR
— CHIEFNITRO (@ChiefNitro) September 13, 2021
Browns have officially forfeited the season https://t.co/oX8jjvb7r4
— Sea Bass (@Justus_Seiber) September 13, 2021
Got em @Browns https://t.co/2r1Y7T3zM9
— Macen celtics for life🍀 (@macen0804) September 14, 2021
Well done. https://t.co/E1wn8wMJPD
— David Fucillo (@davidfucillo) September 14, 2021
masterful use of bird app https://t.co/M43cwFk4pT
— Zachary Miller (@zachmiller) September 14, 2021
Sounds like the Browns are actually Owen 2 https://t.co/Ni3AxrPjFb
— Fletcher Keel (@FletchTopper) September 14, 2021
Can you blame them? https://t.co/QRN71US6WV
— Nelson Royster (@nelroy78) September 14, 2021
got 'eeeeemmmmmmmm https://t.co/ByZ2fmnJ0E
— Ben Kercheval (@BenKercheval) September 14, 2021
Brian Campbell legend amongst men. Godlike to Steelers fans. #HereWeGo #Steelers https://t.co/rhUrzMwsdE
— TD PB Steelers (@TDPBSteelers) September 14, 2021
Well played 😂 https://t.co/fo85UHmx0D
— ✭Fleezy✭ (@FES700) September 14, 2021
Just an absolute masterful troll, man. Well done, Brian Campbell. Well done.