Browns' Dillon Gabriel, Jared Verse jersey number controversy isn't what it seems

The Cleveland Browns already had a player who wears the jersey number 8, Dillon Gabriel.

Then they traded for Jared Verse in the Myles Garrett deal, and the young pass rusher wore 8 for the Los Angeles Rams.

Something's gotta give, right?

There are some fans believing that Gabriel and Verse are feuding.

After all, this post has about four million views on X:

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The problem is this: That's not a real news-making account.

It uses the words "parody account" in its bio.

There is no truth to that quote. It's not something Gabriel really said.

The whole goal of making that post was to get engagement, and it got a ton. 

A lot of fake posts are obvious, but that one seems like it could be real. It depicts Gabriel in a press conference setting, and it just shares a quote that isn't so outlandish that it couldn't be real.

It doesn't show up anywhere among real Browns reporters, though, and the nature of this account is to post fake stuff.

This is fake, and while Verse and Gabriel may have a number situation to figure out, the above post isn't what Gabriel thinks about it, because that's not real.

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