Did Columbus store accidentally reveal Browns' new jerseys?

The Cleveland Browns' big logo and color change reveal was a dud because it was basically the same old thing, just a different shade.

But they promised a uniform reveal with it on April 14, and what looks like the new Browns jerseys somehow ended up on display at a store in Columbus, according to Bottlegate.com (h/t Northeast Ohio Media Group).

Are these legit? Take a look:

@TheRealTRizzo @HammerNation19 @CaseyKulas @TonyGrossi I've been to the promise land and the jerseys look like this. http://pic.twitter.com/hRQvfsKKlw

— Brandon Scarbro (@BranScarbro) April 12, 2015

The Browns new orange jerseys have already hit shelves and they're a 10 http://t.co/DHCHpckVNi http://pic.twitter.com/n6A7PEb2r6

— Bottlegate (@Bottlegate) April 12, 2015

The jerseys didn't last long on the shelves (Whoops!):

UniWatch 2015: The mandate came from somewhere and the store at Polaris has yanked the Browns jerseys http://pic.twitter.com/uUVblh9mOn

— Zac Jackson (@FSOhioZJackson) April 12, 2015

Like anything on the Internet, make sure to have the appropriate skepticism if these are real. But if it's a hoax, it really is quite an elaborate one. The photos don't look doctored, although you never know. The jerseys look like photos that were reportedly leaked of the new uniforms too (again a h/t to the Northeast Ohio Media Group):

So these uniforms keep popping up. Different pics from different places, same unis. #Leaked smh http://pic.twitter.com/G3NTp8430P

— Emmett Golden (@egoldie80) April 9, 2015

Also, here was new Browns receiver Brian Hartline's Instagram photo of what appears to be the Browns' new helmets:

If this is all an elaborate fake out, well, it was thorough. We'll find out soon enough.

If it's not? The Browns uniforms look pretty slick. The "Cleveland" above the numbers is old school, and very college. In a good way. Cleveland fans will be rushing out to buy one of the new jerseys, assuming this is what the new look will be ... when stores are allowed to keep the jerseys on the shelves, that is.

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