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Colts' Nelson says viral scream video was edited

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A clip of Indianapolis Colts rookie guard Quenton Nelson screaming wildly before laying down a devastating block was one of the viral moments of the season so far, with the tweet from team's official account receiving more than 11,000 retweets as of Tuesday afternoon.

Unfortunately, not everything on the internet is 100 percent authentic.

A Colts spokesman told ESPN's Mike Wells that the video's audio was taken from another play and added to the clip of the pull block on Jacksonville Jaguars safety Barry Church.

"I saw it got pretty viral on the internet, which was cool," Nelson said Tuesday, echoing his Twitter reply to the viral video. "...Yeah, I wasn't yelling, not on that play. I don't know how it got amped up like that."

While Nelson's scream was apparently too good to be true, the first-round pick has lived up to his pre-draft hype, anchoring a Colts offensive line that hasn't given up a sack in four games.

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