Meet The NFL Sideline Reporter Everyone's Obsessed With

CBS Sports sideline reporter Melanie Collins might be a 2023 regular season breakthrough.

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Collins has been around for several seasons, but her assignments may have made her popular on social media this autumn.

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Last week she was in LA and this weekend in Buffalo. Her Week 1 postgame interview with Tua Tagovailoa went viral.

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The seasoned sideline reporter has over 100,000 Instagram followers, which will rise as the season progresses.

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NFL broadcaster Al Michaels: 'Everybody overreacts to what happened week one' (CNBC).

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Collins has drawn attention all season.

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The Chiefs vs. Jaguars Storyline That No One Is Talking About

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