FOX is bringing a familiar spark to Sunday’s Bengals-Dolphins broadcast, and that’s a big part of why fans are paying attention to a game that might not otherwise jump off the page.
The network has confirmed that Eric Collins and Mark Schlereth will be on the call for Cincinnati’s matchup with Miami at 1 p.m. ET. Collins isn’t FOX’s top play-by-play voice, but he has built a serious following for the way he attacks a game, and plenty of viewers are excited to hear that energy back on an NFL telecast.
Last season gave fans a pretty good preview of what Collins can do in football. He called an October game between the Dolphins and Panthers, and his reaction to a 46-yard touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa to Jaylen Waddle stood out in a big way. That’s the kind of moment Bengals and Dolphins fans are hoping he’ll deliver again this Sunday.
The reaction online has already been loud. “This dude is the goat,” a Bengals fan said in response to Collins calling this Sunday’s game.
“The fact that Eric Collins isn’t calling one of the top games every week is a slap in the face of NFL fans everywhere,” Eli Berkovits of 247Sports said. “This will be a must watch !!!
Bro is the best announcer for the NBA so I know he bringing that energy,” another fan wrote. “Congrats, Bengals-Dolphins,” a social media user added.
“You officially will be in my quad-box this Sunday.”
Collins, 57, is best known as the play-by-play voice of the Charlotte Hornets. Before the start of the 2026-26 season, Prime Video added him to its broadcast team, and Collins sounded eager about the freedom that came with it.
“I think the Prime Video people, it’s a blank canvas,” Collins said, via Awful Announcing. “‘Let’s see what we can do.
Let’s make this fun. We don’t have to do things like they’ve always been done.
We can be creative. We can have different graphics.
We can have different voices.’ I’m looking forward to it.
I think it’s gonna be fantastic.”
FOX may have landed a game that has fans leaning in for the broadcast as much as the matchup, and Collins is the main reason why.
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