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October 28, 2023 21 mins
On this episode of "The Snap," Sydney Jones is joined by NFL on CBS sideline reporter Melanie Collins to discuss the Broncos’ Sunday afternoon matchup vs. the Chiefs. She details the Broncos’ mindset heading into the game, what she’s seen from Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones and more. Melanie also talks about her role with CBS, her path to get there and more. Want more of "The Snap"? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, Stitcher or wherever you find your podcasts. Make sure to leave a rating and review.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everyone, Welcome back to the Broncos Podcast Network on
YouTube for the latest episode of The Snap.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
As always, I'm your host, Sidney Jones.

Speaker 1 (00:07):
And the Broncos are coming off their second win of
the season as they're said to face the Kansas City
Chiefs Adam Powerfield at Mile High this Sunday.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
So joining me here.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
On today's episode to get us up to speed on
the matchup is NFL on CBS sideline reporter Melanie Collins. Melanie,
so appreciate you joining the show today. Thank you so
much for joining me.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
Hey, Sidney, it's a pleasure to be here. Thanks so
much for having me. I'm excited I get to see
you two weeks in a row.

Speaker 1 (00:30):
So, I know, I know you've had a lot of
the Broncos games so far this year. I think this
will be your third one.

Speaker 3 (00:35):
Yeah, yes, this is our third of the season and
back to back. So looking forward to it.

Speaker 4 (00:39):
Not so much looking forward to this weather Fortust.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Oh my gosh, I can't even believe it. I think
the high is like twenty nine right now and snowing.
So good luck to you.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
Oh I'm ready to go. I've got my parka packed,
my handwarmers, good.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
We're good. Hopefully we'll be okay on Sunday.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
It's crazy to think it's already a week eight, Melanie.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
I know the season honestly is by kind of fast
but arguably slow at the same time.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Yeah, and I'm sure for you covering the Broncos and
sort of the way they've slowly been progressing this season,
I'm sure it's felt lower for you. But gosh, it
feels like I blinked and it's week eight. Like we
are almost halfway through the NFL season. It's remarkable. I
feel like it was week one yesterday when I was
flying to LA to cover a Chargers game. So, and
I say this every year, It's like we get halfway

(01:24):
through the season. I'm like, there's no way, We're like
in November already. There's just no way in November. And
I'm like, how is it week thirteen already or fourteen?
It just I feel like it always flies by. So, yeah,
I've been blast So yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
You're just so busy you don't really even realize the
time's flying by.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
Yeah, you sort of get into a grind and then
you're on these like you know, you're in your routine
every week where like you're doing the same thing on
the same days each week, and it's just kind of
like broundhog Day and she's just crying for you know,
it's February and Super Bowl's.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Happening, so well, I'm glad it's flying by for you
so far, Milanie.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
How is this season just overall been?

Speaker 3 (01:59):
It has been awfome and we've had some really good matchups.
We've had a lot of teams that we love to cover.
You and I before before we started, we're just talking
about the Dolphins, and we've had a lot of the
Dolphins and they're just such a fun team to watch
to cover. They have Mike McDaniel and he is just
the quirkiest, most interesting man in the world.

Speaker 4 (02:18):
So we've done of fun with him.

Speaker 3 (02:19):
We've had I think three Dolphins games at this point,
and so this would be our third Broncos game, and
of course always fun covering the Broncos as well. Sean
Payton is always interesting and always a treat. So the
season's been going great. I still can't believe it's already
Week eight, and I'm happy to say that this is
our first cold weather game.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
So, oh gosh, you made it this far. In this season.

Speaker 4 (02:41):
You're pretty lucky.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Well, I'm excited you've had so many Broncos games because
that means I get to see you, you know, looking
at this is the matchup, Melanie. I know you've had
some production meetings already with the team. So in terms
of the Broncos, who have you talked to? And you know,
what are the conversations kind of been around?

Speaker 4 (02:57):
Yeah, So we talked to Sean Payton, we talked to Russ.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
I was able to talk to Julia McLoughlin yesterday, who
was such a true I know, oh sweet, what an
incredible story he has. We talked to Alex Singleton and
that was this week, and they all kind.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
Of had a positive outlook.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
Like Sean Payton said, look after the last Chiefs game,
I was disappointed, but not discouraged. And that's kind of
been the outlook that they've all had. They feel like
they're trending up on both sides of the ball in
all three phases. And this is such a unique situation
playing the same team, you know, twice in the span
of less than three weeks, and so I think both
teams have had an opportunity to really go back and

(03:37):
look at what they did well in that game and
look at what they didn't do so well and kind
of make adjustments. And I think the Broncos in that
first game against the Chiefs did some things really well.
They got the run game going, like such a dynamic
rushing attack that they have with Davante and Julil and
samaj and the defense really stepped up. I think they
held the Chiefs to one for five in the red zone,

(03:58):
which is remarkable. So they really looked good in that game.
They did a lot of good things, and I think
for the Broncos, like there's gonna be a few keys
this time around. For one, they need to stop settling
for field goals in the red zone, especially against the Chiefs.
You know, you got to put the put points on
the board in order to beat them. I think one
of the fun matchups to watch will be the Broncos

(04:20):
offensive line against the Chiefs defensive line and that front seven,
because you know the Broncos offensive line, I don't think
a lot of sack last week, and now you've got
Chris Jones on the other side. And Russ told us
he's like he's like he's like going up against shack
on defense with the way that passes and we know
Russ is the tallest guy in the world. The Chiefs

(04:41):
I think are leading the league over the last three
years and batted down passes they have like fifty two,
so that's something to watch for in this game. I
know Chris had a couple against Russ the last time around,
and then Travis Kelcey is just always the X factor.
It was interesting listening to Sean Payton. He was talking
about the most important key for this game is going
to be defending what he called the second act, which

(05:03):
is like when Patrick Mahomes goes through his progressions and
the play breaks down, they go into the boat of
like backyard football, where they're almost even better.

Speaker 4 (05:13):
After the play breaks down.

Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah, and Travis Kelcey just he's such a unique player
and that he can always find the open space and
it's like he and Patrick have this telepathy where like
he just knows where Travis is going to be and
they always finds him.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
So it's crazy how they read each other's minds.

Speaker 4 (05:30):
Yeah, I think that's going to be a big key
in this game.

Speaker 3 (05:33):
But I think all around that the team overall just
sounded positive and Russ is just like he's remarkable to
talk to because he's just never down and he's like,
one thing I'm not is down, you know. And he
has such a great perspective and he's just always you know,
rayful and comes from a really positive mindset. So he's
just always always fun to talk to. And I think
that really trickles down through the team. And yeah, everyone

(05:56):
just felt really positive after that last game. They were like, look,
it wasn't perfect, but it was really important to get
the first went at home and they're hoping to kind
of ride that momentum here.

Speaker 1 (06:04):
So yeah, I yes, we will see. I know it
has been great to see how positive this team has.
You know, the mindset is this week given the fact
that the Broncos are on a sixteen game losing streak
to the Chiefs at this point, Millennie, I know you,
like we've mentioned, you were at last week's games. So
what did you I guess see from Russell Wilson in
this offense that you really hope to see them build

(06:24):
off of this.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
Week as they hope to break that streak versus Chiefs.

Speaker 4 (06:29):
Yeah, they did a lot of things well.

Speaker 3 (06:30):
I think the rust to Courtland Sutton relationship there is great.
That's kind of his safety net in court Sutton. I
felt like they ran the ball really well again last week. Again,
they kind of were their own were sending me in
the red zone a couple of times. They left some
points on the board, But it felt like the offense
was able to get into a little bit more of

(06:50):
a rhythm.

Speaker 4 (06:51):
They were a little bit more balanced. I think they
can definitely build on that.

Speaker 3 (06:55):
And yeah, it's not going to be an easy task
against this Chiefs defense and how good they are. But yeah,
I felt like, you know, the defense had another great
week and sealed the game with that interception from Locke.
So I felt like the Broncos did a lot of
things well and I know they're hoping to avoid losing
seventeen in a row to the Chiefs. Here's an interesting

(07:16):
stat that Sean Payton told us yesterday that really stood out.
So the Chiefs go to Europe next week to play
in Germany, and it tends to be a bit of
a distraction for the away teams. So away teams the
week before they go to Europe are five and fifteen.

Speaker 4 (07:34):
On the road.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
Wow.

Speaker 4 (07:36):
Interesting, So the Europe trip becomes a distraction.

Speaker 3 (07:39):
You're thinking about that next week because they're leaving, you know,
probably earlier in the week than they're used to.

Speaker 4 (07:45):
They're worried about family, getting enough tickets.

Speaker 3 (07:48):
Who's traveling where, you know, what sites they're going to
see with their significant other while they're over there. And
I couldn't believe that stat when he said at five
and fifteen are or they had to.

Speaker 4 (07:59):
Germany something to keep an eye on that could work
in the Broncos favor on.

Speaker 2 (08:04):
Yeah, what a great stat from coach. I love that.

Speaker 1 (08:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (08:07):
We were like, okay, we gotta we had let me
write that down.

Speaker 3 (08:10):
Yeah it's correct, but yeah, it's quite remarkable stats.

Speaker 4 (08:15):
So, yeah, Sean Bayton always has something up to sleeve
in our meetings.

Speaker 2 (08:18):
He really does, Melanie. You mentioned Chris Jones earlier.

Speaker 1 (08:21):
You know, Broncos offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi he talked this
week and he said, you know, it's kind of unusual
to put a jersey on your scout team for an
interior defensive lineman, of course, referring to him one of
the stars on that defense. But it's been so interesting
because of course there's always so much talk around Patrick
Mahomes and Travis Kelsey. But the Chiefs defense right now
is one of the best units that team has seen

(08:43):
in recent years, which is honestly really scary if even
think about.

Speaker 4 (08:47):
It, is so scary. And Chris Jones was so interesting
talking about it.

Speaker 3 (08:51):
We asked him if he felt like, you know, with
especially with the whole Taylor Swift thing going on right now, Yeah,
offense gets all the love, right but the defense is
playing at such a high level, and he said, we
really don't care who gets the focus. And he was like,
we sincerely feel like this is the best defense we've
had in a really long time. He said, we're kind

(09:14):
of the stepchild and we have that chip on our
shoulders as a defense, which I think just helps them
to play better. They've got a couple of great veterans
that lead the way and then some young guys like
George Carloftis that they're sort of bringing along. And yeah,
it's Chris Jones is remarkable. He's such a versatile player
and it's funny. Sea Sagnola told Trent that sometimes they'll

(09:37):
break the huddle and they still don't even know where
Chris will line up until he goes, and Chris was like,
that's not true. Like, don't let him fool you. I
don't have that much freedom.

Speaker 2 (09:47):
Amazing, that's exactly.

Speaker 4 (09:50):
Gosh.

Speaker 3 (09:50):
Chris Jones is remarkable and and Ross couldn't say enough
good things about him too. Just he's like going up
against him, it's just like he's the He's my biggest
issue on defense because he's like shack out there and
he's so tall, and I just know he's going to
try and bat down my passes and he's so good
at getting after the cornerback.

Speaker 4 (10:05):
So yeah, the.

Speaker 2 (10:07):
Teacher very you mentioned Taylor Swift.

Speaker 1 (10:10):
I don't know if she'll be coming to the game
or not, curious to see, curious to see. If she does,
it's gonna be a cold one, so I don't blame
her if she doesn't.

Speaker 4 (10:18):
Yeah, we were kind of thinking the same thing.

Speaker 3 (10:20):
I asked Travis flat out, and I don't think she'll
be there, So we're taking probably not just being in
away game, not being in prime time and being cold.
We're just kind of assuming she will not be there.
But it was funny talking.

Speaker 4 (10:36):
To christ Jones. I asked him, I said, you know,
what do you think of all this Taylor Swift stuff?

Speaker 3 (10:40):
And he was like, what do you mean, I'm a swiftie,
Like I love Taylor Swift and he said the team
has been like randomly blasting Taylor Swift music in the
locker room just to mess with Trap.

Speaker 4 (10:51):
So funny. He's like, well, just and he talks going
it's me him, me, and he's singing to us on the.

Speaker 3 (10:57):
Call like, oh my gosh. It was so funny. But yeah,
he's he's a swifty. The whole team is loving it.
Even Andy Reid was like, I'm a swifty. Look how
Travis plays when she's around.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
Oh my god.

Speaker 3 (11:07):
Once and I guess Travis and Patrick are working on, like,
you know, a special handshake this week, because we saw
the one from Taylor and Brittany Mahomes in the in
the Box last week and there like we need to
one off of them, So something to look out for
on Sunday we might see the debut of the Mahome
Kelsea handshake.

Speaker 2 (11:23):
Love it so much.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
Well, Melanie, can't thank you enough for your insight on
the matchup. Before you go, I do want to switch
gears for a few minutes here. You know, as many
of my listeners know here on this now, one of
my main goals is to highlight women's impact in and
around the NFL.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
So I want to ask you about your career.

Speaker 1 (11:38):
You know, for many of my listeners who might not know,
what is your role with CBS just in tail.

Speaker 3 (11:43):
Yeah, so I am considered an NFL side in the
reporter for CBS. This is my sixth season on the NFL.
I did a few years of college football before that.
I'm on the three crew, So Trent Green and Kevin
Harlan are my guys up in the booth and we've
been together.

Speaker 4 (11:57):
This is our fourth season. I believe to get there.

Speaker 3 (12:00):
My first two were with Greg Gumbele and Trent Green,
so the play by plays moved around a little bit.
But they're an amazing crew, an amazing team, And basically
it's just my job to be the eyes and ears
on the sideline every Sunday and try and give viewers
at home a picture and an image of maybe what
they can't see necessarily just watching the broadcast.

Speaker 4 (12:22):
So I keep an.

Speaker 3 (12:22):
Eye on, you know, my main things are injuries and
what's going on in the sidelines and what's being said
and it's not I can't really say exactly what I'm
hearing from coaches and players, but I can kind of
paraphrase and you know, let people at home know the
vibe down on the sideline. And and it's my job
to just tell stories and sort of let people know

(12:43):
who these guys are, maybe off the field and away
from away from football, because so many of them have
such incredible stories of where they come from and some
of the things that they're involved in, and so it's
my job just to kind of highlight more of the
human side of these guys, which is my favorite part
about it. I love to tell their stories and just
kind of highlight some of the great things that they're
doing off the field. And yeah, that's that's kind of

(13:05):
the main gist of my role, just talking to players
and coaches during the week and getting the the you know,
pulse of each team leading up to the games.

Speaker 4 (13:15):
And then on Sunday we kick off.

Speaker 3 (13:16):
And it's funny because I do so much preparation during
the week for these games and then Sunday it kicks
off and something happens and we're like, well, all that's
out the window.

Speaker 4 (13:25):
Or you know that throw away all the notes. Yeah,
it's just so funny.

Speaker 3 (13:29):
It's a you can prepare you know, for days and
days and days, and then you get to Sunday and
it's like, well, none of that actually ended up happening,
and now we're just you know, working on our thinking
on our feet, and that's a lot of what the
job is is just sort of thinking on your feet
and reacting to what's happening in the game.

Speaker 4 (13:44):
So it's a lot of fun. It's never boring, that's
for sure.

Speaker 3 (13:48):
And Sunday, especially with snow and the forecast, it's not
going to happing. It looks like, well we'll get anywhere
of you know, up to like one to two inches
in the morning is what they're saying right now. I
feel like it changes every hour, but yeah, it looks
like by game time, hopefully the snow won't really be
a factor.

Speaker 4 (14:04):
And you know that feels heated, and so it'll be fun.

Speaker 2 (14:08):
I'm excited, Melanie.

Speaker 1 (14:09):
I know you said your favorite part of this role
is showing the personal side of these.

Speaker 2 (14:14):
Players, you know who they are off the field.

Speaker 1 (14:15):
So it makes me think, you know, what is the
most challenging part of your role as well?

Speaker 4 (14:21):
That's a great question. I would say there are a
few things.

Speaker 3 (14:25):
Number One, I think just mentally the most challenging part
for me is is that so much of what I
do and prepare is never used. So as a reporter,
it's something that you kind of have to get used to.
Is like, you're gonna do all this work and you're
gonna come up with twenty amazing stories for that game,
and you'll be lucky if you get two or three
of them in.

Speaker 4 (14:45):
So it just feels like you end up using five
to ten.

Speaker 3 (14:47):
Percent of what you come up with, and it's all
such great stuff and you're just like dying to tell
these stories. But I would say that's kind of one
of the hardest parts just for me, is like I
feel like so much of it goes not to waste,
but you know it's just like, ah, just think gets
lots of the abyss. And then in terms of like
the actual role on Sundays, I think the hardest part
is covering not your typical like sprained ankle injuries, but

(15:12):
sort of the more catastrophic injuries. I had the game
in Washington when Alex Smith went down with his injury,
and it was my You're on the NFL and it's
your job to be the eyes and ears, and so
I remember following him into the tunnel, and I could
just hear, you know, the sounds that were coming out
of his mouth and what was happening. But I also

(15:34):
knew that as the side of them reporter, there was
a really good chance that his family was watching at home,
and the first report that they hear about their father
and husband is going to be from me, And so
you just really have to kind of toe that line
of like, how do I tell everyone what's happening with
this player with the right sensitivity and the right tone,

(15:58):
but also knowing that that's his family at home, you know,
wanting to know what's happening with him. So I think
that's probably one of the hardest things. And thankfully those
types of injuries don't happen often in the game, but
when they do, you kind of go into that mode
and it's always it's always chaotic, and it's always stressful.

Speaker 4 (16:16):
And sad, and so yeah, I would say.

Speaker 3 (16:20):
Kind of navigating those catastrophic injuries is one of the
harder parts of the game. And then in terms of
just like the hits that you're doing, I think the
halftime hit for the Cybeline reporter is probably the hardest
hit because you're you're walking off with one coach, and
this is for our broadcast in particular, where we're not
doing the live interview with the coach, you know, right
before the half or whatever. So I'm walking off with
one coach and I'm jotting down what he's telling me

(16:42):
that he wants to adjust for the second half. And
then I'm walking back on with the other coach and
jotting down what he wants to adjust for the second half.
And I've got about thirty seconds to formulate that report
in my head and remember everything both coaches told me
before Kevin throws it down to me and says, all right, Mel,
what'd you get from the coach? And I've got a
for thirty seconds about what they told me. So it's
that quick turnaround where you're kind of like, Okay, what

(17:05):
did both coaches tell me?

Speaker 4 (17:06):
What order?

Speaker 3 (17:06):
Am I saying this in? And it's like a regurgitation
of it. So I think that's probably the hardest hit
of the day or of the game for the timely reporter.
But yeah, I would say those things are kind of
the most challenging parts.

Speaker 4 (17:18):
Of the day or parts of the job.

Speaker 1 (17:21):
Well, I know you said earlier that you did college
football before moving on to the NFL. So, for some
of our viewers at home, can you kind of walk
me through the path that you took to get to
this job where you are today.

Speaker 4 (17:31):
Sure.

Speaker 3 (17:31):
So I grew up in State College, Pennsylvania, where Penn
State University is, and that's where I went to school.
And so I grew up in a college football town.
It was in my blood. I was going to Penn
State games, you know, when I was in a diaper,
when I was a super young girl.

Speaker 4 (17:45):
And I went to school at Penn State.

Speaker 3 (17:47):
And so I just grew up with like big college
football school in my blood, and I always loved it,
and I always knew I wanted to be a part
of it in some way. And so I got an
internship my junior year with Big ten Network and they
ended up being the network that hired me out of
school to be the Penn State beat reporter that fall
after I graduated, which was an incredible experience. And then

(18:10):
I immediately took a job in Atlanta with Turner Broadcasting
that December to cover the NBA. So I moved to
Atlanta and I did that for a year, and then
I ended.

Speaker 4 (18:20):
Up missing football so much. That's just my sports.

Speaker 3 (18:23):
So I went back to Big ten Network and did
a show for them called Friday Night Tilgate I believe
it was called, and kind of bounced around. After that,
I went to Yahoo Sports out in California, and they
sent me to the Olympics and the Super Bowl and
the World Cup in Brazil and just got such a
world experience with them. And then I was hired by

(18:43):
Golf Channel back in twenty thirteen to host Big Break,
which is like an old reality show that's no longer
on the air, but it was such a.

Speaker 4 (18:50):
Blast, probably one of my favorite things I've ever done.

Speaker 3 (18:53):
And while I was doing that, I was filling in
at ESPN on Sports Nation and First Take, and I
was still with Yahoo Sports at that time, so I
was kind of doing all three things. And then Guess
hired me as a college football side of the reporter
in twenty thirteen, and each year they would kind of
give me a little bit more on my plate, So
I think I had eight games the first year and
then thirteen the next year, and then in twenty eighteen,

(19:16):
after four seasons on college football, they or maybe it
was five seasons, they promoted me to NFL full time
on the NFL and that was like a dream come
true for me because that was always what I wanted
and kind of left all the other stuff and focused
full time on NFL side of the reporting. And now
I'm in my sixth year. So it's it's been a

(19:38):
journey for sure, a lot of roads that I didn't
expect to go down, but they all led me back
to kind of where I wanted to be.

Speaker 1 (19:44):
So and you've been crushing it, crushing it ever since,
I said, and you've been crushing it, crushing it ever since.

Speaker 4 (19:51):
Girl. I appreciate it. I love it, and I think
that helps too.

Speaker 3 (19:54):
It's just like genuinely loving what you do and just
being grateful to be here.

Speaker 4 (19:58):
So thank you. I appreciate I love my job. It's
a blast.

Speaker 1 (20:03):
Yeah, Well last one here, Melanie, to kick off the
rest of the episode. You know, I'd just like to
end these episodes inspiring the younger generation. So, what's one
piece of advice you'd give someone looking to get into
this industry?

Speaker 2 (20:12):
Really, no matter what area of it they want to
work in.

Speaker 3 (20:15):
Absolutely, my biggest piece of advice, especially if you're just
starting out or you're still in college, it would just
be to get all the experience that you can say
yes to any opportunity, even if you know, you think
you want to be an NFL sad the reporter and
you get offered a job pulling cables for a soccer game,
you know, just saying yes to that and getting that experience,
because I think everything that you say yes to adds

(20:36):
to your resume in some way and gets you experienced
in some way, even if it's not exactly what you
want to be doing right off the bat.

Speaker 4 (20:43):
So saying yes to opportunities and I would say, just
be yourself.

Speaker 3 (20:47):
We're in such a cool place in society now where
I think people are looking for diversity and people who
are different and you know, bring something unique to the table,
and you don't have to.

Speaker 4 (20:57):
I know, it's great to have people.

Speaker 3 (20:58):
That you look up to in the business and you know,
people that you try to emulate and all that, but
I think it's really important to forge your own path
and not try and be like anyone else that you've
been watching on TV and that you think. You know,
it's great when other people have successful paths, but it's
so important to forge your own and bring your own
uniqueness to the table and that's ultimately what's going to
give you the most success.

Speaker 4 (21:19):
In the end.

Speaker 2 (21:20):
I love that great way to finish the episode, Melanie.
I so appreciate you joining the show today.

Speaker 4 (21:25):
Thank you so much, pleasure sitting anytime. Thank you for
having me.

Speaker 1 (21:28):
Well that I'll do it for this week's episode of
The Snap Broncos Country. Thanks so much for tuning in,
and thank you again to our guest and Melanie Collins.

Speaker 2 (21:34):
For joining this show.

Speaker 1 (21:35):
Hope to see you all Adam Powerfield at Mile High
for the game this Sunday, but if not

Speaker 2 (21:40):
We eat right back here on Monday following the game.
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