In past seasons, you may have gotten used to watching live NFL games for free with the Yahoo! Sports App or NFL App. Unfortunately, starting with the 2022 NFL season, you will no longer be able to stream live NFL games for free on your mobile device.
So if you want to watch live games in the NFL App, how can you do it?
The free streaming option in the NFL App has been replaced by a new streaming service called NFL+. With the base subscription to NFL+ ($4.99 a month), you will be able to watch all regular season and playoff games available in your local market on your mobile phone and tablet. NFL+ also includes live radio broadcasts and NFL library programming on-demand, ad-free.
What Can You Watch with NFL+?
- Your local NFL on CBS games
- Your local NFL on FOX games
- Sunday Night Football
- Monday Night Football (including ManningCast)
- NFL Network games
You will only be able to watch these games on mobile or tablet. You can’t AirPlay or Cast to your TV with NFL+.
If you upgrade to NFL+ Premium ($9.99 a month), you will also get all NFL games on-demand, immediately after they air, which can be viewed on TV devices as well.
What If You Want to Stream Live NFL Games on Your TV?
If you want to stream on your TV device like Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, or your Smart TV –– your options include DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, fuboTV, and YouTube TV. With these services, you’ll get games on CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC/ESPN, and in most cases NFL Network. Some also offer NFL RedZone as an add-on.
Your most comprehensive option is likely Hulu Live TV, which includes CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC/ESPN, NFL Network, and NFL RedZone ($10). For a limited time, you can get $20 OFF Your First 2 Months.
If you just want some games, you can get games on CBS with Paramount+, Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video, or Sunday Night Football on Peacock.
| DTV STREAM | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | Free Trial | Free 3-Day Trial | Free Trial | Get 50% OFF | Sign Up | |||
| $79.99 | $94.99 | $76.99 | $28 | $40 | $40 | $72.99 | ||
| CBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | |
| ESPN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | |
| Fox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NBC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NFL Network | + $15 | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | |
| NFL RedZone | + $15 | + $11 | + $10 | - | - | + $11 | + $11 | |
What is the Least Expensive Way to Stream Most NFL Games?
The least expensive way to stream NFL football is a subscription to Sling TV. A subscription to Sling Blue ($35/month) gives you NBC & FOX (in select markets), along with NFL Network, while Sling Orange includes ESPN. Sling Blue does allow the sports add-on for $11, which is the least expensive way possible to get NFL RedZone.
If you get Sling Orange ($35/month), you get ESPN, but not Fox, NBC, and NFL Network. The solution would be Sling Orange + Blue ($50/month) to get all of those channels. If you get Sling Orange + Blue, you can also add NFL Redzone.
For a limited time, you can get Sling Blue + Sports Extra, which include NFL RedZone for just $23 for your first month.