If you’re looking to stream NFL football, one of the least expensive ways to do it is with Paramount+. Fans who subscribe to Paramount+ can stream the games their local CBS affiliate is showing; it’s included in your subscription. That means you’ll be able to watch your local team, any national broadcasts, CBS’ Thanksgiving game, and all CBS NFL Playoff games — with your Paramount+ account.
Which Plan Do You Need to Watch NFL Games on Paramount+?
If you want to stream NFL games, you can use either the Paramount+ Essential Plan ($4.99) or Paramount+ Premium Plan ($9.99). While Paramount+ Premium includes your local CBS affiliate, both plans include local NFL games.
If you are a fan of an AFC team where most games air on CBS, this will be the cheapest option to get 60-70% of your team’s games. If you’re an NFC fan, you’ll get any game that airs in your local market on CBS.
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If you want to see any other games on FOX, NBC, or eSPN, you will need a live TV streaming service.
Which Live TV Streaming Services offer NFL Football?
Your NFL options include DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, fuboTV, and YouTube TV. Amazon Prime Video will show Thursday Night Football games.
| 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 | |
Which Live TV Streaming Service is Best for NFL Football?
If you want the simplest solution, simply get a subscription to Hulu Live TV, fuboTV, or YouTube TV.
Each service gets you the marquee games of ESPN and NBC and NFL Network. You’ll also get the AFC games on CBS and NFC games on FOX.
True football fans will want the fantastic NFL RedZone for commercial-free, wall-to-wall live highlights on Sunday afternoons. That add-on is the cheapest with Hulu ($10/month).
If you do go with Hulu, one of the best features is it now includes the Disney Bundle, which means you’ll get Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+ all for just $69.99 a month.
You can go with fuboTV or YouTube TV to access CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC, NFL Network, and NFL RedZone at almost the same price, but Hulu’s inclusion of The Disney Bundle is hard to beat.
What is the Least Expensive Way to Stream Most NFL Channels?
The least expensive way to stream NFL football is a subscription to Sling TV. A subscription to Sling Blue ($35/month) gives you Fox, NBC, and NFL Network. However, you’d miss out on Monday Night Football on ESPN. Sling Blue does allow the sports add-on for $11. That’s 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 an additional fee.
Important: You cannot stream CBS with Sling TV, which would eliminate those live AFC games. If you need live access to games on CBS, Paramount+ ($4.99/month) does provide that.