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How to Watch NFL Football Games Live Without Cable in 2025

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Best Way to Watch Every NFL Team without Cable

At The Streamable, we love football and saving money. We’ve tested all the live TV streaming services for each NFL team to help you find the one that’s right for you. The best way to choose a live sports streaming service is to check our streaming guide for your favorite NFL team.

How to Watch Local & National NFL Games

This season, NFL games will air on traditional TV channels, as well as streaming-exclusive outlets. For most games, Hulu Live TV is the most straightforward option since it includes ABC, CBS, ESPN, Fox, NBC, and NFL Network. You have the option to add NFL RedZone. Hulu Live TV includes free ESPN+.

Channel/Service Games Available Where to watch Sign up
CBS AFC Sunday afternoons DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Hulu Live TV, Paramount Plus, and YouTube TV 5-day FREE trial
FOX NFC Sunday afternoons DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV 5-day FREE trial
NBC Sunday Night Football DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Hulu Live TV, Peacock, Sling TV, and YouTube TV 5-day FREE trial
ESPN 16 Monday Night Football games DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV 5-day FREE trial
ABC 3 exclusive Monday Night Football games, 4 ESPN simulcasts DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV 5-day FREE trial
NFL Network 4 Sunday international games DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV 5-day FREE trial
Prime Video 15 Thursday Night Football games, Black Friday game Prime Video 30-Day Free Trial
Peacock Week 1 exclusive game, NBC simulcasts Peacock Sign Up
ESPN+ Week 7 exclusive game ESPN+ Sign Up
Netflix 2 Christmas Day exclusive games Netflix Sign Up

Most National Football League (NFL) games air on CBS for AFC teams and FOX for NFC teams. Sunday Night Football airs on NBC and Peacock, Monday Night Football airs on ESPN, ESPN+, and ABC, and Thursday Night Football airs most frequently on Amazon Prime Video.

In 2024, NFL Network is the exclusive home for four international games in London and Munich, while Peacock will carry an exclusive game from Brazil.

To watch NFL on CBS, NFL on FOX, Monday Night Football on ESPN and ABC, and NFL Network international games online without cable, you will need a subscription to one of the major Live TV Streaming Services.

You can choose between DIRECTV STREAM, Sling TV, Fubo, Hulu Live TV, and YouTube TV.

DTV STREAM Fubo Hulu Philo Sling TV YouTube
Free Trial Free Trial Free 3-Day Trial Free Trial Get 50% OFF Sign Up
$86.99 $94.99 $82.99 $28 $45.99 $45.99 $82.99
CBS - - -
Fox - -
NBC - -
ESPN - -
NFL Network + $15 - -

Once you subscribe, you will be able to stream your local NFL games on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon, Fire TV, Chromecast, iOS, and Android.

Not every live streaming service has locals in every market. Fortunately, at least one streaming service includes the main CBS or FOX affiliate in the local market of every NFL team.

2024 NFL Regular Season:

TBD

DTV STREAM Fubo Hulu Sling TV YouTube
Free Trial Free Trial Free 3-Day Trial Get 50% OFF Sign Up
$86.99 $94.99 $82.99 $45.99 $45.99 $82.99
Arizona Cardinals
Fox
-
Atlanta Falcons
Fox
-
Baltimore Ravens
CBS
- -
Buffalo Bills
CBS
- -
Carolina Panthers
Fox
- VOD
Chicago Bears
Fox
-
Cincinnati Bengals
CBS
- -
Cleveland Browns
CBS
- -
Dallas Cowboys
Fox
-
Denver Broncos
CBS
- -
Detroit Lions
Fox
-
Green Bay Packers
Fox
-
Houston Texans
CBS
- -
Indianapolis Colts
CBS
- -
Jacksonville Jaguars
CBS
- -
Kansas City Chiefs
CBS
- -
Las Vegas Raiders
CBS
- -
Los Angeles Chargers
CBS
- -
Los Angeles Rams
Fox
-
Miami Dolphins
CBS
- -
Minnesota Vikings
Fox
-
New England Patriots
CBS
- -
New Orleans Saints
Fox
- VOD
New York Giants
Fox
-
New York Jets
CBS
- -
Philadelphia Eagles
Fox
-
Pittsburgh Steelers
CBS
- -
San Francisco 49ers
Fox
-
Seattle Seahawks
Fox
-
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Fox
-
Tennessee Titans
CBS
- -
Washington Commanders
Fox
-

Amazon Prime Video

If you want to stream Thursday Night Football, it will be streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, which is available with a 30-Day Free Trial. If the teams are playing in your local market, the game will also be simulcast on a local affiliate, which can be watch via antenna or on a Live TV Streaming Service.


Paramount+

Additionally, Paramount+ provides an option for AFC fans to get their local CBS games for only $7.99 / month. This is the cheapest option to get some games of your favorite AFC team.


Peacock

If you want to stream Sunday Night Football, it will be simulcast on Peacock Premium, which is available for $7.99 / month (free for Xfinity subscribers).


NFL+

NFL+ is a new streaming service that combines the features of NFL GamePass and mobile streaming of live local telecasts.

With a subscription to NFL+, 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 broadcast and NFL library programming on-demand, ad-free. You can use NFL+ to watch NFL Network on your TV.

If you upgrade to NFL+ Premium, you will also get all NFL games on-demand, immediately after they air, which can be viewed across all devices including Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast, and your Smart TV. Premium also includes NFL RedZone on any device, including your TV.

During the preseason, with both plans, you can watch all out-of-market games with NFL+, but if you want out-of-market regular season games, you’ll need NFL Sunday Ticket.

NFL+ is $6.99 / month or $29.99 / year for the entire season. If you upgrade to NFL+ Premium, it is $14.99 / month, or $79.99 / year.


OTA Antenna

Since most games are on local TV, you also have the option of just using an OTA antenna to get CBS, FOX, and NBC. We suggest the Mohu Leaf 30 (30-mile range) or Mohu Leaf 50 (60-mile range).

Mohu Leaf 30

Up to 30 Mile Range

Mohu Leaf 50

Up to 60 Mile Range

How to Watch NFL RedZone Channel

NFL RedZone

One of football fans’ favorite channels is NFL RedZone. Instead of showing an entire telecast of a single game, it switches around between every game to show those with the most action.

DIRECTV STREAM, Fubo, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV all offer NFL RedZone, as part of a $10-15 Sports add-on.

With both Fubo and Sling TV you will also get NFL Network, NBA TV, MLB Network, and NHL Network.

If you want standalone RedZone, you can sign up for NFL+, but at $14.99 / month, and the lack of night games on Thursday, Sunday, and Monday, you’re probably better off with another provider.

DTV STREAM Fubo Hulu Philo Sling TV YouTube
Free Trial Free Trial Free 3-Day Trial Free Trial Get 50% OFF Sign Up
$86.99 $94.99 $82.99 $28 $45.99 $45.99 $82.99
NFL RedZone + $15 + $11 + $10 - - + $11 + $11

How to Watch Out-of-Market Broadcasts

NFL Sunday Ticket Online

If you live away from your favorite team, you can subscribe to Sunday Ticket to stream out-of-market games online. The service comes with unlimited at-home streams, condensed game replays, and multiview viewing.

NFL Sunday Ticket costs $119.75 / month as a standalone subscription or $158.99 / month when bundled with YouTube TV.

2025 NFL TV Schedule

2024 Regular
DTV STREAM Fubo Hulu Paramount+ Sling TV YouTube
Free Trial Free Trial Free 3-Day Trial Free Trial Get 50% OFF Sign Up
$86.99 $94.99 $82.99 $7.99 $45.99 $45.99 $82.99
Cleveland Browns v. Miami Dolphins
Sun, Dec 29 at 8:20 PM
TELEXITOS
- -
Cincinnati Bengals v. Denver Broncos
Sun, Dec 29
-
Los Angeles Rams v. Arizona Cardinals
Sun, Dec 29
-
New England Patriots v. Los Angeles Chargers
Sun, Dec 29
-
New York Giants v. Indianapolis Colts
Sun, Dec 29
-
Washington Commanders v. Atlanta Falcons
Sun, Dec 29
-
San Francisco 49ers v. Detroit Lions
Mon, Dec 30 at 8:15 PM
-
Arizona Cardinals v. San Francisco 49ers
Sun, Jan 5
-
Atlanta Falcons v. Carolina Panthers
Sun, Jan 5
-
Baltimore Ravens v. Cleveland Browns
Sun, Jan 5
-
Dallas Cowboys v. Washington Commanders
Sun, Jan 5
-
Denver Broncos v. Kansas City Chiefs
Sun, Jan 5
-
Detroit Lions v. Minnesota Vikings
Sun, Jan 5
-
Green Bay Packers v. Chicago Bears
Sun, Jan 5
-
Indianapolis Colts v. Jacksonville Jaguars
Sun, Jan 5
-
Los Angeles Rams v. Seattle Seahawks
Sun, Jan 5
-
Las Vegas Raiders v. Los Angeles Chargers
Sun, Jan 5
-
New England Patriots v. Buffalo Bills
Sun, Jan 5
-
New York Jets v. Miami Dolphins
Sun, Jan 5
-
Philadelphia Eagles v. New York Giants
Sun, Jan 5
-
Pittsburgh Steelers v. Cincinnati Bengals
Sun, Jan 5
-
Tampa Bay Buccaneers v. New Orleans Saints
Sun, Jan 5
-
Tennessee Titans v. Houston Texans
Sun, Jan 5
-

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