The NFL season is arguably the best time of the year for football fans. It’s when football Sunday becomes a reality and you get to watch your favorite teams and players every week. It seems like every season is more and more exciting as the talent seems to get better and better. Also, the beauty of the NFL is teams can go from terrible one year to great the next year, which means your team always has a chance of having a breakout season no matter how last year went.
As many people cut cable, one of the main questions people have is how to still watch football. There are multiple options out there to watch and with the right setup you can watch just about every single NFL game. Here’s everything you need to know.
The Best Ways to Watch Football on Sunday
There are a few different ways to get live access to Sunday football. Here’s some information about each of them:
Antenna: This is one of the easiest and probably the cheapest way to watch football. You don’t need a cable package, but still get access to any games on ABC, NBC, CBS, or FOX. This covers just about every single game that will be coming on during Sundays. The antenna connects to your TV and lets you watch football in incredibly clear high-definition picture. Plus, once you make the investment for an antenna, watching is absolutely free.
Sling TV: Another option is subscription streaming service Sling TV. In certain locations, Sling TV’s Sling Blue package offers live streaming access to FOX. This will be how you can watch some of the games on Sunday through the service. The starting package for these areas is $25 per month and includes over 40 cable channels to live stream including TBS, TNT, FX, FS1, NBCSN, AMC, and FOX Sports regional networks.
PlayStation Vue: A similar option to Sling TV, PlayStation Vue also lets you watch FOX games live in certain locations. But, it improves by also letting you live stream any games on NBC, CBS, or ABC in these same locations. There are also around 60 channels available to live stream, but the real difference is the price since it starts at $39.99 per month in the locations where these channels are offered.
Watch Monday Night Football Online as Well
The Monday Night Football games are broadcast on ESPN each week. All of the above services have ways for you to watch MNF games without cable. The antenna lets you watch the Monday night game if your local team is playing by broadcasting it on ABC.
If you want to use Sling TV, you can choose the Sling Orange package, which doesn’t have FOX channels, but includes ESPN and ESPN2. The package only costs $20 per month and in total has around 30 channels.
PlayStation Vue has ESPN in all of its packages, but that means even if you don’t get access to FOX with your location you can still watch Monday Night Football. Plus, the locations without FOX have a price of only $29.99 per month for over 50 streaming channels.
You Can Even Get Thursday Night Football Streaming
Thursday Night Football games are actually quite easy to watch without cable using the other services. Sling TV recently announced it will include NFL Network in its package, which will be broadcasting every TNF game. PlayStation Vue should be adding the network soon as well, which means it may also be a viable way to watch.
Additionally, CBS and NBC simulcast most of the games on Thursdays. So, the antenna can be used to watch in HD. And, the easiest one is to utilize the deal the NFL just struck with Twitter. Ten of the Thursday night games will be live streamed on Twitter absolutely free. This is a phenomenal way to watch any games on Thursday nights for no cost at all!
As the trend of cable cutting has grown, so too have the options. Each night of NFL coverage has multiple ways to watch and other sports have just as many options. We are glad there are so many ways out there for you to watch without cable, but if you still have any questions, leave us a comment below.
