As more major television networks and streaming services than ever before are getting a piece of showing live NFL games this upcoming season it will cost the viewer plenty to consume the entire 2024 schedule.
The league has made a shift to diversifying where to watch its top out-of-market action, from weekly prime-time packages to holiday specials. For fans of watching only their favorite team, with help of free local broadcasts, not much will change. But for die-hard fans who like to watch every game, it can be confusing, costly, and frustrating to subscribe to all the required services.
Cord-cutting won't mean cost-cutting when it comes to the NFL. Here's how much you would need to pay for each service, ending with the most exclusive and expensive.
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NFL streaming guide to 2024 season
Peacock
If you don't have a catch-all streaming service in lieu of cable and you would just want to make sure you can get "Sunday Night Football," then Peacock can be your proxy for all NBC content. For the NFL, that includes every "SNF" game plus a bonus Saturday game on Dec. 21.
However, you also need Peacock to watch the Week 1 Friday night NFL International Series game on Friday, Sept. 6, between the Packers and Eagles from Sao Paulo, Brazil unless you subscribe to NFL+. The basic necessary Peacock Premium package (with ads) will cost you $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year.
Since you'll need Peacock for at least two months (September and January) to see the Eagles-Packers and an NFL wild-card game, you're looking at paying at least $11.98 -- and that's if you remember to unsubscribe after Sept. 6.
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Fox, CBS, ESPN/ABC (optional with a cable replacement or ESPN+)
If you have ESPN+ (see below) either monthly or annually, individually, or part of a bundle, you're set here for ESPN and ABC. If you have Paramount+, you're set with CBS. Otherwise, you'll need a cable-replacement streaming service for live sports television, including "Monday Night Football." The main options include Sling TV, FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, and YouTube TV (see below) at various price points.
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Amazon Prime Video
"Thursday Night Football" became exclusive to Prime Video during the 2022 season. It's going into Year 3 and will continue to have the NFL TNF package through 2033. If not subscribed to Amazon Prime, you'll need it from Week 2 (Sept. 12) through Week 17 (Dec. 26). That's four months at $8.99 per month just for Prime Video, or $14.99 per month (or $139 per year) for a comprehensive Amazon Prime subscription. Locking into the Amazon Prime Video TNF (and Black Friday) slate will cost you $35.96.
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Netflix
Netflix knows you like to watch a lot of winter holiday movies on its platform. Just search the word "Christmas" and you can celebrate yuletide 365 days a year. So, it made sense for the service to make its first-ever NFL game foray on Christmas Day. For access to the 2024 doubleheader on Wed. Dec. 25, you'll need to pay $15.49 a month for a standard ad-free membership or give up only $6.99 per month with ads. Netflix will also at least air one Christmas Day game in '25 and '26 as part of its new league deal.
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NFL+ (optional)
If you are going the channel-by-channel route to acquire the needed NFL streaming services, this would be your gateway to the NFL Network, which will show four of the five International Series games in 2024. Also with NFL+, you'll get access to the Packers-Eagles Week 1 Friday night game from Brazil that's also streaming on Peacock.
For $6.99 per month, you get NFL Network 24/7 plus on-demand NFL Films' content on all devices plus access to all live local and prime-time regular season and postseason games on phones and tablets.
For advanced NFL junkies, you can upgrade to NFL+ Premium at $14.99 per month, which adds NFL RedZone and ad-free full, condensed, and all-22 coaches film replays of every game.
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ESPN+
ESPN+ had its first exclusive premium game broadcast in 2023 season, airing the Falcons-Jaguars Week 4 tilt live from London. The exclusive 2024 game (Chargers at Cardinals) is part of a Week 7 Monday night doubleheader. The service costs $10.99 per month or $109.99 per year as a standalone service or $14.99 in a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu (both with ads).
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YouTube TV and NFL Sunday Ticket
Before you get the NFL's ultimate out-of-market game streaming option in the United States, you'll need to swap your cable provider out with YouTubeTV for the basic monthly package at $72.99. With Week 1 Sunday games on Sept. 8 and Week 18 ending on Jan. 5, you would need to subscribe to YouTube TV for at least four months, bringing the total to $291.96. First-time YouTube TV subscribers get a little break, as the first three months are priced at $57.99 per month.
After you do that, then you need to shell out another $349 for NFL Sunday Ticket, now two seasons removed from its previous satellite home at DirecTV. That pushes your cost up to $640.96, which can be justified if you already have or are thinking about switching to YouTube TV as your main source of old-school network and cable-like television. If you don't want to tack on Sunday Ticket, at least you would get those national and local market NBC, CBS, ESPN/ABC, and Fox games.
