The 2025 NFL season is about to kick off. Well, the preseason is about to kick off — but it's still football!
There are 285 NFL games (not including the preseason) needed to crown a Super Bowl winner. Last year, I tracked every NFL live stream and which streaming services you need to watch all of them, and this season, I'm back to do it again.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of streaming services you'll need to watch every game this year. ESPN Plus, Peacock, Prime Video, Netflix and even YouTube are all getting exclusive games this year, and Paramount Plus offers a decent amount of the CBS games on Sundays.
So here’s a quick guide to all the streaming services you’ll need to subscribe to, broken down by month, to watch every game in the 2025-2026 season. We also tell you at the end how much these services all cost if you want to watch every single game this season.
July
Yes, you're reading this correctly. There's a football game in July.
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Detroit Lions is the Hall of Fame Game this year, which takes place at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
This game will be shown on NBC and Peacock, which means you can watch it in one of a few ways.
You could watch on NBC via cable, satellite, a live TV streaming service, or use one of our best antennas to get the broadcast free over the air, provided your local station is showing them. Or you could stream the game via Peacock.
The cheapest method is to get an antenna and watch for free (minus the price of the antenna). But for the sake of this exercise, I'll recommend Peacock Premium since its $10.99 a month price point is cheaper than any live TV streaming service.
So to watch every NFL game in July, all you need is Peacock Premium, which sets you back a cool $10.99. Just make sure to cancel before your first month is over, because you won't need it in August or September.
July total: $10.99
August
In August, the preseason begins in earnest.
Unfortunately, many of the games have yet to be officially assigned a network outside of local markets. But a fair number of games will be available nationally on the NFL Network.
The cheapest way to get the NFL Network? Sling TV — specifically, Sling Blue. This Sling TV package starts at $45.99, though right now, you can get your first month for $23. It offers your local broadcast stations in select markets (excluding CBS) and also offers the NFL Network.
However, some preseason games will also air on Fox, CBS and ESPN.
Fox and ESPN, you can still get through Sling, but for CBS, you'll need to find a different cable TV alternative. I recommend YouTube TV, which is my top pick among all the live TV streaming services — and I've tested all of them.
While you're at it, make sure to add NFL Sunday Ticket to your YouTube TV subscription. This will give you access to every out-of-market Sunday afternoon game during the regular season, and integrates with your YouTube TV app to allow you to watch up to four games at once with multiview.
If you're a new customer, you can get YouTube TV for $59.99 a month for your first two months, and then $82.99 a month after that. NFL Sunday Ticket will add eight additional payments of $34.50 for a total of $276. Those Sunday Ticket payments are not cancelable, regardless of whether or not you cancel YouTube TV.
With YouTube TV, you have all the preseason games from NFL Network, Fox, CBS and ESPN covered. The lone game you still need to get access to is the Thursday, Aug. 21, matchup between the New England Patriots and New York Giants.
For that, you'll need Prime Video, which you can get in one of two ways. You can sign up for Prime Video a la carte for $8.99 a month, or you can sign up for Amazon Prime for $14.99 a month and get additional perks like free shipping on Amazon orders, Twitch Prime freebies and more.
My recommendation? Get Amazon Prime free for 30 days, then decide if you want Amazon Prime or just Prime Video.
When you account for discounts, to get every game in August, you'll need to spend $59.99 for your first month of YouTube TV and you get a free month of Prime Video.
You'll also start paying for your NFL Sunday Ticket subscription now, which will come in handy in September. I'm going to add Sunday Ticket's entire $276 price for new users to this month's total, since it's eight payments of $34.50 are not cancelable.
August total: $335.99
September
Okay, here's the good news: by the time Week 1 rolls around in September, you'll already be subscribed to a few of the streaming services you'll need.
YouTube TV and NFL Sunday Ticket will give you access to every NFL game on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, ESPN and NFL Network. Week 1's game between Kansas City and the Los Angeles Chargers is exclusive to YouTube (outside of local markets), but YouTube is free, so no extra spending is needed there.
You will need to keep your Prime Video subscription going, though, to watch Thursday Night Football games starting in Week 2, and assuming you signed up on Aug. 21 to get access to Prime Video's preseason game, your 30-day free trial to Amazon Prime runs out on Sept. 20.
That means this month, you'll need to pay for YouTube TV, which you're still getting for just $59.99, and Prime Video, which, for this exercise, I'm going to assume you're now paying for a la carte, at $8.99 a month.
September total: $68.98
October
October brings more NFL games and another streaming service you'll need to subscribe to. YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket and Prime Video have you covered for the most part, but now you need to add ESPN Plus.
That's because ESPN Plus has an exclusive game in Week 7 between the Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks as part of a Monday Night Football doubleheader.
One month of ESPN Plus will set you back $11.99, though you can get it as part of a Disney Bundle with Disney Plus and Hulu if you want a bit more bang for your buck.
To recap, this month, you'll need to pay for YouTube TV, which now costs the full $82.99, Prime Video, which is still $8.99 a month and ESPN Plus, which is $11.99 a month.
October total: $103.97
November
Good news! You can get rid of the ESPN Plus subscription.
Unfortunately, you'll still need everything else you were already paying for. That means YouTube TV for $82.99 and Prime Video for $8.99. Remember, we already accounted for the full amount of your NFL Sunday Ticket subscription back in August, even though it'll be spread out over eight payments.
October total: $91.98
December
Merry Christmas — you've now got to pay for another streaming service.
This time, it's Netflix, which is doing a Christmas Day doubleheader for the second year in a row. The first game is a 1 p.m. ET kickoff between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders. It's followed by a 4:30 p.m. ET game between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings.
Aside from Netflix, which you're now paying $7.99 to this month, you'll still need to stay subscribed to the usual suspects. That means YouTube TV for $82.99 and Prime Video for $8.99.
Unfortunately, Peacock also rears its head again this month, with a Week 17 exclusive NFL game. So that's another $10.99 you'll need to spend.
December total: $110.96
January 2026
While the NFL hasn't fully set its schedule for January yet, we do know that you'll need access to ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS, as well as Prime Video and Peacock, to catch all the regular season and postseason games in January.
The good news is that means you can cancel Netflix this month. The bad news is that means you'll still be paying over $100 to stream football in January 2026, between YouTube TV for $82.99, Peacock for $10.99 and Prime Video for $8.99.
January total: $102.97
February 2026
At this point, there's only the Super Bowl left, though theoretically the Pro Bowl will continue to exist in some format.
Super Bowl LX will be held on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, on NBC, with a possible simulcast on Peacock (this hasn't been confirmed yet). That means it won't be available on a free streaming service this season, unlike Super Bowl LIX, which was available to stream free on Tubi in select regions.
Until we know for sure that the game is available on Peacock, most likely you'll need to shell out another $82.99 this month for YouTube TV, though you'll finally be able to stop paying for Prime Video.
But there are alternatives, depending on where you live. If you have an antenna, you can probably stream the Super Bowl for free over the air on NBC. Depending on where you live, you might also get NBC via Sling TV Blue, which at $45.99 a month is still significantly cheaper than YouTube TV.
For now, though, I'm going to assume you'll still need to pay for YouTube TV, meaning you'll have to pay $82.99 to stream the final month of the NFL season.
February total $82.99
How much it'll cost
To recap, you'll need YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket, Peacock, Prime Video, ESPN Plus and Netflix at various points to watch every second of the 2025-2026 NFL season.
That isn't going to be cheap. It's cheaper than getting season tickets for your local NFL team, though maybe not as cheap as getting tickets on the secondary market if your team is awful.
TOTAL: $908.83
Discounts
As the season progresses, discounts for some of these streaming services will likely crop up.
I already covered discounts from Sling TV, YouTube TV, NFL Sunday Ticket and Prime Video that can save you money, but often cable providers and mobile network providers will offer discounts on various streaming services to customers. Sunday Ticket also offers student and military discounts.
If I see any specific discounts of note, I'll be sure to update this article accordingly.
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