Steelers vs Browns live stream is here: How to watch NFL week 8 game online

Ben Roethlisberger may face off against Baker Mayfield if the latter's injury is fully gone in the Steelers vs Browns live stream
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Today's Steelers vs Browns live stream features no better haunting thought on a Halloween Sunday than Pittsburgh's Wild Card nightmares from a year ago. The Steelers will look to bury getting buried by the Browns in this NFL live stream.

Steelers vs Browns channel, start time

The Steelers vs Browns live stream airs today (Oct. 31)
Time — 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. BST
• U.S. — Watch on CBS via Fubo.TV or Paramount Plus
• Watch anywhere — try ExpressVPN 100% risk free

No team wants to give another team their first playoff win in nearly 25 years, especially if that "other team" is a division rival. Yet that's exactly what the Steelers did for the Browns last season when Cleveland beat Pittsburgh 48-37 in the wild card round of the playoffs. Sunday, these teams meet for the first time since that matchup. 

The Steelers (3-3) are looking to grab their third straight win when they go into Cleveland in week eight and they hope the bye week won't squash any momentum they worked so hard to start. After winning their first game of the season against the Bills, the Steelers went on to lose their next three. They were able to bounce back with a 27-19 win over the Broncos, then just squeaking out a 23-20 overtime win over the Seahawks. 

Ben Roethlisberger has certainty had better years than what he's put together so far this season, but rookie running back Najee Harris has helped keep this offense on point. Harris leads the team with 632 all-purpose yards and has a total of four touchdowns.

The Browns (4-3) have fallen on hard times as the injury bug has bitten their roster hard! Last week several players including Baker Mayfield, Kareem Hunt and Nick Chubb were forced to sit out the teams' 17-14 win over the Broncos due to injury. Mayfield is back under center today and Chubb is active as well. Running back D'Ernest Johnson will be the Browns RB2 today fresh off his 146-yard performance last week. 

The Browns are a 5-point favorite against the Steelers. The over/under is 43.

Steelers Inactives: Dwayne Haskins (QB), Melvin Ingram III (LB), Ahkello Witherspoon (CB), Buddy Johnson (LB), Zach Banner (OL), Eric Ebron (TE)

Browns Inactives: Donovan Peoples-Jones (WR), Denzel Ward (CB), A.J. Green (CB), Richard LeCounte III (S), Takkarist McKinley (DE), Hjalte Froholdt (G), Tommy Togiai (DT)


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Steelers vs Browns live streams in the US

In the US, today's Steelers vs Browns is going to be broadcast on CBS, which is available with most cable packages and on one of our favorite streaming services: fuboTV

The game starts at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT Sunday (Oct. 31)

You can get your local CBS network's NFL games via Paramount Plus, if you want.

The NFL game broadcast rights have stayed similar season over season. CBS gets AFC games on Sunday afternoons, FOX has the NFC games, NBC has Sunday Night Football and some Thursday night football, while ESPN has Monday Night Football. Amazon Prime Video has some Thursday Night Football games, while the NFL Network will continue to offer a bunch of games throughout the year. 

So, that makes it really easy to recommend where cord-cutters should turn to watch the NFL season: Fubo TV. Built for all things sports, Fubo has all three of those local broadcasters, plus ESPN and NFL Network. That's why it's one of the best streaming services.

Sling TV doesn't have CBS (not without AirTV at least), so while that's one of our favorite services, it's not ideal for football fans.

Fubo.TV:a 7-day free trial

Fubo.TV: One of the best streaming services with FOX, and the top pick for watching all of the 2021 NFL live streams, Fubo has all of the right network channels and the two cable channels you don't want to go without. Who needs cable? Not Fubo subscribers. It's got a 7-day free trial so you don't need to pay up front.

Paramount Plus

Paramount Plus combines what used to be CBS All Access with even more content from the deep ViacomCBS vault. Get access to Survivor and Big Brother episodes, as well as originals like Star Trek: Picard and The Good Fight. And more great stuff is on the way, including Frasier and Criminal Minds revivals.

NFL Sunday Ticket: This game is included in NFL Sunday Ticket, which is available even if you don't have DirecTV.

Steelers vs Browns live streams for free

If you just want to watch on your phone, the Yahoo Sports app for iOS and Android gives away every NFL game that's broadcast in your local TV market to your smartphone or tablet for free. This appears to include pre-season games, but we can't find specific confirmation for this game.

Yes, that includes Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football. You can also sign into your NFL Game Pass subscription and stream it from the Yahoo app.

With one of our best TV antenna picks you can watch live if — and only if — your local CBS affiliate is showing Steelers vs Browns.

Steelers vs Browns live streams in the UK

American football fans across the pond cannot watch Steelers vs Browns on Sky Sports, the typical home to more than 100 live games per NFL season. 

The Steelers vs Browns live stream starts at 6:00 p.m. BST Sunday evening.

Americans abroad could just use the service of their choice, provided they log in via a VPN such as ExpressVPN.

Steelers vs Browns live streams in Canada

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DAZN is also the home of live Champions League soccer games. Plus, Canadians get a 30-day free trial of DAZN here.

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Marc Farzetta

Marc is a contributing sportswriter at Tom’s Guide covering the NFL, NBA and MLB as well as various other leagues. He is a graduate of Temple University where he studied Broadcasting and Journalism. Marc’s previous stops include the Trenton Times and NBC Sports Philadelphia. He also worked on the production crew of NBC Sunday Night Football for 11 seasons. When not working, Marc is probably sipping his next espresso to get him ready for more work.