A pricey way to watch nearly all the big Sunday games
One of the harsher realities of not living in your favorite NFL team’s broadcast market is that there aren’t many legitimate ways to watch your squad’s games on Sunday afternoons. NFL Sunday Ticket is the only video streaming service we’ve tested that lets you watch live, out-of-market, regular-season matchups. The service’s online component comes via YouTube, which delivers smooth, lag-free streams with many viewing options powered by YouTube TV. That said, NFL Sunday Ticket is still extremely expensive considering you can’t watch live Thursday night, local Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, or Monday night games.Plans and Prices
YouTube is the exclusive home for NFL Sunday Ticket. Last year, the service ditched the previous (and ridiculous) cable requirement, so now anyone can stream NFL games via YouTube TV or regular YouTube with a Premium Channel add-on.
nday Ticket will always be expensive, regardless of the platform. Contractual obligations prevent companies from charging significantly less than the current high price. The season costs $378 for existing YouTube TV subscribers and $480 for non-subscribers. Subscribing via YouTube TV gives you all the other live channels and features included in that excellent service. Adding the NFL RedZone channel for more Sunday game coverage increases those prices further (more on that in a bit).
At least you can now pay in several monthly installments rather than all at once, unlike last year. It’ll still cost you, though. You can stream NFL Sunday Ticket for an incredibly expensive $115 per month for subscribers or $145 for non-subscribers. The monthly option adds up big time over the course of the season, but new subscribers can leverage discounts to lower the price.
For comparison, Hulu + Live TV, standalone YouTube TV, and Fubo start at $82.99 per month, $82.99 per month, and $84.99 per month, respectively. You can get the NFL RedZone channel on any of those services by paying extra for the Sports (Hulu + Live TV), Sports Plus (YouTube TV), or Sports Plus with NFL RedZone (Fubo) add-ons. Hulu’s add-on costs $9.99 per month, while the other two are $10.99 per month. Even with those add-ons, these three services each cost much less than NFL Sunday Ticket.What You Can Watch With NFL Sunday Ticket?
NFL Sunday Ticket lets you watch out-of-market, regular-season games on Sunday afternoons, distinguishing it from every other live TV service we’ve reviewed. However, you cannot watch your local NFL team. You might not care about your in-market team, but this limitation means you can’t watch your favorite out-of-market team if it is playing your local team. That’s a big bummer.
Subscribers also can’t watch Sunday, Monday, or Thursday night games, as they’re exclusive to other stations and platforms. That means you can watch about 12 or 13 games live on Sundays, depending on the week and your location. Want even more football? You must combine NFL Sunday Ticket with another service, such as ESPN+ or Prime Video, to watch all the games every week (including during the postseason).
