The 2025 NFL regular season is over, and the playoffs have begun! There are 285 NFL games (not including the preseason) needed to crown a Super Bowl champion, but just 13 games are left. 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, Peacock, Prime Video, Netflix and even YouTube are all getting exclusive games this year, and Paramount+ offers a decent amount of the CBS games on Sundays. Even worse, you'll still need many of these to watch the playoffs.
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 remaining in the 2025-2026 NFL season. We also tell you at the end how much these services all cost if you want to watch every single game this season.
Please note this article does not reflect any changes that may be caused by the reported acquisition of the NFL Network and NFL RedZone by ESPN, as that deal has yet to be approved by regulators.
January
If you want to watch every Sunday afternoon game this season, you'll want YouTube TV. This live TV streaming service gives you access to every NFL game on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and ESPN. Even better, YouTube TV is my pick for the best live TV streaming service.
The bad news? It's not cheap. If you're a new customer, you can get YouTube TV for $67.99 a month for your first five months, and then $82.99 a month after that. But trust me when I say it's the live TV service you want. It's the one I spend my hard-earned money on.
If you want a cheaper way to get a lot of NFL games, though, Sling TV is an option — specifically, Sling Orange & Blue. This Sling TV package starts at $60.99, though right now, you can get your first month for $29.99. It offers your local broadcast stations in select markets (excluding CBS) and also offers ESPN. It's a great cable TV alternative, and I'd know. I've tested them all.
However, you can't get CBS with Sling. If you want to watch CBS broadcasts, you'll need to use one of our best antennas to get CBS broadcasts free over the air, provided your local station is showing them. Or you can sign up for Paramount Plus Essential for $7.99 a month and stream NFL playoff games on CBS live.
For the Wild Card round of the playoffs, going with YouTube TV, or a combination of Sling TV and Paramount Plus (or an antenna) will get you five of the six games in this round. But for the sixth — Packers vs. Bears on Saturday, Jan. 10 — you'll need Prime Video.
Here's some good news, though: you can get Amazon Prime free for 30 days. That includes a Prime Video subscription. Once your free trial is over, you'll to pay for Amazon Prime or get Prime Video a la carte, at $8.99 a month. But you only need it for the one game this postseason, so your free trial will do the trick.
So let's recap. You can sign up for YouTube TV and watch every game this month except Packers vs. Bears for $67.99. Or, if you want to save some money, you can get Sling Orange & Blue starting at $29.99, then get Paramount Plus Essential for $7.99. That can save you as much as $30, but you'll need to live in a market where Sling offers NBC, ABC and Fox, which isn't a guarantee.
Alternatively, you could get a TV antenna and watch games on NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox for free over the air, provided you're in range of a local station. For this exercise, let's assume you went with the easy solution: YouTube TV.
Aside from YouTube TV, you also need Prime Video to watch Packers vs. Bears. Luckily, you can get Prime Video for free with your 30-day free trial to Amazon Prime.
January total: $67.99
February
At this point, there's only the Super Bowl left. Sure, the Pro Bowl exists, and will air on ESPN, but the players don't even pretend to play a full-contact exhibition anymore.
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 last year's 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 $67.99 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 $67.99 to stream the final month of the NFL season.
February total $67.99
How much it'll cost
To recap, you'll need YouTube TV and Prime Video to watch every second of the remainder of the 2025-2026 NFL season. That isn't going to be cheap, but it's way cheaper than a Super Bowl ticket.
TOTAL: $135.98
Discounts
I already covered discounts from Sling TV, YouTube TV 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. If I see any additional discounts of note, I'll be sure to update this article accordingly.
