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Cuthbert Allgood

(4,921 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 04:01 PM Aug 2017

Cut the cord a couple months ago. Any hints about watching NFL games?

Glad we cut the cord. We are currently using Playstation Vue and like it (Amazon Fire Sticks are awesome). We are doing a month of HBO (free for the 3rd year in a row) now to watch Game of Thrones. Even if we decide to do a month for $15 somewhere along the line, it is still so much cheaper than what we were paying for DirectTV.

Anyway, the only thing I don't think I can get is NFL games. I would like to see them live. I live in the Packer region but am a life-long Vikings fan, so live TV would be good (don't have the antennae to do that right now) but someplace that streams other games would be better. Worst case scenario I go to a bar. I wish the NFL would get their shit together and let us buy all of a team's games for a season. Hell, I'd pay $70 for that. Maybe more.

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Cut the cord a couple months ago. Any hints about watching NFL games? (Original Post) Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2017 OP
Nfl gamepass GreenPartyVoter Aug 2017 #1
I've looked at that. Let me know if I'm wrong. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2017 #3
Not, sure. Had heard about it from someone else, but GreenPartyVoter Aug 2017 #4
Game pass streams preseason games live... Purrfessor Aug 2017 #7
I can't watch regular season games live, but.... Generic Brad Aug 2017 #10
Use a VPN MyThoughtsExactly Aug 2017 #11
Kind of where I'm at Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2017 #12
Ditto! Bleacher Creature Aug 2017 #2
I use sling TV flying rabbit Aug 2017 #5
Really didn't like Sling, but did like they had Redzone. Cuthbert Allgood Aug 2017 #6
Sling has improved...and they have a cloud DVR. Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #9
I really like sling since they got a cloud dvr. Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #8

Cuthbert Allgood

(4,921 posts)
3. I've looked at that. Let me know if I'm wrong.
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 04:20 PM
Aug 2017

You only get regular season games on Game Pass if you are a DirectTV customer? Or is that changing for this year. Because I'd totatly pay $100 for all the games live.

Purrfessor

(1,188 posts)
7. Game pass streams preseason games live...
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 08:19 PM
Aug 2017

and regular season games after their conclusion. You can't see regular season games live with game pass. So hit the bar for live games and watch the Packers afterwards on game pass.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
10. I can't watch regular season games live, but....
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 11:30 PM
Aug 2017

...I can replay them in either condensed version or the full replay commercial free.

I moved to Kansas last year and did not have to miss a Vikings snap all last season. I just had to wait a day to see them.

11. Use a VPN
Tue Aug 29, 2017, 05:43 AM
Aug 2017

It is worth using a VPN set to somewhere in Europe (not Germany, Switzerland or Austria) and then sign up for gamepass. You can watch the games live this way and there is no risk of a blackout.

Cuthbert Allgood

(4,921 posts)
12. Kind of where I'm at
Wed Aug 30, 2017, 02:46 PM
Aug 2017

I do use a VPN and thought about that when I went to Google Maps and it put me in France. I was able to get to the subscription page, so I think that's an activity for this weekend.

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)
2. Ditto!
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 04:07 PM
Aug 2017

I'm a Bills fan who moved away from Western New York long ago. Needless to say, the Bills are VERY rarely broadcast nationally.

I've tried getting DirectTV, but there are too many trees in my yard to get a signal. I also apparently don't qualify to get streaming-only Sunday Ticket because I don't live in an apartment building and I'm not a student.

flying rabbit

(4,635 posts)
5. I use sling TV
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:07 PM
Aug 2017

I get Redzone and the NFL network. Probably not what you are looking for, but I get to watch football.

Cuthbert Allgood

(4,921 posts)
6. Really didn't like Sling, but did like they had Redzone.
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 11:54 AM
Aug 2017

Redzone would be better than nothing. Decisions. Decisions.

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