How to watch the 2026 NFL Season — and how much it’ll cost
A general view of the atmosphere at Super Bowl Sunday at The Microsoft Experience on February 3, 2013 in Venice, California. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson/WireImage)
Watching the NFL used to be relatively simple: turn on the TV, find the right network and settle in for kickoff.
These days, following an entire season can mean bouncing between broadcast networks, live-TV packages and a growing collection of streaming apps, with different services controlling different slices of the schedule.
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That increasingly fragmented lineup also makes one basic question surprisingly difficult to answer: How much does it actually cost to stream the NFL? The answer depends on whether you just want your local team, the biggest national games or virtually every matchup available. We broke down the different ways to watch the 2026 NFL season — and what fans should expect to spend depending on how much football they want.
Here's how much you can expect to pay.
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The 2026 NFL season will kick off with a Super Bowl rematch.
Mike Macdonald, Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks will face off against Mike Vrabel, Drake Maye and the New England Patriots after raising their championship banner on Sept. 9 in the first of the NFL’s 272 games.
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The Seahawks dominated the Patriots in a 29-13 victory in February that secured the franchise’s second NFL title.
The game will mark just the third time that the teams that played in the Super Bowl face off again in Week 1. The last time came in 2016, when the Broncos beat the Panthers. Overall, the Super Bowl opponents have met 11 times the following season, including each of the last three years. The defending champions are 8-3 in those games.
The Source: The Associated Press contributed to this report. The pricing and streaming data in this story comes from Marketplace, which compiled the costs of the services needed to watch NFL games during the 2026 season. This story was reported from Los Angeles.