Where Can I Watch NFL Preseason Games?

You can find out where to watch NFL preseason games by checking out this list of the channels that will be broadcasting them.

Official NFL Channels

The National Football League preseason is the period each year during which NFL teams play several not-for-the-record exhibition games before the regular season. If you’re looking to catch some NFL preseason action, you have a few different options.

NFL Game Pass

NFL Game Pass is a subscription service offered by the National Football League. It provides NFL fans with access to live and on-demand preseason games, as well as full replays of every regular season and postseason game.

Game Pass is available in three different plans:
-A monthly plan that costs $99.99 per month.
-A yearly plan that costs $49.99 per year (which breaks down to $4.17 per month).
-A three-year plan that costs $39.99 per year (which breaks down to $3.33 per month).

There is also a free 7-day trial available for new subscribers.

NFL Network

NFL Network is a television channel dedicated to American football, owned and operated by the National Football League (NFL) and is part of NFL Media, which also includes NFL.com, NFL Films, NFL Mobile, NFL Now and NFL RedZone.

As of February 2015, NFL Network is available to approximately 71 million homes in the United States (60.6% of households with at least one television set).

Other Channels that Show NFL Preseason Games

If you want to watch NFL preseason games, you have a few options. You can watch them on NFL Network, ESPN, and CBS. You can also find them on various channels that show NFL games. However, if you want to watch them for free, you can find them on a few different websites.

ESPN

ESPN will broadcast almost half of the NFL’s preseason games this year. The full 2019 preseason schedule can be found here, but we’ve compiled a list of the most notable games that will be shown on ESPN below.

Most Ravens fans will be interested in the team’s first game of the preseason against the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 8th. This game will be shown on ESPN at 8:00 PM EST.

Another interesting game that ESPN will broadcast is a matchup between former NFC East rivals, the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens, on August 22nd at 7:30 PM EST.

ESPN will also show the much-anticipated game between the New England Patriots and the Detroit Lions on August 8th at 7:30 PM EST.

FOX

You can watch NFL Preseason games on FOX.

CBS

The 2019 NFL preseason will feature four weeks of exciting football action, and fans will have several ways to watch games.

While the NFL Network will televise live preseason games for all 32 teams, fans can also catch preseason action on their local CBS station. In fact, most markets across the country will have at least one live preseason game televised on CBS.

Here is a look at the CBS broadcast schedule for the 2019 NFL preseason:

-Week 1 (August 8-12): Baltimore Ravens at Miami Dolphins; Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills; Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals; Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Pittsburgh Steelers
-Week 2 (August 15-19): New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans; Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams; Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings; Oakland Raiders at Green Bay Packers
-Week 3 (August 22-25): Carolina Panthers at New England Patriots; Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Chargers; Indianapolis Colts at Chicago Bears; Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore Ravens
-Week 4 (August 29-30): Miami Dolphins at New Orleans Saints; Denver Broncos vs. Arizona Cardinals (in Denver); Cleveland Browns vs. Chicago Bears (in Chicago); Oakland Raiders vs. Seattle Seahawks (in Seattle)

Local Channels that Show NFL Preseason Games

You can find NFL Preseason games on the following channels: NBC, ABC, CBS, ESPN, and the NFL Network.

NBC

National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial terrestrial television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at 10 Universal City Plaza), Chicago (at the NBC Tower) and Philadelphia (at the Comcast Technology Center). The network is one of the Big Three television networks.

NBC is sometimes referred to as the “Peacock Network”, in reference to its logo, which features a peacock in pride display.

The network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc., a collection of 16 radio stations that were bought by Edward J. Noble in 1928 and renamed the American Broadcasting Company on November 15 of that year. ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, on April 5, 1953. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made the new television network profitable by helping develop and greenlight many successful series. In 1996, most of Capital Cities/ABC’s assets were purchased by Disney/ABC Television Group; ABC News remains a separate broadcast entity within Disney/ABC Television Group today.

ABC

Yes, preseason games are broadcast on ABC.