NFL RedZone Channel vs. NFL Sunday Ticket Review

• Thursday Night Football’s matchup between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. If you’ll be streaming on your smartphone or tablet, you can stream TNF with your NFL+ subscription. And if you live in or near Detroit or Milkwaukee, you can watch the game on FOX.
• Among all Sunday’s early afternoon games, the majority of the US will get access to the Dolphins vs. Bills or Broncos vs. Bears games on CBS (but we’re talking only 30% of the US for each). For FOX, all five games are split evenly across the US in their respective fanbase areas. If you’re not in that 30% or live in the area of your team, you’ll need NFL Sunday Ticket to watch the game.
• For Sunday’s late afternoon games, if you didn’t get an early game on CBS, you’ll get the late afternoon matchup between the Raiders and LA Chargers. If you live on the further west edge of the US, you’ll get the Cardinals and 49ers game on FOX. The rest of the country can watch the Patriots vs. Cowboys game. 
• Sunday Night Football’s matchup between the Chiefs and Jets will air on NBC.  For the Monday Night Football game, the Seahawks vs. NY Giants will air on ABC and ESPN and be streamable on ESPN+.

The NFL RedZone Channel is available with a handful of TV providers. So you can order this channel with a live TV streaming service, cable TV, or satellite TV. 

The RedZone Channel is usually offered in a sports channel pack for $6–$13 and can include other channels like MLB Network, NBA TV, and Big Ten Network. 

Our favorite picks for the NFL RedZone Channel are fuboTV, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Xfinity TV, DISH TV, and Spectrum TV.

NFL Sunday Ticket is offered only with YouTube TV, and you can order one of the following four plans:

• NFL Sunday Ticket + YouTube TV for $349 per season
• NFL Sunday Ticket + NFL RedZone Channel + YouTube TV for $389 per season
• NFL Sunday Ticket without YouTube TV for $449 per season
• NFL Sunday Ticket + NFL RedZone Channel without YouTube TV for $489 per season
• NFL Sunday Ticket with Student Discount for $109–$119

YouTube TV obviously wants you to sign up for its service so you can get hooked and continue with it after the football season. So whether you’d like to keep it or not, we recommend ordering the cheaper-with-YouTube-TV options. You can cancel your subscription after the NFL regular season. 

But if you want to get NFL Sunday Ticket for free, then becoming a new Verizon Fios Home Internet customer might be your team's best move.

Verizon Fios is giving free NFL Sunday Ticket subscriptions to new gigabit internet customers. With this internet plan, you’ll get a great internet connection to stream all NFL games seamlessly with no lag or buffering. 

It’s a two-in-one, really—like a dual-threat quarterback.

During the Sunday morning and afternoon NFL games, the NFL RedZone Channel jumps to whichever team is inside the 20-yard line. And at times, this can include a double- or quadruple-screen view. 

This channel will also show the most exciting plays in real-time, like pick 6’s, one-handed grabs, Hail Marys, and long rushes. 

It’s quite literally the best channel in the universe. 

So this channel is perfect for fantasy football team managers, those who are more of a “player’s person,” and any NFL fan who likes a good Football Sunday. 

For myself, I want to see Lamar Jackson connecting with OBJ, then 20 seconds later, I’m watching Bijan Johnson tearing up the field. I don’t want to miss a great sack by Nick Bosa or Patrick Mahomes throwing another two-point conversion—because I have a fantasy team to uphold. 

And I get all this for $11 per month during the football season. 

But if you can’t miss one New York Giants game and live in Los Angeles, NFL Sunday Ticket will be worth the price tag.

NFL Sunday Ticket gives you access to about 200 Sunday out-of-market games during the regular season. 

So if you wake up on the east coast and the Seattle Seahawks morning or afternoon game is not broadcasted live in your area, you can find the Hawks game with your NFL Sunday Ticket service. 

When Geno Smith and team are featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, or FOX, you will need to switch over to the respective channel to watch the game. You won’t find these games on NFL Sunday Ticket. 

Oh, and don’t forget to order Amazon Prime Video for TNF. All Thursday Night Football games (besides Week 1 and Thanksgiving) will air only on Prime Video. 

As long as you have NFL Sunday Ticket, a TV provider with the required NFL game channels, and Prime Video, you will not miss one Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf play.

It depends on what kind of NFL fan you are. 

If you have a reason to like every team, you’re a fantasy football team manager, and want to catch all the important plays of the Sunday morning and afternoon games—get the NFL RedZone Channel. 

The greatest channel on Earth costs $6–$13 with fuboTV, Sling TV, YouTube TV, Xfinity TV, DISH TV, and Spectrum TV.

If you can’t fathom missing an Aaron Jones carry, or a sack made by the Pittsburgh Steelers' dominant defense, you’ll want NFL Sunday Ticket. You’ll get access to all out-of-market NFL games every Sunday, so you’ll never miss one Raiders game. 

But remember, you’ll need the ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC channels for nationally broadcasted games and Amazon Prime Video for TNF.

You can get NFL Sunday Ticket for free with Verizon Fios Home Internet. That means more game-time snacks and Cowboys gear for you.