NFL Preseason is a good opportunity to get caught up for the regular season and see how new players are going to perform. And this year, NFL Network will air 23 of the games. Read on to learn how to watch it inexpensively with Sling TV.
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The first game of the NFL preseason is the Hall of Fame, which is on Thursday, August 3rd this year. After that, there are three weeks of preseason games.
Sadly, there isn’t great coverage of the preseason. You can get NFL+, which acts as an out-of-market solution for the preseason. But you will miss all your home team games with it.
Thankfully, NFL Network airs a lot of games and provides good overall coverage.
2023 NFL Preseason TV Schedule
Here is the complete schedule for the 2023 NFL preseason. NFL Network will air 23 games with one each aired by NBC, ESPN, Amazon, CBS, and Fox.
- Thu Aug 3 : Cleveland Browns at New York Jets (NBC)
- Thu Aug 10 : Houston Texans at New England Patriots (NFLN)
- Thu Aug 10 : Minnesota Vikings at Seattle Seahawks (NFLN)
- Fri Aug 11 : Green Bay Packers at Cincinnati Bengals (NFLN)
- Fri Aug 11 : Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 12 : Tennessee Titans at Chicago Bears (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 12 : New York Jets at Carolina Panthers (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 12 : Philadelphia Eagles at Baltimore Ravens (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 12 : Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams (NFLN)
- Sun Aug 13 : Kansas City Chiefs vs New Orleans Saints (NFLN)
- Sun Aug 13 : San Francisco 49ers vs Las Vegas Raiders (NFLN)
- Thu Aug 17 : Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles (NFLN)
- Fri Aug 18 : Carolina Panthers at New York Giants (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 19 : Jacksonville Jaguars at Detroit Lions (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 19 : Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 19 : Chicago Bears at Indianapolis Colts (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 19 : Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks (NFLN)
- Sun Aug 20 : New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Chargers (NFLN)
- Mon Aug 21 : Baltimore Ravens at Washington Commanders (ESPN)
- Thu Aug 24 : Pittsburgh Steelers at Atlanta Falcons (NFLN)
- Thu Aug 24 : Indianopolis Colts at Philadelphia Eagles (Prime)
- Fri Aug 25 : Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers (CBS)
- Fri Aug 25 : New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans (NFLN)
- Fri Aug 25 : Los Angeles Chargers at San Francisco 49ers (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 26 : Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 26 : New York Jets at New York Giants (NFLN)
- Sat Aug 26 : Los Angeles Rams at Denver Broncos (NFLN)
- Sun Aug 27 : Houston Texans at New Orleans Saints (Fox)
How to Use Sling TV to Stream the 2023 NFL Preseason
Sling TV is the lowest-priced live TV streaming service that provides local and sports channels. It’s Sling Blue plan is just $40.00/mo (or $45.00/mo if ABC is included). Compare this to other streaming services:
- DIRECTV STREAM: $108.99/mo
- Fubo: $79.99/mo
- Hulu + Live TV: $76.99/mo
- YouTube TV: $72.99/mo.
This plan comes with NFL Network, which means you will be able to watch the vast majority of preseason games that are broadcast (82%). Sling Blue will also allow you to watch games on NBC and Fox in select markets.
NBC is available here:
- Boston (WBTS)
- Chicago (WMAQ)
- Dallas (KXAS)
- Hartford (WVIT)
- Los Angeles (KNBC)
- Miami (WTVJ)
- New York (WNBC)
- Philadelphia (WCAU)
- San Diego (KNSD)
- San Francisco (KNTV)
- Washington (WRC)
And Fox is available here:
- Atlanta (WAGA)
- Austin (KTBC)
- Chicago (WFLD)
- Dallas (KDFW)
- Detroit (WJBK)
- Gainesville (WOGX)
- Houston (KRIV)
- Los Angeles (KTTV)
- Milwaukee (WITI)
- Minneapolis (KMSP)
- New York (WNYW)
- Orlando (WOFL)
- Philadelphia (WTXF)
- Phoenix (KSAZ)
- San Francisco (KTVU)
- Seattle (KCPQ)
- Tampa (WTVT)
- Washington (WTTG)
In all, you get roughly 40 channels. These include AMC, BET, CNN, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Discovery, HGTV, FS1, FX, National Geographic, Syfy, TBS, TNT, USA Network, and many more.
One game will air on ESPN. To get this, and all the Monday Night Football games of the regular season, you will need to upgrade to the Sling Orange & Blue plan. It costs $55.00/mo but gives you ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and a few more.
The base plan comes with 50 hours of cloud DVR storage. You can stream all the Sling Blue channels on up to 3 devices at once. (ESPN is limited to a single screen.)
You can live stream all these preseason games on most devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android Mobile, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS mobile devices, Roku, web browsers, Xbox units, and many smart TVs including those based on Android TV.
Other than the great price, the best thing about Sling TV is that it offers so many options. These include dozens of individual channel add-ons, channel collections, and regional/language options.
Wrapping Up
Get ready for the NFL preseason by signing up for Sling TV. For just $40.00/mo, you can follow all the action. Sign up today!
Image from NFL Week 3 Washington Commanders vs. Philadelphia Eagles by All-Pro Reels under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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