How do I watch NFL preseason games live online?

All the information needed to watch the NFL preseason games for the upcoming football season.

Many football fans are excited about the upcoming 2016-17 NFL season. There will be plenty of football leading up to the regular season too, as fans are eagerly anticipating the preseason games. That leads to the popular question of “How do I watch NFL preseason games?”

While watching football live in person is the top way to go, many NFL preseason games are presented on a variety of different channels, networks or live stream options. They’ll include the NFL Network, ESPN, CBS, Fox and NBC.

ESPN and their WatchESPN live stream platform will present the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 7 as well as a Week 1 matchup on Aug. 13. The CBS, Fox and NBC networks will air certain games between Aug. 25 and Aug 28. These networks each have respective live stream online or on-demand video options as well.

The best way to catch any preseason game available is the NFL Game Pass service. This service is available on a free 7-day trial basis, which could possibly give fans a good number of free games to watch live online via the website or compatible mobile apps. It includes a wide variety of special features including the ability to watch games on demand after they’ve been presented.

NFL Game Pass can be purchased for the full NFL preseason with on demand replay of regular season games for a price of $99. The service will work on phones and tablets with the compatible apps found at Microsoft store, Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store. In addition, NFL fans can watch the service using the platform on Xbox One, Apple TV, PlayStation 4, Google Chromecast and/or Roku.

Keep in mind the NFL preseason starts on Sunday, Aug. 7. It will run for four weeks with Sept 2. the date of the final games for this preseason.

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