This year, you will not need Verizon Wireless
service to watch free NFL games on your phone. Instead, you can
watch in-market coverage, playoff games, and the Super Bowl for
free, regardless of carrier.
The live games this
season will stream on the NFL Mobile app, Verizon's Go90 video
app, and Yahoo. Starting next season, Verizon will no longer
provide a free stream of the NFL Network or an optional
$2-per-month stream of NFL Redzone on mobile devices. If you
want to keep watching Redzone without cable, even on your phone,
you will have to subscribe to an entire streaming bundle such as
Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, or FuboTV, as NFL and Verizon greed
kick more fans to the sidelines.
Naturally, there is a
catch. As with Verizon's existing NFL streams, you will be
forbidden from watching live games on your antenna-less
television. The carrier will not offer full games on streaming
TV devices, and will continue to block screen mirroring from
your phone through Chromecast and Apple TV's AirPlay.
If you have DirecTV Now
with bundled AT&T wireless service, you no longer have to
miss any NFL Network games. If you have strong TV antenna
coverage, you will also be able to watch many games free.