If you’re a Paramount+ viewer and a football fan, you’re in luck: Your subscription includes the ability to stream NFL games that are broadcast live on CBS during the 2025-26 regular season and postseason.
While users on Amazon Prime Video and Peacock can also stream NFL matchups, Paramount+ is the only standard streaming service (not counting YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket, or live TV services like Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV) to offer non-primetime Sunday games, which makes it perfect for fans whose teams aren’t being showcased on Thursday Night Football (on Amazon Prime) or on Sunday night (for Peacock).
But which Paramount+ tiers get access to the NFL, and which devices will allow you to stream NFL games? Read on for the details.
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Which Paramount+ subscriptions include the NFL?
Good news: both of the Paramount+ tiers, including the ad-supported Essentials plan (which costs $7.99 a month), and the ad-free Paramount+ Premium plan (which goes for $12.99 a month and includes access to Showtime titles) can stream NFL games.
In fact, if you’re only signing up for Paramount+ to watch football, you might be better off with the cheaper, ad-supported Essentials plan rather than ponying up for the pricier, ad-free Paramount+ Premium plan, since you’ll have to watch commercials during games either way.
Which NFL games can you watch on Paramount+?
You can stream any live NFL games your local CBS affiliate is broadcasting, which means the matchups offered on a given week will depend on your region.
If you want to plan ahead, you can visit Paramount+’s NFL on CBS page, which shows you which games will be featured for each week of the regular season.
Don’t only Paramount+ Premium subscribers get access to their local CBS affiliates?
Normally, yes. When Paramount+ debuted its ad-supported Essentials plan back in 2021, it arrived without the CBS affiliate access enjoyed by Paramount+ Premium subscribers.
That said, Essentials subscribers can access a live stream of their local CBS affiliate while NFL games are in progress. After the game, the feed will switch off.
Which devices will let you stream the NFL on Paramount+?
You can stream NFL games on Paramount+ from many supported platforms, including Apple TV, iPhones and iPads, Android phones and tablets, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One/Series S/Series X. Click here for a complete list of streaming devices supported by Paramount+.
How do you get started streaming the NFL on Paramount+?
Just fire up the Paramount+ app or visit paramountplus.com, tap Live TV from the menu, and get ready for some football.
When does the 2025-26 NFL season start?
The opening kickoff for the 2025 regular NFL season will take place on Thursday, September 4 at 8:20 p.m. ET, with the Philadelphia Eagles (go Birds!) hosting the Dallas Cowboys, but that’s an NBC game.
For the purposes of the NFL on Paramount+, the first big NFL Sunday arrives on September 7.
Local CBS affiliates will be showing a half-dozen games that Sunday, including the following NFL on CBS matchups: Miami Dolphins at Indianapolis Colts, Las Vegas Raiders at New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints, and Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets (all at 1 p.m. ET), followed by the Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers and the Houston Texans at Los Angeles Rams (both at 4 p.m. ET).
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Updated September 2, 2025 with fresh details for the 2025-26 NFL season.
Author: Ben Patterson, Senior Writer, PCWorld
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