PCWorld says viewers mapping out the Nfl Preseason Schedule 2026 can cover most in-market NFL games with $65-a-month sports bundles, while some fans can spend less by choosing Sunday-focused packages or an antenna. The cheapest broad bundles still leave out Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night Football games and Netflix’s occasional exclusives.
The search is coming now because 2026 is close enough that fans can plan their subscriptions before the season arrives, and the price spread is wide enough to matter. YouTube TV Sports, DirecTV MySports and Fubo Sports each cost $65 per month and include ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and NFL Network, which cover the vast majority of in-market NFL games every week.
For viewers who mainly want Sunday games and do not need or NFL Network, DirecTV and YouTube TV also have cheaper options. Those routes can still get Sunday afternoon games on CBS and Fox, Sunday Night Football on NBC, and Monday Night Football games that simulcasts on ABC. In other words, the price drops because the viewer is giving up some of the channels that make the full bundle broader.
An over-the-air antenna can cut the bill further for fans close enough to local broadcast stations. It can pick up the same CBS, Fox, NBC and ABC games that carry most in-market matchups, and those games are free once the antenna is in place. But it will not bring in ’s Monday Night Football games, Amazon Prime’s Thursday Night Football games or Netflix’s exclusives unless the local team is playing and one of the broadcast stations carries the game.
Sling Select sits at the low end at $20 per month and is anchored by NFL Network, FS1 and, with local channels added for an extra charge in some major cities. For football, that makes $35 a month for three of the four major broadcast networks plus NFL Network a decent deal. Sling Essentials adds $15 a month and can be bundled with Sling Select, bringing the total to $60 without Redzone and $75 with Redzone.
The tradeoff is plain: the cheaper broad sports bundles and the leaner standalone routes can trim the monthly bill, but they do not solve every game on the schedule. Fans who want the widest coverage still need to decide whether to pay for the broad bundle, build around a Sunday-focused package, or rely on an antenna and add separate services when a game lands outside that setup.
