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As a late 20-something woman, I’ve never ever had the desire to play football — but I do enjoy watching it. Perhaps it’s because I grew up going to my older brothers’ games, or maybe it’s because I used to dance during my high school team’s halftime show — either way, I live for this time of year. However, what I don’t love is needing what seems like every streaming platform under the sun to watch all the NFL games, but thanks to Sling this year, I might not have to.

Since most people don’t have traditional cable these days, trying to watch every NFL game has become very chaotic, to say the least. Between all the streaming platforms that now own the rights to certain game nights, it could quite literally cost you a fortune to watch the games at home. For instance, Monday Night Football belongs to ESPN and is aired on ABC. Without traditional cable, you’d need to have an ESPN subscription to watch tonight’s game. But with Sling, you can catch tonight’s game and plenty of other matchups this week.

With Sling, you can watch live TV from traditional cable channels like ESPN without paying the steep bill or keeping a clunky box around like you would with regular cable. And unlike cable, Sling is very affordable. Sling offers a range of packages to suit you and your family’s viewing needs for as little as $5 a day.

Keep on reading to see the best Sling plans to watch ESPN and NFL Football this season.

With Sling Essentials, you get the necessities of cable, like Freeform and Disney Channel, as well as ESPN and ESPN2. With this plan, you can stream on a single device, and it offers customizable features like premium add-ons with HBO Max, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, STARZ, and more. And it’s only $20 a month!

Sling Select is very similar to the Essentials packages, with a nicer, more curated lineup. With this option, you’re able to get channels like NFL Network, FOX News, Fox Sports 1 (along with access to the FOX One app), FX, Vice, and more. To watch the Monday Night game, you’ll need to use the FOX One app, but you can watch a handful of this week’s games on the NFL Network.

With Sling Essentials & Select, you get the best of both worlds and can watch a whole slew of NFL games, not just Monday Night Football. This package includes channels like ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network, Fox Sports 1, and local stations like ABC and NBC, which often air the weekly games in different markets.

And if you’re really big into all sorts of sports, the Sling Orange package is the one to get. Of course, you’re getting all the must-have sports channels like the ones mentioned above, but you also get access to NCAA, WNBA, and ESPN 4K. So there’s no end to the amount of sports content you can consume. And the best part is, if you don’t want this package for the whole month, you can buy day passes to catch the event you’re really interested in. There’s a 1-day pass for $5, a 3-day pass for $10, and a 7-day pass for $15.

When it comes to sports, it’s “Go big or go home,” am I right?! If you want the best channels and to watch all the sports and then some, the Sling Orange & Blue package is the one. It includes all the best sports networks mentioned above; it also includes Sports Extra, which gives you access to leagues like SEC, ACC, and the Big 10; plus you get NFL RedZone, ESPNU, the Golf Channel, and more.

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