How to Watch Every NFL Game on Your Fire TV
The league now splits its week across broadcast channels and six streaming platforms. This is the map: which app on your Fire TV carries which game, and the cheapest sane way to cover your team.
Which App Carries Which Game
| Thursday | Thursday Night Football — exclusive on Prime Video (weeks 2–17; not week 1, Thanksgiving, or week 18). |
|---|---|
| Sunday 1 PM | AFC games on local CBS (streams on Paramount+) • NFC games on local FOX (streams on Fox One). |
| Sunday Night | Sunday Night Football on NBC — streams on Peacock. |
| Monday | Monday Night Football on ESPN, select simulcasts on ABC — stream in the ESPN app. |
| Exclusives | Netflix carries a small slate of exclusive games (including its holiday matchups). Select games stream exclusively on Peacock. |
| Out-of-market | NFL Sunday Ticket via YouTube (Primetime Channel) or bundled with YouTube TV — the only legal way to watch out-of-market Sunday games. |
| NFL Network | Seven games this season (incl. international series) — needs a live-TV service like YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, or Fubo. |
| NFL+ | Great on phones/tablets for live locals — but live games are mobile-only; on your Fire TV it's replays and shows. |
Local channels without cable: an indoor antenna still beats every subscription for CBS/FOX/NBC/ABC in most metro areas. Schedules and exclusives shift year to year — verify each week's broadcast on the NFL's official schedule.
The Fire TV Apps You Actually Need
All of these have native Fire TV apps in the Amazon Appstore. Subscription pricing changes constantly — check the live plan page before committing.
Prime Video
Thursday Night Football, plus the Black Friday-era Prime perks bundle. Preinstalled on every Fire TV.
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NFL Sunday Ticket as a Primetime Channel, or bundled with YouTube TV's full channel lineup.
See plansNFL app
Replays, RedZone info and NFL+ content on the big screen; live locals stay on mobile.
About NFL+Turkey Day Football, Decoded
The traditional slate
Thanksgiving Day games air across CBS, FOX and NBC — so the streaming equivalents are Paramount+, Fox One and Peacock. TNF pauses that week, so there's no Prime Video Thursday game.
Antenna + apps combo
Hosting family? Run an antenna for the broadcast feeds and keep the streaming apps as backup for the rooms without a TV aerial. One Fire TV per screen covers every guest.
Don't buffer the kickoff
Thanksgiving is peak home Wi-Fi load (oven, guests, six phones). A Wi-Fi 6E stick like the Fire TV Stick 4K Max on the 6 GHz band — or Ethernet on a Cube/Ultra — is the difference between smooth and slideshow.
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