How to watch Sunday Night Football: Jets vs Steelers everything you need to know

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After a full afternoon of watching the various games via the NFL on Fox and CBS, the whole country gets to tune into a marquee matchup to end their weekend with Sunday Night Football on NBC.

How to watch Sunday Night Football

US: NBC (live TV streaming services) | Peacock | NFL Plus
UK: Sky TV | NFL Games Pass
Watch abroad with a VPN

One of three weekly primetime games along with Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football is set to feature many of the league's best teams and exciting matchups. NBC will also host a few special non-Sunday night broadcasts throughout the year that will be handled by the Sunday Night Football team.

Here is everything you need to know about how to watch Sunday Night Football to get yourself ready for a full season of action.

How to watch Sunday Night Football in the US

NBC is widely available to viewers across the US via their local NBC stations. If you subscribe to traditional cable, catching the game is simple, as NBC is included on all basic cable packages. You can also watch the games on the NBC Sports app or at NBCSports.com when you provide your TV provider login.

NBC is also available on live TV streaming services like Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV. Each of these offers a mix of channel packages and services. We think Sling TV offers the best value for Sunday Night Football fans. You can watch Sunday Night Football on Sling TV Blue, which goes for $40 per month.

Streaming of the game is also available through Peacock, which live-streams NBC's Sunday Night Football game every week.

As a nationally televised game, Sunday Night Football is also going to be available to live stream on NFL Plus, but only through a mobile device.

How to watch Sunday Night Football in the UK

NFL fans in the UK have the opportunity to watch Sunday Night Football games and other NBC NFL broadcasts via Sky Sports' NFL Channel, which is available through a Sky TV subscription.

If that's too late (or early) for you, NFL Game Pass is an option. The international version of this subscription service offers live broadcasts of games as well as the opportunity to watch the full broadcast on-demand or a condensed version of the broadcast that only features the plays. 

How to watch Sunday Night Football from anywhere

If you're going to be away from your normal TV setup but still want to watch Sunday Night Football, you might run into some problems. Thankfully, you can solve this exact issue with a Virtual Private Network (VPN). 

A VPN lets you change your IP address to that of the area of what you want to watch, meaning you can tune in to your favorite events or other content even if you're not there. Our favorite is NordVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.

How to use a VPN to watch any stream:

  • Download the app at NordVPN
  • Choose the location of the streaming service you want to watch (UK, US, etc)
  • Navigate to the streaming service and start watching!
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Sunday Night Football: Jets vs Steelers

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In is the opposite of what many probably predicted at the start of the season, week 7's Sunday Night Football matchup features the 2-4 Jets taking on the 4-2 Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Jets have lost three straight games, to drop them two games below .500 in a season where many thought it was Super Bowl or bust. Trying to right the ship, they have made a few major moves: they fired head coach Robert Saleh two weeks ago and just this past week they traded for wide receiver Davante Adams, who has a long and successful history with Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers. They hope the addition of Adams will help lift an offense averaging just over 300 yards per game and less than 19 points per game. The Jets calling card remains their defense, which has played like a top 10 unit, especially against the pass this year, allowing less than 150 yards per game through the air.

The problem with that is the Steelers' best offensive asset is their run game, with them averaging 131 yards per game on the ground. However, that has come with mobile quarterback Justin Fields starting, but the Steelers could opt to start veteran Russell Wilson instead, possibly lifting their passing game but removing part of their rushing attack. The Steelers, as per tradition, also have a very stout defense, allowing less than 300 yards per game at just 14.3 points per game this season, while also generating 11 turnovers on the season thus far.

Sunday Night Football schedule

Here is the schedule for Sunday Night Football's 2024 slate of games. Unless otherwise noted, all games start at 8:20 pm ET/5:20 pm PT. We've also included other special games that Sunday Night Football team is handling throughout the season:

  • NFL Kickoff (Thursday, September 5): Baltimore Ravens 20, Kansas City Chiefs 27
  • Week 1: Los Angeles Rams 20, Detroit Lions 26
  • Week 2: Chicago Bears 13, Houston Texans 19
  • Week 3: Kansas City Chiefs 22, Atlanta Falcons 17
  • Week 4: Buffalo Bills 10, Baltimore Ravens 35
  • Week 5: Dallas Cowboys vs Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Week 6: Cincinnati Bengals vs New York Giants
  • Week 7: New York Jets vs Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Week 8: Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers
  • Week 9: Jacksonville Jaguars vs Philadelphia Eagles
  • Week 10: Detroit Lions vs Houston Texans
  • Week 11: Indianapolis Colts vs New York Jets
  • Week 12: Philadelphia Eagles vs Los Angeles Rams
  • Thanksgiving Game (Thursday, November 28): Miami Dolphins vs Green Bay Packers
  • Week 13: San Francisco 49ers vs Buffalo Bills
  • Week 14: Los Angeles Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs
  • Week 15: Green Bay Packers vs Seattle Seahawks
  • Week 16: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys
  • Week 17: Miami Dolphins vs Cleveland Browns
  • Week 18: TBD

Some of these games could be fluid, as the NFL allows flex scheduling for Sunday Night Football to try and ensue good games are airing in primetime. Between weeks 5-10, up to two games can be flexed, while from weeks 11-17 it can be done for any game at the NFL's discretion.

Sunday Night Football commentators

The lead voice in the Sunday Night Football booth is Mike Tirico, joined by Cris Collinsworth in the booth. Melissa Stark rounds out the crew as the sideline reporter.

NBC's Sunday Night Football coverage also consists of the Football Night in America pregame show, which features Maria Taylor as host and Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison, Jason Garrett, Chris Simms and Mike Florio as commentators.

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