After a full afternoon of watching the NFL Playoffs via the NFL on Fox and CBS, Wild Card Sunday concludes with a primetime Sunday Night Football matchup between the Washington Commanders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on January 12.
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UK: Sky TV | NFL Games Pass
Watch abroad with a VPN
One of three weekly primetime games during the regular season along with Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football on NBC will host a Wild Card playoff game for the 2025 NFL playoffs.
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!
Sunday Night Football Wild Card game: Commanders vs Buccaneers
After playing in week 1 to kick off the regular season, the Washington Commanders and Tampa Bay Buccaneers reunite for their first (and potentially last) games of the postseason. With Washington as the wild card team and the Bucs the NFC South champions, the game is taking place in Tampa.
Washington went from last place in their division last season to 12 wins and a playoff berth this year, in large part thanks to the play of rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels. The young signal caller threw for more than 3,500 yards and 25 touchdowns while also adding 891 rushing yards (leading the team) and six more touchdowns on the ground. While Daniels is the key to their success, the defense did make improvements throughout the season, which will be key against a potent Bucs offense.
Capable both on the ground the through the air, the Bucs averaged just under 400 yards of total offense a game and score 29.5 points per game. Baker Mayfield threw 41 touchdown passes on the season, primarily to veteran Mike Evans and emerging rookie receiver Jalen McMillan. Another rookie breakout on offense was running back Bucky Irving, who rushed for 1,122 yards, averaging 5.4 yards per carry. Tampa is shakier on the defensive side of the ball, particularly against the pass.
The Bucs won the teams' previous matchup, can they do it again or will it be Washington that advances to the next round?
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 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 17
- Week 6: Cincinnati Bengals 17, New York Giants 7
- Week 7: New York Jets 15, Pittsburgh Steelers 37
- Week 8: Dallas Cowboys 24, San Francisco 49ers 30
- Week 9: Indianapolis Colts 13, Minnesota Vikings 21
- Week 10: Detroit Lions 26, Houston Texans 23
- Week 11: Cincinnati Bengals 27, Los Angeles Chargers 34
- Week 12: Philadelphia Eagles 37, Los Angeles Rams 20
- Thanksgiving Game (Thursday, November 28): Miami Dolphins 17, Green Bay Packers 30
- Week 13: San Francisco 49ers 10, Buffalo Bills 35
- Week 14: Los Angeles Chargers 17, Kansas City Chiefs 19
- Week 15: Green Bay Packers 30, Seattle Seahawks 13
- Week 16: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24, Dallas Cowboys 26
- Week 17: Atlanta Falcons 24, Washington Commanders 30
- Week 18: Minnesota Vikings 9, Detroit Lions 31
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.
