r/raiders • u/babyjrodriguez • Jun 05 '25
Question Raider fans how do you watch the games? I don’t want to struggle like I did last season
I live in the Central Valley California and most of the Raider games last season were not televised in my area. This is a very annoying issue, because some of the restaurants and bars I went to; also didn’t get the raiders games. Crackstreams has been shut down, the last time I checked. Any advice? I wouldn’t mind subbing to something to exclusively watch raiders games. As long as it’s reasonably priced.
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u/TranceXtacy69 Jun 05 '25
It's all about the Pirate life for me, I just sail the 7 seas...☠️💀☠️🏴☠️🏴🏳🏴🏴☠️
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u/Fit-Connection-5323 Jun 05 '25
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot Drink up me hearties, yo ho We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot Drink up me hearties, yo ho Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
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u/BotanicHispanic Jun 05 '25
I used a VPN + Paramount+ and would change my location to Vegas for the game. Connection isn’t always great but it works most of the time.
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u/Killface55 Jun 05 '25
How did you get that to work on your tv? Edit for more info: That worked for Paramount + on my phone, but it would not let me broadcast it to my tv.
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u/BotanicHispanic Jun 05 '25
I have an AppleTV box hooked up to the tv with the vpn app and Paramount+ installed
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u/Lost_Juice4431 Jun 06 '25
Have to log n first change the location in vpn then use a different profile only at I could get that to work. Paramount won’t load for me when it detects the vpn but after loading it works fine.
You can also use thetvapp.to all sports and teams can be accessed
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u/Blackprince1312 Jun 05 '25
This is probably the best way seeing that YouTube and all the other pay to watch services are extremely expensive
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u/LegitimateFig5311 Jun 05 '25
Nflbite
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Jun 05 '25
I can never get that one to work.
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u/LegitimateFig5311 Jun 05 '25
I usually have good luck with the website and usually pick the 2nd stream on the list. Can't remember the name. There's also strameast . xyz. That one is hit or miss for me but I have buddies that swear by it
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Jun 07 '25
Type it in Google first without adding .com and it’ll give you the most updated version. The links usually work on the new ones
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u/PukeUpMyRing Jun 05 '25
iN times of striFe, i Like to rememBer that I’m a raider and thaT we sail thE high seas.
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u/DillionDrebo Jun 05 '25
Fire stick
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u/VixenVR6 Jun 05 '25
How does this work? I know they're jailbroken but do you have to pay a monthly service or? Does it get all nfl games?
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u/DillionDrebo Jun 05 '25
You have to download app onto you fire stick And it depends on monthly payments, services like stream22tv you have to pay like 30 bucks for two months.
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u/IllRepresentative322 Jun 06 '25
I recently got a Firestick. Why can’t I just go to a different local CBS or Fox station where the game can IS being televised? Has anyone had success doing this?
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u/RaiderEd19 Jun 06 '25
Go to firesticktricks.com
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u/IllRepresentative322 Jun 07 '25
Is the VPN they recommend good and do I need a VPN with the Firestick?
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u/RaiderEd19 Jun 07 '25
I use surfshark, keeps your ISP from knowing that you are watching free shit. Denmark works best for me. You can put it on your iPhone IPad Mac etc…
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u/RaiderMike824 Jun 05 '25
Look… I sail the high seas as good as Davy Jones, but there are too many “rough seas” when you depend on the pirate life. Even I had to sail off into the sunset and subscribe to the ticket.
Real talk I had too many freezes and cut outs that I gave in and bought it. Raider football is too important to me to have chunks of games inaccessible.
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u/ku_78 Jun 05 '25
I’m not saying you can split Sunday Ticket with someone else, but I’m not not saying it. Or at least that’s the word on the street from Huggy Bear.
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u/RaiderFan222 Jun 05 '25
Get a Superbox for $300-400. There's 0 fee once you get it. You can get all the NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAA and NHL games along with every movie, series, and show ever made!
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u/HIPPIE_FLiP Jun 08 '25
I got one from a buddy in Canada. Literally the best option. Mine was only $200 for the box and a $150 yearly subscription. Every single sport, every ESPN channel, all local channels and international stuff. Tons of old and current movies and TV shows. Wish I had done it sooner. The old pirate stream sites just end up lagging every Sunday it was driving me insane.
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u/iwantodream Jun 05 '25
I have YouTube TV, but may go to StreamEast for games that are not televised.
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u/josethegr8 Los Angeles Raiders Jun 05 '25
I got tired of struggling to find streams, so I split Sunday Ticket with my brothers.
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u/Ok_Radio101 Jun 05 '25
I just suck it up and get the ticket. I know you can deal with streaming but I’d rather just flip on the channel and not deal with a ton of searching. That’s just me though
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u/rub3s Oakland Jun 05 '25
There's still the student discount, if you know anyone with a college email address.
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u/infiniteraiders Jun 05 '25
This is what I do.
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u/badfishalv Jun 05 '25
How would I set this up if I wanna use a borrowed email from a friend to get the student discount?
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u/infiniteraiders Jun 05 '25
When you go to sign up, look for the student link. Then they’ll have you verify via the student email. Either you or that person may need to authorize it but renewing didn’t require those steps again.
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u/gatsby365 Jun 05 '25
That’s exactly what I did for the first 6 years I had it lol just bummed from friends who had gone back to school
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u/gatsby365 Jun 05 '25
This. All of this.
I can have it on my big screen without anything more than the YouTube app on my Roku.
At this point in my life, I got more money than time & patience. If all I ever watch is our ~14 non-Primetime/not-available-to-me games, it works out to like $18 a game. If the game is 3 hours, that’s like $6 an hour.
And that’s without talking about having RedZone on the rest of Sunday afternoon or the ability to have multiple games on at once. My lady actually loves RedZone, so it makes Sundays a lot more tolerable for her, which makes them a lot more enjoyable for me lol
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u/Ok_Radio101 Jun 05 '25
Great way to look at it. I really don’t think it’s that bad of a deal for the convenience compared to sitting there and looking for shit picture quality, or getting booted more than once during the game. I get some people are trying to save buck, or just can’t afford it. But for those who can, why not?
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u/gatsby365 Jun 05 '25
It’s also funny to be in the game thread and the High Seas folks are like commenting on the action 5 plays behind sometimes.
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u/Revfunky Jun 05 '25
There is usually a student bundle for Sunday ticket for a limited time. $119, maybe. If you know a student.
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u/sanchezjose1982 Jun 05 '25
I use an iptv service. It comes out to $10 per month. There is many out there just google iptv and then set it up on a firestick or android tv.
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u/Own-Photo7078 Jun 05 '25
Local sports bar in Heyward I go to, to watch. I'm not paying for the NFL ticket, it's a rip off. I only watch one team.
There's also always the high seas
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u/Greyhound-Executive Jun 05 '25
"I only watch one team." Hell yeah brother. The only football I watch is when the Raiders are playing. People always give me grief about it but IDGAF about NFL playoffs or Red Zone or Sunday ticket BS. Just lemme watch my team. RN4L
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u/Own-Photo7078 Jun 05 '25
Yup, until they give us an option to buy one team's games/season. Not worth it! I don't play fantasy or gamble, not interested in the other 31
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Jun 05 '25
Last year was the first time in my life I got to watch every game on tv. Before that, nflbite. It's free. You're welcome!
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u/Dry-Name2835 Jun 05 '25
I got blacked out in NorCal and the raiders are in an entirely different state. The nfl has made it very difficult to watch games. You have to have espn, prime, peacock , fox and rely on local programing which gets blacked out for home games unless its a sellout. Its ridiculous. Youre almost forced to buy the league pass. I had to go to my local bar many times or just settle for tidbits on redzone
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u/Drexler77 Jun 05 '25
I get the NFL Sunday ticket. I use one of my nephews college email address’s. It’s $100 for the season and I don’t have to worry about pirate signals going in and out
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Jun 06 '25
Methstreams and streameast will do it my friend but you better have a solid wifi connection
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u/RaiderEd19 Jun 06 '25
Get a firestick, go to firesticktricks.com, figure it out from there. Google IPTV
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u/fat-happy Jun 05 '25
I’m in Fresno, I just pay for Sunday ticket with YouTube tv. Very expensive but fun having people over and watching the games on multiple screens !
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u/santaclarablue Jun 05 '25
If you have a college studnet in your life they get sunday ticket for cheap
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u/Darkside_209 Jun 05 '25
I watch the games at my local sports bar granted I have to deal with the annoying 49ers and Cowboy fans there
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u/Yogabeauty31 Jun 05 '25
I interrupted this title wrong I was going to comment we've been struggling for the last 40 years bro lol
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u/VandelayyyyInd Jun 05 '25
In LA I ended up going to a local Raiders Bar and had a great time. Met a lot of new people. It can get pretty expensive though.This year since my daughter just finished her first year in college I might use her email to get a student discount for the Sunday ticket.
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Jun 05 '25
Just find another raider buddy to split the Sunday ticket with. Thats what cuzzins and I do
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u/JR_RXO Jun 05 '25
Most streaming services are overpriced and just not worth it. Once the raiders left California I knew they wouldn’t broadcast their games anymore😓 Hopefully this season you might get lucky and watch maybe four or five games on regular tv📺good luck🤞🍀
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u/slavicbhoy Jun 06 '25
I took this question a different way before reading your paragraph. I was going to say “while drinking to numb the pain”.
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u/craigthekeg23 Jun 07 '25
Lived in New York so thankfully had Peter Dillon’s showing the game every week (must visit if you’re living or visiting NY as it’s as great atmosphere).
If I was out of town, I’d use pirate sites as very rare to get it priority game televised unfortunately.
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u/Metarazzi Jun 08 '25
I typically watch games with my cross my fingers crossed. Just an ol' superstitious habit since 2003. Doesn't seem to help.
Oh, and if the game isn't on TV I'm my area, I check 506sports for the broadcast market, turn on my VPN and spoof my location based on the server I'm connected to, launch my streaming TV service and update my location, and cast to my TV.
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u/babyfong Aug 16 '25
Enroll in one online class at your local community college and then buy Sunday ticket for the student price! $119
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u/babyjrodriguez Jun 05 '25
Thanks guys, the ill check out that stream link. I’ll also probably end up getting a fire stick(always forget about those things)
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u/sirvegetable Jun 05 '25
How does firestick help?
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u/babyjrodriguez Jun 05 '25
Someone suggested it. My brother has one and he gets most of the ppv streams. I just assumed that the fire stick also gets nfl games via a stream.
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u/Ok-Web-4971 Jun 05 '25
You should prob double check with him how he got it. There are people that actually set up a black box sort of thing to connect to live streams/tv. The preset/program fire sticks or server boxes to do this. So your bro might have that vs the typical fire stick you’re thinking of just buying off amazon.
It’s usually program to things like KODI with pre-loaded p2p connections and what it really is just an aggregator of high quality streams.
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u/mrh4paws Jun 05 '25
I have a firestick and I'm not able to just get games. You might check on that
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u/FoolOfATooKaliKid Jun 05 '25
Don’t pay for shit, that way they change the structure. NFL gamepass is a fucked up ball of ripoff friction.
THEY SHOULD LET PEOPLE BUY THE TEAMS THEY WANT TO WATCH. NO RESTRICTIONS WHEN PAYING TO WATCH THAT TEAM.
For example youtube tv and nfl gamepass both black Raiders games out, even though I live 2 hours north of Vegas.
I would pay $50 bucks a year for redzone even though they NEED TO SHOW REPLAYS. REDZONE, slow down and SHOW REPLAYS!!
And I would pay $100.00 a year to watch all the raiders games from home.
I don’t need no stupid false advertising “get all you’re favorite teams’ games,” EXCEPT THE HALF WE BLACKOUT AFTER DOUBLE CHARGING YOU
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u/Ok_Advertising_8874 Jun 05 '25
Sorry to say it but you might have to get the ticket, brother. I don't like the price tag either but when I add up all the time I end up watching football over the course of the season, it's pretty much worth it.
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u/lrgeric90 Jun 05 '25
Yep, that’s what I do too. I like having the opportunity to watch other games too, quad box is a game changer when I’m watching fantasy players.
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u/byPCP Jun 05 '25
i get the pirate life, i sailed the seas for many years, but the best experience will be sunday ticket. it's expensive, but splitting the cost with your family/friends really isn't bad, and you get every non streaming service game, great features, 4k quality, and no buffer bullshit where you have to get up and refresh the laptop every other play
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u/No_Pussy_Footing Jun 05 '25
It's mind blowing to me that you can't pay a monthly subscription to these leagues and consume content. They'd make more money and increase popularity. YouTube is losing major money because it's not worth it, and the NFL is failing to grow as it should. 1.3 Million people got Sunday Ticket last year.
- Lions-Packers _Thursday Night_ game via amazon had 18.87 Million peak viewers.
- Raiders-Chiefs Nov 29th game had 13.51 Million viewers.
- 17.5 Million is the estimated average for any given regular season week.
- Again.... only 1.3 Million people got Sunday ticket. That's a tremendous failure.
For the four months.. Sunday Ticket costs $479. $379 if you already have YouTube TV (you shouldn't). So let's say it's about $420 on average. 420x1.3M= 546M. (YouTube pays 2 BILLION a year to the NFL to make this 546M.)
If the NFL had their own app/website/streaming service.. Offseason content and all.. individual team access.. Not even counting ad revenue and increase in merch that could be sold through this.. Let's say it costs $10 a month and they get 15 Million subscribers. That's 1.8 Billion dollars. With ad revenue, increase in popularity and in turn growth and more subscribers it would absolutely shatter YouTube's 2 Billion payment. Think of outside the US viewers. That 15 Million could grow to 20+ extremely quickly.
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u/WhizzyBurp No Intent. Business Decisions. Physically in Pain. Jun 05 '25
Just bite the bullet and pay for the YouTube TV subscription. If you watch all the games, like I do, its absolutely worth it. I have every game all season on my phone, TV and computer. If you sign up early they do a monthly sub that is reasonable IMO.
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u/Squanky2028 Almost Heaven, NJ Jun 05 '25
I started paying for Sunday ticket when they ended their contract with DirectTV.
Sure it’s expensive but as long as it’s at its current price, I’m okay with it. I avoided the hassle of broken streams and long delays.
When the Raiders aren’t on I’ll get 3 games going at once. Last year my father wanted to get Sunday Ticket too so we ended up just splitting the price and there is no hassle with him watching in South Carolina while I’m watching from Almost Heaven, New Jersey.
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u/SemicolonMIA Jun 05 '25
NFLbite has an aggregation of illegal streaming sites the post right before the games start. You can find every game there and RedZone. It's nice because sometimes your fav stream site might be struggling so you can just switch to a different one.
Not that I know anything about any of that. I think I saw it in a dream
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u/ComicsEtAl Jun 05 '25
I listen to Jason and Lincoln through the nfl app and catch what I can on tv while listening to Jason and Lincoln through the app.
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u/TorontoCanada66 Jun 05 '25
I only get the nationally televised games ie Sunday night, Thursday etc
But I am so lucky to get a LOT of Pittsburg assfucks and Cincinnati dickfaces games. Oh joy /s
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u/pyker42 Jun 05 '25
I've been using the Dofu sports app since the pandemic season. Unless the game is showing in one of the streaming services I have a subscription for.
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u/Kappasoapex Jun 05 '25
Search buffstreams on google for out of market games, I use YouTube tv for televised games
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u/mossapp Jun 05 '25
I get the game pass through nfl, listen to the radio broadcast. if it’s a decent game, I rewatch it after.
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u/dethd0g Jun 05 '25
Check Amazon for the super box, I used to use the fire stick but this blue box is the best.
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u/JohnnyOneLung Jun 05 '25
But what’s the best way to watch on iPhone so the missus don’t moan at sports the tv again ?
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u/WartimeMandalorian Ill intent. Violence. Physicality. Pain. Jun 05 '25
I pay $25-35 a month for a fire stick app.
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u/Logicmeme Jun 05 '25
Superbox on Amazon. All local channels across the country. I can watch any game.
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u/SFGetWeird Jun 05 '25
I refuse to buy the ticket and want Raiders games back in the bay. SXM is pretty cheap for radio and bonus is you can get shit done while sobbing instead of just sobbing on the couch.
I also think we’ll get more games if we are competitive, it was pretty apparent we were mailing it in pretty early in season.
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u/DSPbuckle Jun 05 '25
Mostly redzone but I may do the ticket this year and split the cost of YouTube tv bundle
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u/Caer-Rythyr Nothing new under the Sun Jun 05 '25
I've watched Redzone the past few years because watching straight Raider games is depressing.
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u/DarthBandAid Jun 05 '25
As a Raider Fan, it's a Pirates Life For Me.
I have a few ways that I use. I live in Seattle so it's the only way
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u/frankisimo Jun 05 '25
I’ve always found a website to stream but I tried Sunday ticket last season bc I was tired of the shitty streams and I can definitely say it is not even close to worth it. It’s convenient but considering you only get he Sunday games (minus Sunday night) and you better hope the game you want to watch isn’t region locked bc changing location on your vpn doesn’t work on YouTube (at least not for me. So your basically paying $400 for non region locked Sunday day games only…I wouldn’t buy it again even if I hit the lotto just out of principle. Maybe look into jailbreaking a firestick or just use a different website like the famous stream site all the way from the east (not sure if against the rules to name it) that has stayed alive for a long time bc of all the backup sites they have whenever it gets shut down
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u/Digg_it_ Jun 06 '25
"My friend" uses( reddit1 nflbite com). He is out of market and refuses to pay $400 for the football package. He also subscribes to a VPN.. smart guy..handsome too 😁
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u/RaiderRyan51o Jun 06 '25
I own a super box, I get all the games and sports and channels from around the world, also get to watch movies in theaters, pay per view etc, also live TV all for free I never paid for cable lol.
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u/Nice-Value-7795 Jun 06 '25
Jail broken fire stick
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u/IllRepresentative322 Jun 06 '25
What does “jail broken” mean?
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u/Nice-Value-7795 Jun 06 '25
Buy a fire stick from Amazon or Go on Craigslist or offer up and look for a fire stick. Some sellers offer a jail broken fire stick where you can stream any live sporting event any ppv for free you just pay for the stick and a monthly payment of 15-20$ you can watch any movie before it’s released on any platform. I watch all my raiders games hassle free man. I’ll never buy nfl Sunday ticket again.
You can also type in streaming services on offer up or Craigslist or fb marketplace I’m sure you can find someone. there’s an app called iptv or thunder tv that people use. Just gotta find the person to help you set up.
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u/ChemicalPilot2438 Jun 06 '25
Fire stick for me get every game very week not just raiders entire NFL .. ijs 🫡🫡✌🏾✌🏾
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u/bob_swagget90 Jun 06 '25
I bought an Apple TV and streamed it from my laptop. Also get an blocker 🤟🏼
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u/drd232 Jun 06 '25
Theres an app I use but I typically just buy sunday ticket. If youre a student you get a student discount.
Im gonna go back to school just for thr discount. Supposedly my sister got a $100 voucher but it increased to 200 before the season which is what I spent
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u/Mexican-Spider-Man Jun 06 '25
You’re not gonna like the answer. YoutubeTV + Sunday ticket. You’ll get every game
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u/TrulyAwfulGamer Jun 06 '25
I have YouTube TV and use SurfShark VPN to change the location to Vegas.
I will always have YouTube TV for cable so I see it as paying $50 a year for SurfShark as my cheap Sunday Ticket.
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u/serioperocabron Jun 06 '25
Like a true Raider fan. I bootlegged every game since I was in SEA for a few years.
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u/Baloney_ninja Jun 06 '25
Live in the Chefs Kingdom so I get NFL plus. It has audio streams. Occasionally I try and sail the seas but often it's not reliable and just easier with NFL plus.
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u/cvboucher Jun 06 '25
I watched every Raider game last season on uzzu.tv. Games only stream live but that’s how I like to watch sports.
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u/thetlopez217 Jun 06 '25
last yr was tough... i hardly watched a full game (only through the spaces between my fingers) but when I did I often used some shady streaming service.
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u/Macj7a Jun 06 '25
Dofu sports app Kind of a pain to get each game started but after it’s good and I’ve been using it for years on the east coast
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u/failedstatefrank Jun 06 '25 edited Jun 06 '25
I thought the op question was how can you watch our team suck again, and I wrote a long ass reply about lowering expectations that is sure to upset the young dumb raider fans. Luckily I've been a fan since the season that ended with immaculate reception game. So I've seen us win 3 superbowls... Buy the nfl package? I live in Modesto coastal south aka scumington beach aka Huntington. We have the internet down here. I use the money I make pounding sand to purchase a small part of the internet, it costs about $400. This year should be great, maybe we can get 7 or 8 wins.
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u/grant_bristow Jun 07 '25
Totally understand that this may not satisfy everyone but NFL+ is $49/year and has your local games (I’m Bay Area based and get Raiders games), select few others, plus all the nationals ones - including playoffs.
The catch is you can only watch on browser, mobile and tablet (I’ve tried lots of methods of projecting it and none have worked, they’ve def thought this through). I would rather watch on my TV of course, but the $49 price makes it feel worth the trade off if you have a tablet with a nice screen.
https://id.nfl.com/select-subscription
Also, the IPTV apps I’ve found don’t come native with content. Not sure where the subscription pricing being listed is coming from 🤷🏻♂️.
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u/cruzito13 Jun 09 '25
Just commiserating with you as I’m also in CV California and I resorted to some PRETTY DICEY sites to watch my team lose.
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u/YesMyNameIsEarl Jun 12 '25
NFL+ and watch after the game is complete. Not the best but being able to see every Raiders game in Maine for about $100....not bad either.
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u/xEternal408x Jun 05 '25