How to watch NFL's Wild Card Weekend Wild Card
Channel: SYsport
Date: 06/01/2017

The NFL's Wild Card Weekend is coming up to kick off this year's playoffs. These will be some of the best games of the year thus far as each team tries to extend their season at least one more game. The Texans have a huge game coming up this weekend against the Raiders to decide who will face the Patriots or the Steelers in the next round.
The Texans game is being broadcast by both ABC and ESPN, which are a couple of the several channels broadcasting games this weekend. You can actually watch every game live this weekend without cable, regardless of which channel it's on. There are a couple different services and tools out there that'll be critical to helping you watch the games this weekend and for the rest of the playoffs.
Here's a look at your different options to watch the Texans and other wild card games this weekend:
Antenna: A digital antenna is one of the best tools for any cable cutter for several reasons. First, it's one of the cheaper solutions out there since the only cost involved with watching TV with an antenna is the initial investment. Watching is absolutely free. Second, the channels you can watch for free include network channels like CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX. So, not only is it incredibly cost affordable but it can get you nearly every NFL playoff game including the Texans game this weekend.
Sling TV: Sling TV is another cost friendly alternative to paying for cable and will give you plenty of games to watch during this weekend. You can watch the Texans games on ESPN live streaming and potentially the games on NBC or FOX based on your location. Sling TV costs $20 per month for the Sling Orange package with ESPN in it that lets you stream over 30 popular cable channels in total. The package that could include NBC and FOX is the Sling Blue package costing $25 per month. There's a weeklong free trial that you could use to potentially watch the game free.
DIRECTV NOW: The streaming service from AT&T, DIRECTV NOW, also lets you watch the Texans game on ESPN and potentially games on NBC and FOX depending on where you live. To start, it is a little more expensive at $35 per month, but does offer more than 60 channels to stream. There is no difference in price if you live in a location that includes FOX or NBC. Like Sling TV, there's a free trial, so you can test out the service this weekend if you'd like.
PlayStation Vue: Sony has a streaming service of its own, PlayStation Vue. The starting price is $29.99 per month for this one and gets you access to the Texans game on ESPN. Like the other two you can watch games on FOX, and NBC based on where you live, but you can also potentially get access to CBS games as well. If they are available the starting price would jump up to $39.99 per month for about 60 streaming channels.
Overall, you've got plenty of options to watch the game this weekend. Hopefully the Texans can keep up the pace of getting DeAndre Hopkins involved, because he might be the difference-maker in this one. For the rest of the playoffs, the ideal setup without cable is likely a combination of the antenna and whatever your preferred streaming service is from the above three. This will let you watch every single game not only this weekend, but the rest of the playoffs.