Texans vs. Chargers: How to Watch for Free on Wild Card Weekend

Get ready, football fans! The 2025 NFL postseason kicks off with the Los Angeles Chargers against the Houston Texans. The Texans, with a 10-7 record, are no strangers to Wild Card games, having played on Saturday afternoon in all their previous seven postseason appearances and winning five of them. This year, they're playing on their home turf, NRG Stadium, which is also where Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh won the national title with his University of Michigan Wolverines just last year. The Chargers, under Harbaugh's leadership, made the playoffs after missing out last year, marking Harbaugh's second trip to the postseason in his first year as an NFL head coach. The action starts at 4:30 p. m. ET on January 11. If you have cable or an antenna, you can catch the game on CBS. But what if you don't have cable? No worries! You can still watch for free using a live TV streaming service with a free trial. DIRECTV Stream offers a five-day trial, while fuboTV runs for seven days. After the trials, you can keep watching for about $86. 98/month with DIRECTV Stream or save $5 on your first month with fuboTV.

Another option is to stream the game via Paramount+, which is available to Prime Video subscribers for as low as $7. 99/month after a seven-day free trial. The game will also have a fun twist with a special all-animated format on Nickelodeon, called "Nickelodeon’s NFL Wild Card Game Live from Bikini Bottom. " The rest of Super Wild Card Weekend looks exciting too. On Saturday, you can watch Pittsburgh at Baltimore at 8:00 p. m. ET on Prime Video. On Sunday, catch Denver at Buffalo at 1:00 p. m. ET on CBS, Green Bay at Philadelphia at 4:30 p. m. ET on FOX, and Washington at Tampa Bay at 8:00 p. m. ET on NBC. Finally, on Monday, tune in to Minnesota at Los Angeles (Rams) at 8:00 p. m. ET on ABC and ESPN.

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