Monday Night Football: How to Watch Jaguars vs. Bills, Commanders vs. Bengals Tonight
Get ready for an earlier start tonight for Monday Night Football, and get ready for not one but two games. The 0-2 Jaguars and 2-0 Bills kick off first in upstate New York, with the 1-1 Commanders and 0-2 Bengals kicking off 45 minutes later in Cincinnati. The staggered start times mean you can switch back and forth between the games and catch both finishes. You can also switch to the Commanders-Bengals game during halftime of the Jags-Bills game, avoiding the long commercial breaks.
The Jaguars and Bills kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT) on ESPN channel, and the Commanders and Bengalis start at 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. PT) on ABC and ESPN Plus.
If you don’t have a cable or satellite TV subscription, you can watch Monday Night Football with a live TV streaming service. The good news for football fans is that ABC and ESPN are available on all five major streaming services, including DirecTV Stream, which has a deal between DirecTV and Disney that ends the ESPN and ABC blackout.
Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals play the Washington Commanders on Monday night in Week 3.
How to watch MNF without cable
The primary channel for Monday Night Football is ESPN. Nearly every Monday night game is on ESPN, with seven weeks also on ABC and ESPN Plus. There are four Monday Night Doubleheaders this season, starting tonight. (There is another doubleheader next week and also in Weeks 7 and 15.) During these weeks, one game will be on ESPN and the other will be on ABC or ESPN Plus.
The ManningCast on ESPN2 is scheduled to air 11 Monday nights during the season and one Wild Card game, with six of those regular-season Monday nights and the Wild Card game also available to stream on ESPN Plus. The Manning brothers have tonight off and return in Week 5.
YouTube TV costs $73 a month and includes ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC, all the channels you need for MNF, and the ManningCast. Right now, the first four months are discounted to $65 a month. And there’s a 21-day free trial. Enter your zip code on YouTube TV’s Welcome page to see which local networks are available in your area.
Read our YouTube TV review.
Sling TV’s Sling Orange plan includes ESPN and ESPN2, but not ABC, and the Blue plan includes ABC (only in a handful of markets) but neither carries ESPN. Each subscription costs $45 per month in ABC areas and $40 elsewhere. The combined Orange-and-Blue subscription costs $55 or $60 per month.
Read our Sling TV review.
Hulu Plus Live TV costs $77 including ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. On its live news pageYou can enter your zip code under the question “Can I watch local news in my area?” at the bottom of the page to see which local channels you receive.
Read our review of Hulu with Live TV.
Fubo’s basic subscription costs $80 per month and includes ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2, but Fubo charges an RSN fee (or $12 per month if you have one RSN or $15 per month if you have two or more in your area), bringing the monthly cost to $92 or $95. Fubo is currently offering $30 off the first month of some of its plans, meaning you can get the basic Pro plan for $62 or $65 to start. Click here to see which local channels you receive.
Read our Fubo review.
Tonight’s Commanders-Bengals game will be streamed on ESPN Plus, but there are only a few other weeks that an MNF game is aired. It’s the only way to watch the Week 7 MNF game between the Chargers and Cardinals — it’s exclusive to ESPN Plus. Other weeks, games that air on ESPN Plus will also be aired on ABC or ESPN.
You can also watch ManningCast for five weeks this season on ESPN Plus.
ESPN Plus costs $11 per month (or $110 per year). Read our full ESPN Plus review.
All of the live TV streaming services above let you cancel at any time and require a solid internet connection. Want to learn more? Check out our guide to live TV streaming services.
