What TV channel is Packers-Lions on today? Live stream, time, how to watch online
The Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions face off on Sunday, Nov. 6. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial) and DirecTV Stream (free trial).
The Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions are struggling.
One team is used to it.
The three-time defending NFC North champion Packers (3-5) have lost four straight and are aiming to avoid their first five-game skid in 14 years.
The Lions (1-6) look like they’re headed for a fifth straight last-place finish in the division, losing five in a row before November for the second time in two years under coach Dan Campbell.
On Sunday at Ford Field, longtime rivals that have combined for nine straight setbacks will meet and one will earn a desperately needed victory — unless they finish with a fitting tie.
When is Packers-Lions?
The Packers play the Lions at noon (1 p.m. ET) Sunday, Nov. 6.
Live stream options
FuboTV
The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo standard” package, which comprises 121-plus channels for $69.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream offers a free trial.
There are four options of DirecTV Stream:
The Entertainment Package, which consists of 65+ channels, is $54.99 until the promotion runs out April 30. It’s the basic package for can’t-miss entertainment – including ESPN, TNT, Nickelodeon and HGTV.
The Choice Package has more than 90 channels and is $74.99 during the promotion. The channels in ENTERTAINMENT, plus MLB Network, NBA TV, college sports networks, and more. Enjoy Regional Sports Networks with no additional fees.
The Ultimate Package has more than 130 channels and is $89.99 during the promotion. Everything in CHOICE, plus Oxygen, Golf Channel, NHL Network, Universal Kids and more.
The Premier Package has more than 140 channels and is $134.99 during the promotion. Everything in ULTIMATE, plus HBO Max, SHOWTIME, STARZ, Cinemax and more.
DirecTV Stream offers a free trial that doesn’t require much effort.
To sign up, enter a phone number, email address and credit card, and you’ll receive five days of the service without charge.
In addition, enhance your experience with the DirecTV Stream device. While it doesn’t include a free trial, it give you access to thousands of apps like Netflix and more on Google Play. You can search using the voice remote with Google Assistant, and you can enjoy a traditional live TV channel guide. It is sold separately.
Will it be televised?
The Packers and Lions will be televised on Fox.
Preview
TRADE WINDS: Green Bay did not make a trade before this week’s deadline to potentially bolster its chances of making the playoffs for the fourth time in coach Matt LaFleur’s four seasons.
“We didn’t subtract, either, I think that’s a really important point to make,” Rodgers said. “Obviously the organization — the third floor — believes that we have the right guys in place to win.
“There’s no tanking. There’s no rebuild.”
Detroit, meanwhile, traded arguably its best player to the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday to improve positioning in the next two drafts.
Lions general manager Brad Holmes said the dealing 25-year-old tight end T.J. Hockenson made sense for the franchise’s “build phase,” and insisted he would have dealt Hockenson even if his one-win team had a 6-1 record.
While the trade might’ve made sense in the long term, it does not seem to help this season.
“We’re trying to get over this hump and he definitely could have helped us win,” receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown said. “So, not having him out there is going to hurt.”
RODGERS’ THUMB: Rodgers has been playing through an injury the past few weeks after hurting his right thumb on the final play of a 27-22 loss to the New York Giants in London.
The reigning MVP was a limited practice participant Wednesday, an encouraging sign because he missed the previous three Wednesday practices to rest his thumb.
“I wish I could tell you it was feeling better,” the 38-year-old Rodgers said.
FORMER TEAMMATES FACE OFF: Green Bay selected Williams out of BYU in the fourth round of the 2017 draft and drafted Aaron Jones out of UTEP one round later.
Jones and Williams were teammates in Green Bay for four years. Williams left for Detroit in free agency after the Packers didn’t make much of an effort to keep him.
Willliams has eight touchdown runs to rank second in the NFL. Jones has run for 575 yards, ranking fifth in the league.
TOURE’S TIME: The Packers need a playmaker to emerge from their injury-riddled receiving corps and that could lead to more opportunities for rookie Samori Toure.
Toure, a seventh-round pick from Nebraska, had a 37-yard score in the Packers’ 27-17 loss at Buffalo for his second career catch and first touchdown. The play showed Toure is starting to shed the label he received from Rodgers last summer.
“I nicknamed him ‘Captain Casual’ in training camp as a way to maybe encourage him to start practicing with a little different type of tempo, practicing like a pro,” Rodgers said. “I don’t think he really appreciated that nickname. I mean, who would? But it’s gone from a nickname that was legitimate to more of a joke now because his practice habits have really picked up.”
The Packers have been dealing with injuries at receiver all season. Randall Cobb will miss a third straight game Sunday due to a high ankle sprain. Rookie second-round pick Christian Watson suffered a concussion early in the Bills game and didn’t practice Wednesday.
MAKING A CHANGE: Detroit, which ranks last in multiple defensive categories, will have a new defensive backs coach after Campbell fired Aubrey Pleasant and replaced him with safeties coach Brian Duker.
“There’s ways that we can really just simplify the tools in their toolbox,” Campbell said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.