[Help.....NFL game Pass]

Hi all, just relieved an email from the NFL about my NFL Game Pass auto renewing on August 3 for $69. Think this was called Game Rewind last year , and I had it as well as the Preseason Package. I have some questions that I hope you guys can help with, and thought it might be helpful to the board in general.

 

1) if you have season tickets, do you get this for free?

2) am I correct there is no preseason package this year, all included here?

3) what is ST Max then?

 

Course they send this email in a Friday night and to get the $30 discount have to re up by Monday.

 

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

 

1. No, this broadcast subscription has nothing to do with season tickets.

2. No, you get to watch any preason game live and have access to all archived preseason games. You also have access to all regular season and postseason games since 2009, IIRC.

3 ST MAX is a DirecTv product that is offered to only some qualified individuals who attend certain universities, apartment dwellings, or otherwise are not able to receive satellite signals. I don't think the NFL sells games a la carte to the general public.

I don't think this is really that great of a deal. They just bundled Preseason with game rewind for the same price as last year, with the only bonus being playoffs and Super Bowl being included, but most people probably watch those games live anyway.

The only reason I even subscribed was to watch all Bills games after the fact. Unless, you live on the East Coast, the odds are you will never watch a Bills game live unless it is the national game of the week or it's on Monday or Thursday night. At least I never have since I live in the Southwest. All these games are commercial free and in HD. Last year, the NFL gave broadcast rights to the XBOX 360 and XBOX One. Hopefully, they'll the PS3 and PS$ soon along with allowing TiVo users the same app.

 

For me, $70 is a great deal for a year's subscription. I love to watch my Bills several times a week and any other games if I so choose.

[PSA: 2014 Bills highlight film on NFLN]

If you guys really do crave that Bills football fix, then you should really consider signing up for Game Rewind at NFL.com. You can watch any archived game, the next day w/o fail. They even extend the subscription to July 31 of the following year. For $70 a year, I viewed every Billls game the very next Monday last year and it won't expire for another week. If you don't have the time, they offer condensed versions of games and multiple games at once. Anotber thing you don't get from recorded broadcasts is the "Coach's Cam: where you can see different angles, particularly from the endzone as shown on those sports highlight shows. This is a must have if you don't live near western NY. BTW, I am not employed by the NFL.