NFL RedZone FREE LIVE STREAM (10/6/24): Time TV, channel for Week 5 NFL games

NFL RedZone – a 24-hour live highlight show showing all the action on NFL Sunday – is back for Week 5 of the 2024 season.

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Week 5 begins with Carolina Panthers vs. Chicago Bears, Baltimore Ravens vs. Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills vs. Houston Texans and other games at 1:00 p.m. ET. From there, games begin in the late afternoon with the Raiders vs. Broncos and the Cardinals vs. 49ers.

Here are the best streaming options for NFL RedZone this year:

FuboTV (free trial): NFL RedZone is available on FuboTV's Sports Plus add-on. The additional service costs $10.99 per month.

DIRECTV STREAM (free trial): DirecTV Stream customers can get NFL RedZone by subscribing to DirecTV Stream's “Premier” package. The plan costs $155 per month plus taxes and fees.

Sling TV (Half Discount First Month): This is the cheapest option to watch NFL RedZone on a streaming service. It costs $11 to add NFL RedZone to Sling TV's Blue package, which costs $45 per month.

Here's what you need to know:

What: NFL Week 5, RedZone

WHO: Bears, Bengals, Texans, Giants and more

When: Sunday, October 6, 2024

Time: The broadcast begins at 12:30 p.m. ET

TV: NFL RedZone

Live stream: FUBOTV (free trial version), DIRECTV STREAM (free trial version), Sling TV (half of the first month)

Here are the Week 5 NFL games featured on RedZone:

Sunday, October 6th

Early slate

Panthers vs. Bears at 1 p.m. on FOX

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Ravens vs. Bengals at 1 p.m. on CBS

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Bills vs. Texans at 1 p.m. on CBS

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Colts vs. Jaguars at 1 p.m. on CBS

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Dolphins vs. Patriots at 1 p.m. on FOX

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Browns vs. Commanders at 1 p.m. on FOX

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Late slate

Raiders vs. Broncos at 4:05 p.m. ET on FOX

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Cardinals vs. 49ers at 4:05 p.m. ET on FOX

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Packers vs. Rams at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS

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Giants vs. Seahawks at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS

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Here's an NFL story from the Associated Press:

The NFL recorded the fewest preseason concussions since tracking began in 2015.

There were 44 concussions in training and games, a decrease of about 24% compared to the previous year.

“The reason for this change certainly has to do with changes to the rules, changes to equipment including the Guardian Cap, as well as a variety of other efforts we have made over the years to bring the numbers down,” Jeff said Miller. The NFL's executive vice president oversees the health and safety of players.

The league's revised kickoff rule resulted in fewer injuries overall, but there were some problems during the game.

“We saw a few more shakes than we expected during the dynamic kickoff,” Miller said. “We have not experienced any shocks in the first three weeks of the dynamic start to the regular season.”

Nearly 99% of players wore high-performance helmets, including more than 250 players who wore helmets that the league said provide as much – and in some cases more – protection than a helmet combined with a Guardian cap.

In the preseason, there was a nearly 50% reduction in concussions among players who wore the Guardian cap in compulsory sessions compared to the pre-compulsory average.

Injuries were at the forefront again when Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered his fourth diagnosed concussion in five years in Week 2.

“I know he seeks out top experts,” said Dr. Allen Sills, NFL chief medical officer.

Sills said the league doesn't play a role in Tagovailoa's future plans. If doctors clear him to play, it will be Tagovailoa's decision.

“Patient autonomy and medical decision-making are really important,” Sills said. “And I think that's what we need to recognize, including in our concussion protocol. Ultimately, when patients make decisions about their careers, it must reflect the autonomy that comes from discussions with medical experts who will give them the best medical advice.”

Sills, a neurosurgeon who led the NFL's efforts to tighten its concussion policies, said there is no “detailed formula” that predicts future risk to players.

“It's not like we can take into account the number of concussions you've had and the amount of time between them and your age and some unusual constant or Avogadro's number that always seemed to be somehow in the chemistry of the rookies and infer risk from that,” said Sills. “It just doesn’t work that way. So in the end we have to look at the totality of the patient's experience, how many concussions there are, how much time there is between those concussions, something about the duration of symptoms after each concussion and then most importantly the patient's voice about where they are Their lives include journeys, their careers, their age, things like that.

“And based on that, we as doctors try to give our best estimate. But that’s what it’s all about, estimating what someone’s future risk of a concussion is.”

Lower extremity loads decreased by 27% in 2024 compared to the previous season in 2021, the year before the introduction of the acclimatization phase.

“While there is no end goal in our efforts to make the game safer, the injury data from this preseason is an example of how the league’s deliberate approach to player safety continues to deliver results,” Sills said. “We are committed to building a culture of safety around the game and this preseason was another positive step in that direction.”

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

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