The 2026 NFL season begins tonight. Here's who's playing, what time kickoff starts, where fans can watch live streaming, and TV channel.

If there’s one bit of good news in putting together a streaming plan for the 2026 NFL season, it’s that DirecTV offers a sports-focused skinny bundle that works for watching the NFL and costs roughly half of what you’d pay per month for another live TV streaming service.

There is no NFL game on the schedule tonight, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, and a decades-old federal law explains why. A pair of Week 1 games are already in the books, with the NFL playing games on Wednesday and Thursday, but nothing is on tap for Friday.

Confira os eventos e ativações que a NFL promoverá no Rio de Janeiro entre 20 e 27 de setembro, na semana do NFL Rio Game 2026.

The San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams faced off on September 10, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia, in the first NFL game ever played on Australian soil. The season opener was part of the league’s ongoing strategy to expand its global footprint.

Some fans were not impressed.

Week 1 of the regular season is ready to kick off, coming off Labor Day weekend, with all 32 teams' players going back to work. The business of winning games begins with 272 games in total before determining which 14 teams continue into the playoffs.