Yahoo News Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins: How to Stream the NFL Game Online
Sports superfans — and Swifties alike — are finally getting closer to the Super Bowl with this weekend’s Wild Card Playoff games. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins will face off at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Miss., with a kickoff time of 5:10 p.m. PT/8:10 p.m. ET.
Despite the cold temperatures forecasted for Kansas City, the NFL says tonight’s AFC wild card game between the Dolphins and Chiefs will take place as scheduled (the league had earlier postponed the Bills vs. Steelers matchup to Monday due to extreme cold).
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As for tonight’s AFC game, it will be a rematch between the two teams, who most recently faced off Nov. 5, 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany, where the Chiefs beat the Dolphins 21-14.
Keep reading below to find out how to watch the Chiefs vs. Dolphins game (and potentially catch a Taylor Swift sighting as she watches boyfriend Travis Kelce on the field).
How to Watch Chiefs vs. Dolphins on TV
The Miami Dolphins vs. Kansas City Chiefs game is exclusive to Peacock nationwide as part of an NFL Wild Card doubleheader on Saturday, so the only way to watch is with a subscription to the streaming service. If you want to watch the Chiefs. vs. Dolphins game on TV, you’ll need to sign-up for Peacock and then use the Peacock app on your smart TV.
However, if you’re in the Miami or Kansas City metro area markets, then you can catch the game on NBC through your local NBC affiliate.
How to Watch Dolphins vs. Chiefs Online Without Cable
For those tuning in on their local NBC channel in the Miami or Kansas City metro areas, you can watch the Dolphins vs. Chiefs game without cable on any live TV streaming service that carries the network, including DirecTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV and Sling‘s Blue tier. Local viewers in those markets can watch the game for free with a five-day trial to DirecTV or a seven-day trial to Fubo.
Everyone else can watch the Chiefs vs. Dolphins game online through Peacock.
Does Peacock Offer a Free Trial?
Peacock does not offer a free trial; however, members of Instacart+ get a free subscription to Peacock’s ad-supported Premium plan for as long as their membership is in effect and the offer is available. The deal doesn’t apply to existing Peacock accounts, and you cannot use the offer to upgrade to Peacock’s Premium Plus (reg. $11.99 per month) which has fewer ads.
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New or returning subscribers can also save 50 percent off a year of Peacock Premium. Through Sunday, sign up with the promo code PEACOCK2024 to get one year of the ad-supported package for only $29.99 (reg. $5.99 per month or $59.99 annually). After the one-year period, the subscription auto-renews at the then-current monthly or annual price.
Peacock does not offer a free streaming plan, so the only way to get access to live sports and NFL games and over 80,000 hours of TV episodes and movies is with the Premium or Premium Plus plans. Both packages include the new holiday film Genie, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Teenage Kraken, The Exorcist: Believer, Strays and other films straight from theaters; next-day access to NBC and Bravo series such as Love Island, Vanderpump Rules and the entire Real Housewives franchise; original series including Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, Bupkis, Mrs. Davis, Bel-Air, Poker Face, Meet Cute, A Friend of the Family and more; past seasons of Yellowstone and That ’70s Show; and much more.
Peacock Premium also has over 50 channels and live sports, including MLB Sunday Leadoff, Premier League, Sunday Night Football and WWE. It’s also the streaming home of the Women’s World Cup and the U.S. Gymnastics Championship.
Peacock’s Premium Plus tier includes all of the above, plus your local NBC channel live, no ads (except on select live TV shows) and the ability to download select titles to watch offline later. The ad-free plan regularly costs $11.99 monthly or $119.99 per year.
Will Taylor Swift Be At the Dolphins vs. Chiefs Game?
Your guess is as good as ours! While Taylor Swift hasn’t confirmed her attendance at this Sunday’s game, the 12-time Grammy-winning musician has been spotted at several games this year, including on the New Year’s matchup that saw the Chiefs win the Bengals 25-17. Swift missed the Chiefs vs. Los Angeles Chargers game last week while attending the Golden Globes awards ceremony, where her concert film, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour was nominated for cinematic and box office achievement.
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