NFL RedZone Week 1 Free Preview: Schedule and Top Games
The 2025 NFL season kicks off with appetizer games on Thursday, Sept. 4 (Cowboys at Eagles, 8:20pm ET on NBC) and Friday, Sept. 5 (Chiefs vs. Chargers from São Paulo, Brazil, 8:00pm ET on YouTube) before the main course arrives on Sunday, Sept. 7 with a full slate of games. That also means a new season of NFL RedZone is beginning, and all DISH subscribers can watch the NFL RedZone Week 1 free preview beginning at 1pm ET. Here are full details on how to watch NFL RedZone with DISH during the Week 1 free preview, and how to keep watching all season long.
How to Watch NFL RedZone with DISH
During Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season, NFL RedZone will be available to all DISH subscribers on Channel 155. If you want to watch NFL RedZone for the remaining 17 weeks of the 2025 season, you’ll need to add the Multi-Sport Pack to your DISH subscription. Not only will you get NFL RedZone, but the Multi-Sport Pack also includes popular college football channels like the Big Ten Network, SEC Network, and ACC Network, plus other sports channels like NBA TV and NHL Network. Best of all, new DISH subscribers can get DISH FREE for 3 months, with the Multi-Sport Pack included. Follow this link to take advantage of this limited-time offer today.
Week 1 NFL RedZone Schedule and Top Games
If it’s been a while since you tuned into NFL RedZone, don’t worry, it’s still as amazing as you remember. Bringing fans “every touchdown from every game” during the two Sunday afternoon NFL windows – 1pm ET and 4:05 / 4:25pm ET – NFL RedZone jumps from game-to-game to bring you the best highlights across the league right as they happen.
Here’s a look at the games NFL RedZone will be featuring during Week 1, along with our top picks of those to keep an eye on.
1pm ET Games
Buccaneers at Falcons
Dolphins at Colts
Bengals at Browns
Raiders at Patriots
Cardinals at Saints
Steelers at Jets
Panthers at Jaguars
Giants at Commanders
4:05pm ET Games
Titans at Broncos
49ers at Seahawks
4:25pm ET Games
Lions at Packers
Texans at Rams
Pittsburgh Steelers at New York Jets - 1pm ET
There are two reasons why this is one of the top games across the entire slate of Week 1 games: Aaron. Rodgers. His career with the Green Bay Packers was legendary. His two-year stint with the New York Jets was entirely forgettable. Now Rodgers finds himself on his third (and likely last) NFL team, a Pittsburgh Steelers squad that’s filthy with defensive talent but has struggled to find a consistent signal-caller since Big Ben Roethlisberger retired. Rodgers is undoubtedly motivated to redeem himself after two seasons of injury and insults, but don’t count out the Jets. With a feisty new head coach in former Detroit Lions defensive coordinator (and Jets first round draft pick) Aaron Glenn and top offensive skill players like WR Garrett Wilson and RB Breece Hall – plus what’s sure to be a fired-up home crowd – the Jets could easily spoil the opener of the Rodgers-era in Pittsburgh.
New York Giants at Washington Commanders - 1pm ET
The second of the two NFC East battles in Week 1 has obvious appeal: Jayden Daniels, year two. It’s no exaggeration to say that the Washington Commanders QB had one of the greatest debut seasons in NFL history en route to winning Offensive Rookie of the Year and leading his team to a surprise appearance in the NFC Championship game. This will be Daniels’ first home game since his stunning walk-off win against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 17 of last season, and given how starved Washington fans have been for a franchise QB, expect Daniels to get a hero's welcome when they take on their rival New York Giants to open the 2025 campaign.
Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers - 2:25pm ET
Depending on your preferences and predictions, this might be the best game in all of the opening week, as well as the most important one. The NFC North – which sent three teams to the playoffs last year – is once again expected to be one of the most competitive divisions in the NFL, so this game could be huge in terms of tie-breakers come January. On top of that, Packers fans may be treated to the green and gold debut of elite defensive end Micah Parsons, who was traded from the Dallas Cowboys less than two weeks ago. It’s still astonishing that a player of his caliber moved teams, particularly this close to the opening game, but a back injury could keep him out of action. As for the Lions, their coaching staff was picked clean in the offseason, and there were fairly significant roster changes on-the-field as well. But with the return of star pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit’s defense could be vastly improved from the unit that was held together by string at the time of their playoff loss to the Commanders. Expect fireworks on both sides of the ball in this one.
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