A freshly rolled out update to the leagues NFL Game Pass, the app will replace NFL Game Rewind, which is slated to be discontinued at the end of July. However, as is nearly always the case when it comes to the NFL, the real catch is in the fine print: the new app will not offer a single live regular season game. Oh, so close!
Instead, users who access Game Pass will have to wait until after such games have aired on broadcast television all of them. Set in micro-font at the bottom of the new apps official webpage, the league lays out the restrictions: Sunday morning and afternoon games (9:30am ET, 1pm ET & 4pm ET) are available at the conclusion of all Sunday 4pm ET games. The rest of the games, including those aired on Sunday nights, Saturdays, and Thursdays will be available for on-demand streaming at the conclusion of the applicable telecast.
Also, the service will be offline during the Superbowl, although were not sure anyone will want to be catching up on old broadcasts during the big day, anyway. Pricing for the new service has not yet been disclosed.
The new Game Pass app does have some enticing features, though. Included is the ability to watch condensed games without commercials which alters the usual 3 hour festivities to a short burst of about 30 minutes coaches film, and archives of marquee matchups from games past, including play-off games and Superbowls.
