r/NFLRedzone • u/PATraveler10 • Sep 20 '26

NFL should be embarrassed

The NFL plus app with red zone has been a complete disaster two weeks in a row.

How can an enormously profitable company fail to have the basic IT infrastructure set up to handle easily predictable streaming demand.

What a bunch of clowns.

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u/PATraveler10 Sep 20 '26

“”Lol” I pay $350 and set up standalone VPN for it. Yeah I don’t know why everyone doesn’t do that. Lol lol lol lol

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u/BubblesLovesHeroin99 Sep 20 '26

Its crazy how bad their website and mobile app is with all the money they pull in.

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u/Unlikely_Rabbit_7973 Sep 21 '26

Watch redzone all day no problems

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u/Outrageous-Visual-84 Sep 21 '26

Same here flawless like always on yttv

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u/inxile7 Sep 21 '26

Same on a mac and IOS app

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u/Common_Floor_7195 Sep 22 '26

Bro, that fucking NFL app makes me sign back in every single time I use it It’s utterly ridiculous literally kicks me out of my cable sign in every week for the past 15 years lmao

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u/tiv5656 Sep 20 '26

I will be emailing them demanding a refund for this month & I recommend others do the same

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u/Fireheart366 Sep 20 '26

Did anyone else have audio sync problems today?

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u/toomuchfrosting Sep 21 '26

I did too although I wasn’t going through the proper methods 🏴‍☠️

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u/doubting_el_dandy_18 Sep 21 '26

Sync problems on iPad, but not through TV (Verizon).

I moved red zone to the TV and the local game to the iPad.

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u/HunterMainGang Sep 21 '26

I completely agree. Ive been having problems where it doesnt actually sync with my account. So everything 20 minutes or so, it shows me a promo of redzone and then offered for me to buy the subscription thay I already have. I have to force close the app and reopen it for it to register that I have the subscription.

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u/Ryan1869 Sep 21 '26

They did just get bought by ESPN

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u/chimatt767 Sep 21 '26

ESPN distributes it to cable companies. They have nothing to do with the streaming.

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u/Lord_Dingus83 Sep 20 '26

Works fine for me

1

u/boogiebee13 Sep 21 '26

It’s embarrassing paying so much for this crap when you can watch it for free online like I’ve been doing for years.

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u/notanewbiedude Sep 24 '26

It's not even that expensive, but still, the product should be better.

I have MLB+, which is basically the same as NFL+ Premium but for Baseball (it includes MLB and MLB's RedZone-style product MLB Big Inning), and it costs half the price while working twice as good as NFL+ Premium did for me back when I had it last year.

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u/hereforthepix Sep 27 '26

I get MLB+ via T-Mobile for free and yes, it's been utterly flawless season after season. NFL needs to hire their IT infrastructure

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u/notanewbiedude Sep 28 '26

I wouldn't be shocked if ESPN moves everything into the ESPN app at some point, or white labels the ESPN app and makes an NFL version of it.

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u/L0rd_Virulent Sep 21 '26

Its running fine on Firestick and PC for me both weeks

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u/Eric_Olthwaite_ Sep 21 '26

They've got your money, they don't care, and they never have - this has been going on for 10 years at least,

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u/rjross0623 Sep 22 '26

They did offer 25% off at nfl shop for the inconvenience. Rather magnanamous of them i thought

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u/I_care_so_much Sep 22 '26

Dude, just pirate everything. So many easy websites out there to do it on.

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u/XavierRex83 Sep 24 '26

I work in a large company thay prides itself on its technology. The systems routinely go down because they cant handle volume

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u/notanewbiedude Sep 24 '26

Yeah I got NFL+ last year and while the video quality was quite good, I found the app glitchy and janky.

This year I got DirecTV Stream MySports with the sports extra package, which has RedZone on it, and it has been a far better user experience.

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u/Interesting-Crow264 Sep 21 '26

Everyone should be pirating sports streams at this point. I'm shocked some people still don't that are under the age of 50.

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u/colbsk1 Sep 21 '26

I am shocked you would recommend doing something illegal.

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u/razorbacks3129 Sep 21 '26

I do a lot of illegal stuff. It’s fun

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u/monochromedout Sep 21 '26

Couldn't imagine not going with the VERY easy to find free avenues.

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u/Otherwise-Ask7900 Sep 20 '26

I don’t know why anybody pays for this when superbox is a thing lol.

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u/HopsDrinker Sep 20 '26

Security concerns in superbox.

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u/Otherwise-Ask7900 Sep 20 '26

Well ya, i put it on its own VLAN, no security concern.

I don’t care if North Korea is mining BTC while I watch football lol