Yes. the NFL has streamed a few games before, but I do believe this is a first year where playoff games on Saturday are only available by streaming, in a few years most ALL of football will require streaming, For all of those people ( university Presidents) that thought the Apple deal for the pac 12 was a bad deal and needed to have linear, think again.
Streaming is here to stay and growing
The NFL has already started, and now a playoff game is only available by stream and slowly but surely a majority of the football you want to watch will no longer be on linear TV, ESPN and the networks can not continue to pay what they are paying the leagues and the colleges, and college football is next as more and more people cut cable the networks incomes are cut. They need another source of revenue, and streaming is the long-term answer.
Streaming is here to stay and growing
The NFL has already started, and now a playoff game is only available by stream and slowly but surely a majority of the football you want to watch will no longer be on linear TV, ESPN and the networks can not continue to pay what they are paying the leagues and the colleges, and college football is next as more and more people cut cable the networks incomes are cut. They need another source of revenue, and streaming is the long-term answer.