{"id":378591,"date":"2026-08-22T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378591\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:00:08","slug":"where-to-watch-tampa-bay-buccaneers-kansas-city-chiefs-nfl-preseason-game-for-free-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378591\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to watch Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Kansas City Chiefs NFL preseason game for free today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play against the Kansas City Chiefs in an NFL preseason game today. The matchup is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN Unlimited<\/a>. Fans can watch this game for free online by using the free trials offered by DIRECTV<\/a> and FuboTV<\/a>. <\/p>\n

You can access ESPN Unlimited<\/a> by using your streaming service credentials on the ESPN app. <\/p>\n

The Buccaneers enter this game with a 1-0 record in the preseason, as they defeated the New York Jets 24-16. During the victory, Tampa Bay did not play its starters. <\/p>\n

In the NFL preseason game today, the Buccaneers are expected to play some of their key starters. This means that Tampa Bay\u2019s veteran quarterback Baker Mayfield will see the field this evening, as he comes off a great statistical season.<\/p>\n

Notably, Mayfield will be joined in the backfield by his star running back Bucky Irving. <\/p>\n

The Chiefs are not expected to play their starters in today\u2019s game, as they try to remain healthy for the regular season. <\/p>\n

Kansas City\u2019s offense will be led by backup quarterbacks Justin Fields and Garrett Nussmeier, who are fighting for the second-string position. <\/p>\n

You can watch this NFL preseason game for free online by using the five-day free trials offered by DIRECTV<\/a> and FuboTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play against the Kansas City Chiefs in an NFL preseason game today. The matchup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-378591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}