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How to watch the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Carolina Panthers NFL game today: Week 2 livestream options, more
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The Los Angeles Chargers will take on the Carolina Panthers today. Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers are riding high from a Week 1 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, head coach Jim Harbaugh’s first Chargers victory. The Panthers are looking for momentum after a 47-10 loss to the New Orleans Saints last week.
Keep reading to find out how and when to watch the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Carolina Panthers game today.
How and when to watch the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Carolina Panthers game
The Los Angeles Chargers vs. Carolina Panthers game will be played on Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT). The NFL football game will air on CBS, and stream on Paramount+ and the platforms featured below.
How and when to watch the Chargers vs. Panthers game without cable
While many cable packages include CBS, it’s easy to watch the game if CBS isn’t included in your cable TV subscription, or if you don’t have cable at all. Your best options for watching are below. (Streaming options will require an internet provider.)
Paramount+: Watch CBS-aired NFL football games without cable
If you want to spend your weekend watching football but don’t have a cable subscription, consider a subscription to Paramount+. Paramount+ gives viewers access to all CBS original content, movies and more. You can watch NFL football on the Paramount+ Essential tier for $7.99 per month, or watch college football live on the Paramount+ with Showtime subscription tier, starting at $12.99 per month.
The platform live streams NFL football games airing on CBS, NCAA college football, PGA Tour golf, professional soccer.
What you can stream with Paramount+:
- All NFL football airing on CBS locally and nationally
- On-demand CBS programming, including hit shows like “Survivor” and “NCIS”
- Paramount+ original programming like “Lawmen Bass Reaves” and “Tulsa King”
- Professional soccer, including Champions League live (with Paramount+ with Showtime)
- SEC college football games live (with Paramount+ with Showtime)
Add Paramount+ to your Amazon Prime Video subscription
You can also add Paramount+ to your Prime Video subscription to access CBS-aired NFL games, plus Paramount+ originals. Add Paramount+ Essential to your Prime Video subscription for $7.99 per month and watch every CBS-aired NFL game this season. Or, college football fans should add Paramount+ with Showtime to their Prime Video subscription to get access to CBS-aired college football and more for $11.99 per month. Both subscription tiers include a seven-day free trial.
Get Paramount+ as part of Walmart+ and watch the NFL this season
The Walmart+ shopping subscription service includes access to the Paramount+ Essential tier (with live NFL games such as this one), a $60 per year value. Walmart+ subscribers also get discounts on gasoline at Mobil and Exxon stations, access to special members-only deals (including Walmart’s holiday deals), same-day home delivery from your local store and more.
Walmart+ costs $98 per year. Tap the button below to learn all the benefits of Walmart+, and to start your 30-day free trial.
Why we like Walmart+:
- Walmart+ members get access to this game through the Paramount+ streaming service.
- You can get groceries delivered to your home quickly — sometimes same day — without paying Instacart-like markups.
- Walmart+ members get early access to Walmart’s Black Friday deals.
- You can make returns from home — Walmart will pick them up for you. (Restrictions apply; must be present for pickup.)
Watch the Chargers vs. Panthers game free with FuboTV
Live TV streaming service Fubo offers the same top-tier programming you can get from your local cable provider at a fraction of the price. The streamer is a sports fan’s dream considering the sheer volume of live sporting events you can watch on it.
Fubo is currently offering a seven-day free trial, so you can watch today’s best NFL games, free.
Fubo packages include access to NFL games airing on your local CBS affiliate, Fox Sunday NFC games via “NFL on Fox,” “Sunday Night Football” on NBC, “Monday Night Football” on ABC and ESPN, and all games aired on NFL Network. There are plenty of channels for NCAA college football fans too, including SEC Network, Big Ten Network and ESPNU.
If you want to give Fubo a try, now’s a great time to do so: Fubo is currently offering $30 off your first month of any subscription tier. That means you can watch every NFL and college football game airing on network TV this week starting at just $49.99 after a seven-day free trial. Once you subscribe, you can begin watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet or computer.
Top features of Fubo:
- There are no contracts with Fubo. You can cancel at any time.
- The Pro ($49.99 first month, $79.99 thereafter) tier includes over 200 channels, including channels not available on some other live TV streaming services.
- Upgrade to 4K resolution with the Elite with Sports Plus tier ($69.99 first month, $99.99 thereafter). It features 299 channels, including NFL RedZone.
- Fubo also offers live MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and international soccer games.
- All tiers now come with unlimited cloud-based DVR recording.
- You can watch on up to 10 screens at once with any Fubo plan.
- Stream on your TV, phone, tablet and other devices.
Sling TV: The most cost-effective way to stream NFL football
If you don’t have cable TV that includes CBS, one of the most cost-effective ways to stream NFL football this season is through a subscription to Sling TV. We suggest leveling up your coverage to the Orange + Blue with Sports Extra tier to get more NFL and college football games this fall.
The Orange + Blue plan regularly costs $60 per month, but the streamer currently offers a $25 off promotion for your first month, so you’ll pay just $35. The Orange + Blue with Sports Extra plan is $50 for your first month and $75 per month after. The Sports Extra add-on features 18 channels, including NFL Redzone, ESPNU, SEC Network, Big 10 Network and ACC Network, making it ideal for pro and college football fans.
The streamer is also currently offering big savings on four months of the Orange + Blue tier plus the Sports Extra plan when you prepay for the Sling TV Season Pass. The plan costs $219, reduced from $300.
Note: Because Sling TV does not carry CBS, Sling subscribers will want to add Paramount+ to their bundle. The Sling + Paramount+ still offers the most cost-effective way to stream NFL games airing on network TV. (Paramount+ and CBS Essentials are both subsidiaries of Paramount Global.)
Top features of Sling TV Orange + Blue plan:
- Sling TV is our top choice for streaming major sporting events like NASCAR.
- There are 52 channels to watch in total, including local ESPN, NBC, Fox and ABC affiliates (where available).
- You get access to most local NFL games and nationally broadcast games at the lowest price.
- All subscription tiers include 50 hours of cloud-based DVR storage.
- You can add Golf Channel, NBA TV, NHL Network, NFL RedZone, MLB Network, Tennis Channel and more sports-oriented channels (18 in total) via Sling TV’s Sports Extras add-on.
Watch the Chargers vs. Panthers game on Hulu + Live TV
You can watch NFL football, including CBS, with Hulu + Live TV. The bundle features access to 90 channels, including both Fox and FS1. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch every game on every network with Hulu + Live TV, plus catch live college football games, exclusive live regular season games, popular studio shows (including NFL Total Access and the Emmy-nominated show Good Morning Football) and lots more.
Hulu + Live TV comes bundled with ESPN+ and Disney+ for $77 per month after a three-day free trial.
While you watch the Chargers vs. Panthers game from home, it’s a great time to stock up on the latest fan gear. Fanatics is our first stop for the newest in fan gear. The online fan gear retailer is well stocked on the latest player jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies and more. There is plenty of NFL gear in stock, but you’ll want get yours before it sells out.
Tap the button below to head directly to Fanatics to see the newest NFL fan gear drop.
Watch today’s game with a digital HDTV antenna
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You can also watch sports airing on network TV with an affordable indoor antenna, which pulls in local over-the-air HDTV channels such as CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, Univision and more. Here’s the kicker: There’s no monthly charge.
For anyone living in a partially blocked-off area (those near mountains or first-floor apartments), a digital TV antenna may not pick up a good signal — or any signal at all. But for many homes, a digital TV antenna provides a seriously inexpensive way to watch sports without paying a cable company. Indoor TV antennas can also provide some much-needed TV backup if a storm knocks out your cable.
This ultra-thin, multi-directional digital antenna with a 65-mile range can receive hundreds of HD TV channels, including ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox, and Univision and can filter out cellular and FM signals. It delivers a high-quality picture in 1080p HDT and top-tier sound. The antenna comes with a 12-foot digital coax cable.
2024-5 NFL season Week 2 full schedule
Below is the full Week 2 schedule for the 2024-5 NFL season. All times Eastern.
Thursday, Sept. 12
- Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)
Sunday, Sept. 15
- Las Vegas Raiders at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m. (CBS)
- Los Angeles Chargers at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m. (CBS)
- New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys, 1 p.m. (FOX)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Detroit Lions, 1 p.m. (FOX)
- Indianapolis Colts at Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m. (FOX)
- Cleveland Browns at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m. (CBS)
- San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings, 1 p.m. (CBS)
- Seattle Seahawks at New England Patriots, 1 p.m. (FOX)
- New York Jets at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m. (CBS)
- New York Giants at Washington Commanders, 1 p.m. (FOX)
- Los Angeles Rams at Arizona Cardinals, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)
- Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
- Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
- Chicago Bears at Houston Texans, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)
Monday, Sept. 16
- Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
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With credit card interest rates breaking multiple records so far this year and rates on personal loans well into the double digits, home equity borrowing has become the clear best alternative for many borrowers right now. With interest rates averaging under 9% for both home equity loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), homeowners have a cost-effective way to borrow a large sum of money.
And that figure is relatively large. The current home equity amount is averaging just under $330,000 currently, leaving many homeowners with a six-figure sum of money to use as they see fit. That said, the timing of a home equity loan application is critical to get right, particularly now after an interest rate cut was just issued and after the latest inflation reading showed it rising again. So, for many, it makes sense to open a loan or line of credit now, before 2025. Below, we’ll detail some of the pros and cons of taking this action now.
Start by seeing how low of a home equity loan rate you could secure here.
Pros and cons of using home equity before 2025
Here are three major benefits of tapping into your home equity before January 1, 2025:
Tax deductions: Interest paid on home equity loans and HELOC is tax-deductible if used for IRS-eligible home projects. But the window of opportunity to utilize this deduction is closing with less than seven weeks left on the 2024 calendar. So if you’re planning on using your home equity for a qualifying home repair, it makes sense to act now to secure this deduction. Waiting could push it off until you file your tax return in 2026.
Lock in a lower rate: Qualified borrowers can lock in a home equity loan rate at 8.41% right now. That’s lower than it’s been for most of 2024 and lower than what it could be if the latest inflation report is an indication of additional economic issues ahead. Against this backdrop, many would benefit from locking in a lower rate now to protect against potential volatility to come.
Access to funds now: It can take a few weeks to have your home equity funds disbursed, but when you get them, you’ll be able to cover a wide array of expenses relatively quickly. Access to funds now, then, could be critical, especially if your emergency savings fund has already been depleted. In these instances, waiting for a lower rate in 2025 won’t be advantageous.
Explore your home equity loan options online today.
And here are three cons of using your home equity before the start of the new year:
Missed rate opportunities: Wednesday’s inflation reading didn’t dissuade economists from predicting additional interest rate cuts in December and into 2025. Using your home equity now, then, before that could happen, may result in a missed opportunity to secure a lower rate. Still, there’s no guarantee that rates will fall, either, as additional economic data yet to be released could skew that forecast, perhaps to a significant degree.
Credit checks during the holidays: You won’t qualify for the lowest rate until a lender has been able to check your credit score and history. And that could be a problem during this time of year, as many adults tend to overspend during the holidays. Credit checks during a period in which your credit card debt may be rising, then, could be problematic for many. In these circumstances, waiting until 2025 to act may be more beneficial.
You may not qualify for the best rates and terms: As noted, the best rates and terms are reserved for borrowers with the cleanest credit profiles. And it can take time to build that up, perhaps longer than the final weeks of the year. Applying for a home equity loan or HELOC right now, then, versus a later point in 2025 when your credit is in better shape, could result in a much higher rate than you may have been able to secure if you first worked on your creditworthiness.
Check your home equity loan borrowing qualifications online now.
The bottom line
While the above pros and cons of using home equity before 2025 are broadly applicable, they may not all apply to your unique situation. So consider speaking with lenders to better determine the right time to act. By taking a measured and strategic approach to your home equity, you’ll more easily be able to repay all that you’ve borrowed, no matter which product you ultimately choose or when you open it.
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