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How to watch the 2024 NFL Combine: Livestream options, starting time, more
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A good performance at the NFL Combine can propel an athlete up the draft ladder, while a bad performance can change an athlete’s stock in the draft. The NFL Combine has produced some of the most indelible moments in the NFL history.
Who can forget New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley dominating the 2018 combine? Or Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow making fun of his “tiny” hands at the 2020 combine? Keep reading for all the ways you can watch the career-defining performances of this year’s NFL Combine.
How and when to watch the 2024 NFL Combine
Many college players entering the 2024 NFL Draft will start their journey toward going pro at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine, which tests potential NFL players’ physical and mental strength. It also allows next year’s rookies to interview with NFL head coaches and owners in hopes of becoming one of the 256 players drafted into the league this year.
The 2024 NFL Combine will broadcast from Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 through Sunday, March 3, 2024. Below is the schedule of broadcast events. The events will air live exclusively on NFL Network.
- Thursday, February 29th, 3 p.m. ET – Defensive Linemen, Linebackers
- Friday, March 1st, 3 p.m. ET – Defensive Backs, Tight Ends
- Saturday, March 2nd, 1 p.m. ET – Quarterbacks, Wide Receivers, Running Backs
- Sunday, March 3rd, 1 p.m. ET – Offensive Linemen
How to watch the 2024 NFL Combine without cable
While most cable packages include NFL Network, it’s easy to watch the 2024 NFL Combine if NFL Network 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.)
Watch the 2024 NFL Combine free with Fubo
You can also catch all the action of the 2024 NFL Combine on Fubo. Fubo is a sports-centric streaming service that offers NFL Channel, plus access to almost every NFL game next season.
To watch the 2024 NFL Combine without cable, start a seven-day free trial of Fubo. You can begin watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet or computer. In addition to NFL football, you’ll have access to college football, NCAA basketball, MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and international soccer games. Fubo’s Pro Tier is priced at $80 per month after your free seven-day trial, but Fubo is currently offering the first month for $60.
Sports fans will want to consider adding on the $7.99 per month Fubo Extra package, which includes MLB Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, Tennis Channel, SEC Network and more channels. Or upgrade to the Fubo Elite tier and get all the Fubo Extra channels, plus the ability to stream in 4K, for an extra $10 per month.
Top features of Fubo Pro Tier:
- There are no contracts with Fubo — you can cancel at any time.
- The Pro tier includes 187 channels, including NFL Network.
- Fubo includes all the channels you’ll need to watch college and pro football, including CBS (not available through Sling TV).
- All tiers come with 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR recording.
- Stream on your TV, phone, and other devices.
Stream the 2024 NFL Combine on Sling TV for half price
One of the most cost-effective ways to stream the 2024 NFL Combine and NFL football next season, is through a subscription to Sling TV. The streamer offers access to NFL Network, local NBC, Fox and ABC affiliates (where available) and ESPN with its Orange + Blue Tier plan. Also worth noting: Sling TV comes with 50 hours of cloud-based DVR recording space included, perfect for recording all next season’s top NFL matchups.
That plan normally costs $60 per month, but the streamer is currently offering a 50% off promotion for your first month, so you’ll pay just $30. You can learn more by tapping the button below.
Top features of Sling TV Orange + Blue tier:
- There are 46 channels to watch in total, including local 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.
Watch the 2024 NFL Combine on Hulu + Live TV
You can watch the NFL, including NFL Network, with Hulu + Live TV. The bundle features access to 90 channels, including NFL Network. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch every game on every network next season with Hulu + Live TV, plus catch live NFL preseason games, popular studio shows (including NFL Total Access and the Emmy-nominated show Good Morning Football), nationally televised NBA basketball games, college football and more.
Hulu + Live TV comes bundled with ESPN+ and Disney+. It’s priced at $77.
Watch the 2024 NFL Combine on your phone with NFL+
If you want to catch the combine on your phone — and all the amazing football ahead next season — check out NFL+. The premium streaming service, starting at $20 per year (or $7 per month), offers access to NFL Network. And yes, that also includes games being broadcast out-of-market next season. The annual plan ends on Sept. 3, 2024 and renews at the current annual rate.
To boost your NFL experience even further, you can upgrade to NFL+ Premium with NFL RedZone and watch up to eight NFL games simultaneously.
Top features of NFL+:
- You get access to all NFL preseason games, including those that are out of market.
- NFL+ lets you watch stream local and primetime regular season games on your phone or tablet, but not your TV.
- Includes NFL Network (and NFL RedZone with NFL+ Premium), so it’s a good option for those who are looking to stream football on the go.
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Where is the 2024 NFL Combine?
Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN will play host to the 2024 NFL Combine. Indianapolis has hosted the combine since 1987 and will continue to do so through at least 2025.
Who will be at the 2024 NFL Combine?
321 prospects, including Caleb Williams (USC) and Marvin Harrison Jr. (Ohio State), will gather in Indianapolis for this year’s combine.
Who has the first pick of the 2024 NFL Draft?
Below is the current order of the 2024 NFL Draft, scheduled for April 25, 2024.
- Chicago Bears (via trade with 2-15 Panthers)
- Washington Commanders (4-13)
- New England Patriots (4-13)
- Arizona Cardinals (4-13)
- Los Angeles Chargers (5-12)
- New York Giants (6-11)
- Tennessee Titans (6-11)
- Atlanta Falcons (7-10)
- Chicago Bears (7-10)
- New York Jets (7-10)
- Minnesota Vikings (7-10)
- Denver Broncos (8-9)
- Las Vegas Raiders (8-9)
- New Orleans Saints (9-8)
- Indianapolis Colts (9-8)
- Seattle Seahawks (9-8)
- Jacksonville Jaguars (9-8)
- Cincinnati Bengals (9-8)
- Los Angeles Rams (10-7)
- Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7)
- Miami Dolphins (11-6)
- Philadelphia Eagles (11-6)
- Houston Texans (via trade with 11-6 Browns)
- Dallas Cowboys (12-5)
- Green Bay Packers (9-8)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-8)
- Arizona Cardinals (via trade with 10-7 Texans)
- Buffalo Bills (11-6)
- Detroit Lions (12-5)
- Baltimore Ravens (13-4)
- San Francisco 49ers (12-5)
- Kansas City Chiefs (11-6)
Roger Carstens, the Biden administration’s top official for freeing Americans held overseas, on Friday arrived in Damascus, Syria, for a high-risk mission: making the first known face-to-face contact with the caretaker government and asking for help finding missing American journalist Austin Tice.
Tice was kidnapped in Syria 12 years ago during the civil war and brutal reign of now-deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. For years, U.S. officials have said they do not know with certainty whether Tice is still alive, where he is being held or by whom.
The State Department’s top diplomat for the Middle East, Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, accompanied Carstens to Damascus as a gesture of broader outreach to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, known as HTS, the rebel group that recently overthrew Assad’s regime and is emerging as a leading power.
Near East Senior Adviser Daniel Rubinstein was also with the delegation. They are the first American diplomats to visit Damascus in over a decade, according to a State Department spokesperson.
They plan to meet with HTS representatives to discuss transition principles endorsed by the U.S. and regional partners in Aqaba, Jordan, the spokesperson said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Aqaba last week to meet with Middle East leaders and discuss the situation in Syria.
While finding and freeing Tice and other American citizens who disappeared under the Assad regime is the ultimate goal, U.S. officials are downplaying expectations of a breakthrough on this trip. Multiple sources told CBS News that Carstens and Leaf’s intent is to convey U.S. interests to senior HTS leaders, and learn anything they can about Tice.
Rubinstein will lead the U.S. diplomacy in Syria, engaging directly with the Syrian people and key parties in Syria, the State Department spokesperson added.
Diplomatic outreach to HTS comes in a volatile, war-torn region at an uncertain moment. Two sources even compared the potential danger to the expeditionary diplomacy practiced by the late U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who led outreach to rebels in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 and was killed in a terrorist attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound and intelligence post.
U.S. special operations forces known as JSOC provided security for the delegation as they traveled by vehicle across the Jordanian border and on the road to Damascus. The convoy was given assurances by HTS that it would be granted safe passage while in Syria, but there remains a threat of attacks by other terrorist groups, including ISIS.
CBS News withheld publication of this story for security concerns at the State Department’s request.
Sending high-level American diplomats to Damascus represents a significant step in reopening U.S.-Syria relations following the fall of the Assad regime less than two weeks ago. Operations at the U.S. embassy in Damascus have been suspended since 2012, shortly after the Assad regime brutally repressed an uprising that became a 14-year civil war and spawned 13 million Syrians to flee the country in one of the largest humanitarian disasters in the world.
The U.S. formally designated HTS, which had ties to al Qaeda, as a foreign terrorist organization in 2018. Its leader, Mohammed al Jolani, was designated as a terrorist by the US in 2013 and prior to that served time in a US prison in Iraq.
Since toppling Assad, HTS has publicly signaled interest in a new more moderate trajectory. Al Jolani even shed his nom de guerre and now uses his legal name, Ahmed al-Sharaa.
U.S. sanctions on HTS linked to those terrorist designations complicate outreach somewhat, but they haven’t prevented American officials from making direct contact with HTS at the direction of President Biden. Blinken recently confirmed that U.S. officials were in touch with HTS representatives prior to Carstens and Leaf’s visit.
“We’ve heard positive statements coming from Mr. Jolani, the leader of HTS,” Blinken told Bloomberg News on Thursday. “But what everyone is focused on is what’s actually happening on the ground, what are they doing? Are they working to build a transition in Syria that brings everyone in?”
In that same interview, Blinken also seemed to dangle the possibility that the U.S. could help lift sanctions on HTS and its leader imposed by the United Nations, if HTS builds what he called an inclusive nonsectarian government and eventually holds elections. The Biden administration is not expected to lift the U.S. terrorist designation before the end of the president’s term on January 20th.
Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder disclosed Thursday that the U.S. currently has approximately 2,000 US troops inside of Syria as part of the mission to defeat ISIS, a far higher number than the 900 troops the Biden administration had previously acknowledged. There are at least five U.S. military bases in the north and south of the country.
The Biden administration is concerned that thousands of ISIS prisoners held at a camp known as al-Hol could be freed. It is currently guarded by the Syrian Democratic forces, Kurdish allies of the U.S. who are wary of the newly-powerful HTS. The situation on the ground is rapidly changing since Russia and Iran withdrew military support from the Assad regime, which has reset the balance of power. Turkey, which has been a sometimes problematic U.S. ally, has been a conduit to HTS and is emerging as a power broker.
A high-risk mission like this is unusual for the typically risk averse Biden administration, which has exercised consistently restrained diplomacy. Blinken approved Carstens and Leaf’s trip and relevant congressional leaders were briefed on it days ago.
“I think it’s important to have direct communication, it’s important to speak as clearly as possible, to listen, to make sure that we understand as best we can where they’re going and where they want to go,” Blinken said Thursday.
At a news conference in Moscow Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had not yet met with Assad, who fled to Russia when his regime fell earlier this month. Putin added that he would ask Assad about Austin Tice when they do meet.
Tice, a Marine Corps veteran, worked for multiple news organizations including CBS News.
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