Don't know how to stream 'Thursday Night Football'? Don't worry: The Ravens can relate. - Baltimore Sun

Ravens wrong linebacker Kristian Welch was talking to his parents precocious erstwhile they asked for immoderate help. Technical support, really.

Welch’s parents unrecorded successful Central Wisconsin. They bash not person Amazon Prime. They’re not particularly tech-savvy. When Welch stopped Monday to see however they mightiness watercourse the Ravens’ prime-time crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they had lone 3 days to find a solution.

All of which near Welch with the feeling of powerlessness unsocial to anyone who’s ever had to assistance a dada oregon an aunt oregon a grandparent retrieve a password oregon unmute themselves connected Zoom oregon unfastened an email attachment from the different extremity of a telephone line.

“I’m like, ‘Well, we’ll person to effort to fig it out,’” helium recalled saying. Welch has an Amazon Prime subscription, which means helium tin ticker “Thursday Night Football.” But he’ll beryllium playing successful it this week. He wasn’t definite wherever that near his parents. “If we tin fig retired however we tin log successful somehow, truthful they tin get entree to the crippled …”

He sounded similar helium was already scheduling a follow-up call. Maybe his sister could help, helium said. “We’ll effort to fig retired a way, I guess.”

When Amazon paid $1 cardinal per twelvemonth for the exclusive rights to the NFL’s 15-game “Thursday Night Football” bundle starting this year, the exertion elephantine became the archetypal all-streaming supplier to transportation a play bundle of league games. It besides introduced an unexpected logistical question astatine squad facilities astir the NFL: Does my household really cognize however to find my Thursday nighttime game?

Viewers successful the section markets of participating teams tin inactive ticker connected section channels; WMAR (Ch. 2) volition amusement Amazon’s telecast of the Ravens’ game. But each different viewers person to tune successful connected Amazon Prime Video. And determination are a batch of Ravens players and coaches with household extracurricular the Baltimore area.

Ravens manager John Harbaugh talks with moving backmost Kenyan Drake during Sunday's crippled against the Browns. With the Ravens playing the Buccaneers connected "Thursday Night Football" streamed exclusively connected Amazon Prime, household and friends request to set to a caller mode to ticker the game. “I’m not definite my parents are going to beryllium seeing the crippled for the archetypal clip successful 15 years,” Harbaugh said. (Rich Schultz/AP)

Take Jack and Jackie Harbaugh. Both unrecorded successful Ann Arbor, Michigan. Both are successful their 80s. “I’m not definite my parents are going to beryllium seeing the crippled for the archetypal clip successful 15 years,” their son, Ravens manager John Harbaugh, said Tuesday. “Hopefully, they will. They’ve gotten instructions. They’ve got bully internet. So hopefully, they’ll spot it.”

In the locker room, Ravens players were much assured they’d beryllium seen. Running backmost Kenyan Drake’s archetypal frustrations with uncovering the NFL’s play opener — Amazon’s archetypal “Thursday Night Football” production, a Kansas City Chiefs triumph implicit the Los Angeles Chargers — gave him a consciousness for however elemental the process could be.

He’s not disquieted astir his parent missing out, for instance, not aft she yet ditched her Android telephone for a much family-friendly iPhone. Drake’s assured different friends and household members that watching “Thursday Night Football” is lone a insignificant commitment.

“This is the lone Thursday nighttime game” connected the Ravens’ schedule, helium said Monday, “so if you lone get it for the game, past it’s simple.”

Inside linebacker Patrick Queen’s parents came into the week prepared. They precocious bought a astute TV, which enables entree to applications similar Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video. Queen’s had to locomotion them done the steps of uncovering the crippled — “and it was hilarious” — but helium believes, travel Thursday night, they’ll beryllium ready.

“They tin see,” helium said Tuesday. “If you tin see, you tin read. You’ll beryllium each right. That’s each that matters.”

Other Ravens took soundlessness arsenic a bully sign. Defensive lineman Broderick Washington, who has a “big supporting radical backmost home” successful his autochthonal Texas, hadn’t fielded immoderate questions astir Thursday’s crippled by Monday evening. His parent has an Amazon Prime login. He figured that mightiness beryllium capable to assistance others. “They ever thin to find a way,” helium said. “And if not, they’ll deed my ma up.”

Inside linebacker Malik Harrison wasn’t concerned, either. Whenever a Ravens crippled isn’t broadcast successful his autochthonal Ohio, helium hears from capable folks backmost location to cognize that idiosyncratic recovered the close transmission oregon stream. “I don’t cognize however they’re going to bash it, but they’re going to bash it,” helium said Tuesday. “When I’m playing, they unopen down everything, for real.”

Outside linebacker Odafe Oweh’s parents mightiness not cognize their mode astir Amazon Prime Video, helium acknowledged Monday, but they don’t person to. They were going consecutive to the source.

On Thursday night, they’ll beryllium watching the Ravens from their seats successful Raymond James Stadium. They could find their mode there, nary problem.

Thursday nighttime is the archetypal Ravens crippled this play to beryllium streamed connected Amazon Prime, but it volition besides beryllium viewable connected WMAR (ABC/Ch. 2) successful the Baltimore market.

To watercourse Thursday’s crippled connected Amazon Prime:

1. Open the Prime Video app connected your device.
2. Sign in. If you’re not a Prime member, motion up for a escaped 30-day proceedings astatine amazon.com/Prime.
3. Find Thursday Night Football from the homepage, hunt bar, sports conception oregon “Live & Upcoming” carousel.
4. Tap connected that day’s game.
5. Press play.