Over the past few weeks, fans of all sports have been longing to watch live sports again amid the coronavirus pandemic. While live sports haven't made a return yet, there will be a 17-day NFL RedZone marathon that begins on April 6.

For years, fans have been asking for NFL RedZone to run a marathon of the previous season's games during the offseason. And now, the NFL is finally going through with the idea during an absence of sporting events.

On Monday, April 6, NFL RedZone will kick off the marathon by airing all of the games that took place on Sunday in Week 1. Then, the following days will play each week in chronological order, until Week 17 is shown on April 22.

Due to the global pandemic, there has been an extreme shortage in the sports department. Some fans have resorted to watching re-runs of games or have begun watching peculiar events like drone racing.

While the NFL is helping fans cope with the pandemic, it remains to be seen if it is required to have an account on NFL RedZone to access the marathon. In the event that you are required to have an account, you can also watch games on NFL GamePass.

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For the past few weeks, the NFL allowed any fan to begin watching any game on NFL GamePass. The offer to watch all games on the NFL GamePass service will run through May 31, 2020. Even though NFL fans have been deprived of sports and football in recent weeks, they'll have plenty to watch in the coming weeks.