An alternate broadcast appealing to Madden NFL video game players will be available for Saturday's Houston Texans-Kansas City Chiefs game.

This weekend's Chiefs vs. Texans game is getting a Madden-themed altcast that will incorporate elements from the video game franchise.

This is a show made for true football lovers – you won’t want to miss it.” – Chad Ochocinco, Saturday’s Madden NFL Cast ‘ratings adjuster’ on Peacock

The EA Sports Madden NFL Cast will be produced by Steve Greenberg and directed by Geoff Butler. NBC Sports’ Executive Producer of NFL, Fred Gaudelli, who was the lead producer for John Madden’s final seven seasons in the broadcast booth, heads production of the presentation.

NBC Sports will make its first foray into doing an NFL alternate broadcast with Saturday's matchup between the Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs.

NBC Sports will make its first foray into doing an NFL alternate broadcast when it puts the matchup between the Texans and Chiefs into the realm of the Madden video game universe.

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