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Seahawks gamer named Madden 17 Club Series champ

The first-ever Madden 17 Club Series Championship held over the weekend certainly lived up to the hype. Fans from around the country tuned in to watch as the eight winners from the Bills, Steelers, Jaguars, Vikings, Chiefs, 49ers, Patriots and Seahawks tournaments took the national stage for a chance to advance to the final round.

David Katz “Bread” who represented the Bills in the match put on quite a performance against Pittsburgh’s “Misery” in the quarterfinals.  Although he was not able to come away with the victory, Katz’s play earned him $2,500 and 175 series points.

The winner of the championship, Seattle’s “Killer Mike” battled San Francisco’s “Monsta” in the exciting finale. With the win, “Killer Mike” took home $10,000, 350 series points and earned a place in the Madden 17 Championship that will take place later this month.

The Final 32 competitors in the #MaddenChampionship. pic.twitter.com/3E17SCF89r

— Madden Ultimate Team (@EASPORTS_MUT) April 16, 2017

Gameday activities: Chiefs vs. Bills

Here’s a rundown of gameday activities for Sunday’s week 10 game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Sunday, November 9, 2014
Kickoff: 1:00 p.m.
Gates open: 11:30 a.m.
Gameday Experience: ADPRO Sports Training Center open 9:30 a.m.

Pregame

Player warm-ups: 11:55 a.m.
Salute to Service ceremony: 12:40 p.m.
Stampede performance: 12:45 p.m.
Leader of the Charge: Eric Moulds
Color guard: New York National Guard
National anthem: Amanda Wood
Full Field American Flag: New York National Guard

Halftime
New York National Guard reaffirmation ceremony

Tailgating Reminder: No open fires are permitted in the Bills parking lots or on stadium grounds. Fires in contained grills are permitted.  Please do not empty hot coals on the parking lot pavement. Thank you!

Security Process: Remember to arrive at the gates early to avoid missing any of the pregame activities.  Be sure to empty pockets in preparation for the metal detection screening process at gate entry.

Make Mom Proud: Follow the Bills fan code of conduct available here.

Designated Driver:  If you’re over 21, stop by any Guest Service Booth and pledge not to drink and make sure everyone in your group gets home safely.  Designated drives will receive a coupon good for one non-alcoholic beverage and will be entered into a raffle to win the Designated Driver of the Game prize and sweepstakes with a chance to win Pro Bowl or Super Bowl tickets. Sign up here.

Visa Deal of the Game: Spend $100 and get a camo Bills can cooler for free!

Bills 50/50 Raffle
The Buffalo Bills are teaming up with Pointstreak 5050 on an innovative platform to raise charitable funds for the Buffalo community and Western New York region through an electronic 50/50 raffle on gamedays at Ralph Wilson Stadium. The Pointstreak 5050 system enables raffle tickets to be sold to fans through mobile sellers utilizing electronic handheld devices, portable printers, and a number of stationary selling terminals around Ralph Wilson Stadium with half the proceeds going to one lucky fan and the other half going to the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County.

BAG POLICY REMINDER:

1. Clear Bags smaller than 12” x 6” x 12” are permitted.
2. One gallon clear plastic freezer bags are permitted.
3. Small clutch bag approximately the size of a hand, with or without a handle or strap is permitted.

Chiefs to give Bills the home game?

It’s a story that may be getting blown out of proportion, but reports out of Kansas City indicate that if construction workers, that are doing major renovations on Arrowhead stadium, go on strike at the end of March when their contract is up, the stadium will not be ready in time to host Chiefs home games and that the possibility would exist that the Chiefs would have to play all of their 2009 regular season games on the road. That according to Fox4KC in Kansas City.

The Bills are one of Kansas City’s scheduled home dates this year, so if the Chiefs are thrust into the worst case scenario they could be coming to Buffalo instead of hosting the Bills.

In this economy I can’t see a labor dispute lasting very long. Nobody wants to be out of work right now, but that would certainly put the NFL’s league offices in a quandary as to the best solution to that problem.

If the worst case scenario did present itself and the Chiefs could not play at Arrowhead, I would think they’d make an arrangement with Kansas State, Kansas University or the University of Missouri to play their home games in one of those college stadiums before going on the road for 16 games.

The Chicago Bears did that back in 2002 when they played their entire home schedule at the University of Illinois in Champaign while their stadium was undergoing renovations.

Out for the Chiefs

Starting MLB and leading tackler Pat Thomas and fellow starter LB Donnie Edwards are both out for Kansas City today as is starting right guard Adrian Jones.

Veteran interior lineman Wade Smith is expected to start at RG in place of Jones. DeMorrio Williams will start for Edwards and it’s expected that either Rocky Boiman will start at MLB or Derrick Johnson will move inside to play MLB with Boiman starting at OLB.