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LIEFL OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE AND LEAGUE RANKINGS 2023 AFC O F F E N S E 1. Buffalo 145 2. Indianapolis/Kansas City 127 3. Las Vegas 123 4. Pittsburgh 114 5. Denver 112 6. New York Jets 107 7. Los Angeles Chargers /Cincinnati 100 8. Jacksonville/ Cleveland 97 9. Baltimore/ Miami 95 10. Houston/ New England 82 11. Tennessee 81 2023 NFC O F F E N S E 1. Atlanta 128 2. Carolina 127 3. Chicago 124 4. Washington 121 5. Green Bay 120 6. Seattle /Tampa Bay 114 7. Los Angeles Rams 112 8. Dallas/ Detroit 109 9. New York Giants 107 10. Philadelphia 103 11. Arizona 93 12. New Orleans 89 13. San Francisco 83 14. Minnesota 67 2023 LIEFL Offensive Rankings 1. AFC-Buffalo 145 2. NFC-Atlanta 128 3. AFC-Indianapolis/AFC-Kansas City/NFC-Carolina 127 4. NFC-Chicago 124 5. AFC-Las Vegas 123 6. NFC-Washington 121 7. NFC-Green Bay 120 8. AFC-Pittsburgh NFC-Seattle NFC-Tampa Bay 114 9. NFC-Los Angeles Rams /AFC-Denver 112 10. NFC-Dallas/ Detroit 109 11. NFC-New York Jets/ New York Giants 107 12. NFC-Philadelphia 103 13. AFC-Cleveland Jacksonville 97 14. AFC-Baltimore Miami 95 15. NFC-Arizona 93 16. NFC-New Orleans 89 17. NFC-San Francisco 83 18. AFC-Houston/ AFC-New England 82 19. AFC-Tennessee 81 20. NFC-Minnesota 67 2023 LIEFL/ D E F E N S I V E R A N K I N G S 1. AFC-Denver 72 2. AFC-Los Angeles Chargers 74 3. NFC-Washington 78 4. NFC-Los Angeles Rams 80 5. NFC-San Francisco 85 6. AFC-Indianapolis 88 7. AFC-Miami 89 8. NFC-Dallas/Minnesota 97 9. AFC-Buffalo/Jacksonville 99 10. NFC-Arizona 101 11. AFC-New England /Houston 102 12. NFC-Green Bay /AFC-Baltimore 104 13. NFC-Detroit 105 14. AFC-Cleveland 106 15. NFC-New Orleans /AFC-Tennessee/ AFC-Cincinnati 107 16. NFC-New York Giants 110 17. NFC-Carolina 113 18. NFC-Atlanta 114 19. NFC-Philadelphia 117 20. NFC-Tampa Bay 120 21. AFC-New York Jets 127 22. AFC-Las Vegas 128 23. NFC-Chicago 129 24. AFC-Kansas City/ AFC-Pittsburgh 131 25. NFC-Seattle 138 2023 AFC/ D E F E N S E 1. Denver 72 2. Los Angeles Chargers 74 3. Indianapolis 88 4. Miami 89 5. Jacksonville /Buffalo 99 6. New England /Houston 102 7. Baltimore 104 8. Cleveland 106 9. Cincinnati /Tennessee 107 10. New York Jets 127 11. Las Vegas 128 12. Kansas City/ Pittsburgh 131 2023/ NFC D E F E N S E 1. Washington 78 2. Los Angeles Rams 80 3. San Francisco 85 4. Minnesota/Dallas 97 5. Arizona 101 6. Green Bay 104 7. Detroit 105 8. New Orleans 107 9. New York Giants 110 10. Carolina 113 11. Atlanta 114 12. Philadelphia 117 13. Tampa Bay 120 14. Chicago 129 15. Seattle 138

LIEFL TOP GUNS LIEFL RUSHING-CHAMPION: Priest Holmes-KC 39-682-11/59 AFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Holmes-KC 39-682-11/59 2. Simpson-BUF 41-632-13/52TD 3. Addai-IND 43-539-12/50TD 4. Bell-NYJ 41-508-8/53 5. M. Pruitt-CLE 53-454-5/52 6. Davis-DEN 50-448-5/49TD 7. Morris-MIA 58-406-5/49TD 8. Tomlinson-LAC 38-401-7/54TD 9. Taylor-JAC 47-332-7/30TD 10. Lewis-BAL 37-324-2/51TD NFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Middleton-GB 46-674-12/60TD 2. Riggs-ATL 48-659-7/61TD 3. Foster-CAR 38-629-12/70TD 4. Smith-DAL 49-584-7/66TD 5. Watters-SF 49-519-6/67TD 6. Payton-CHI 39-512-9/65TD 7. Lynch-SEA 34-426-9/63TD 8. Byars-PHI 41-406-8/65TD 9. Bussey-DET 47-375-5/70TD 10. Barkley-NYG 43-371-6/56TD LIEFL ALL-PURPOSE YARDS CHAMPION: Joseph Addai-IND 64-1767-12/100TD, 99 AFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Addai-IND 64-1767-12/100TD, 99 2. Swann-PIT 27-1524-8/5X100TDS 3. Casper-LVR 27-1471-6/3X100TD 4. Taylor-JAC 63-1436-9/2X100TD 5. Davis-DEN 65-1414-8/3X100TD 6. Jay Brown-BUF 21-1409-6/6X100TD 7. Dayne-HOU 56-1326-7/100TD 8. Jones-TEN 23-1133-4/100TD 9. Mason-BAL 19-1131-5/5x100TD 10. Collinsworth-CIN 20-1053-6/5X100TD NFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Riggs-ATL 68-1741-11/3X100TD 2. Lynch-SEA 55-1675-14/3X100TD 3. Bussey-DET 69-1626-11/5x100TDS 4. Green-WAS 51-1589-11/8x100TD 5. Bradshaw-NYG 23-1367-5/5x100TD 6. Gault-CHI 23-1350-7/4X100TD 7. Giles-TB 25-1340-6/4X100TD 8. Bush-NO 58-1272-8/2X100TD 9. Carmichael-PHI 22-1232-3/2x100TDS 10. Sharpe-GB 23-1171-2/81 LIEFL KICK RETURN CHAMPION: Jay Brown-BUF 21-1409-6/6X100TD AFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Jay Brown-BUF 21-1409-6/6X100TD 2. Casper-LVR 21-1323-3/3X100TD 3. Swann-PIT 20-1298-5/5X100TDS 4. Hill-KC 22-1200-3/3x100TD 5. Addai-IND 18-1148-1/100TD, 99 6. Mason-BAL 18-1117-5/5x100TD 7. Taylor-JAC 18-1104-2/2x100TD 8. Dayne-HOU 19-1096-3/3X100TD 9. Collinsworth-CIN 14-976-5/5X100TD 10. Duper-MIA 20-975-3/3X100TD NFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Bradshaw-NYG 21-1345- 5/5x100TDS 2. Green-WAS-18-1319-8/8x100TD 3. Gault-CHI 19-1249-4/4X100TD 4. Bussey-DET 19-1217-5/5x100TDS 5. Giles-TB 21-1181-4/4x100TD 6. Carmichael-PHI 20-1172-2/2X100TDS 7. Lynch-SEA 19-1159-3/3X100TD 8. Sharpe-GC 21-1097-0/81 9. Riggs-ATL 19-1077-3/3x100TD 10. Jones-CAR 18-1046-2/2X100TD LIEFL RECEIVING CHAMPION: Julio Jones-ATL 7-247-6/50TD AFC Receiving YARDS 1. McCaffery-DEN 5-244-5/55TD 2. Swann-PITT 7-226-3/37TD 3. Mark van Eeghen -LVR 4-178-4/51TD 4. Moss-NE 5-167-3/63TD 5. Jones-TEN 4-167-3/55TD 6. Griffin-HOU 3-153-3/57TD 7. Gonzalez-KC 3-152-1/68 8. Casper-LVR 6-148-3/48TD 9. Hurns-JAC 2-119-1/62 10. Alsworth-LAC 3-107/2/53 NFC Receiving YARDS 1. Jones-ATL 7-247-6/50TD 2. Moore-TB 5-202-2/45TD 3. Jefferson-MIN 8-191-3/56TD 4. Taylor-WAS 5-190-3/47 5. Gray-AZ 4-175-3/73TD 6. Owens-DAL 4-164-3/60TD 7. Giles-TB 4-159-2/50TD 8. Ditka-CHI 3-140-1/79TD 9. Bavaro-NYG 4-139-1/48 10. Bruce-LAR 3-138-4/55TD

2023 L I E F L T O U R N A M E N T O F C H A M P I O N S (Long Island Electric Football League) Written By Levi Vick. The 2023 Long Island Electric Football League Playoffs are set! The Top-Gun's in the league are the Los Angeles Chargers(6-1) and the unbeaten Washington Redskins (7-0), both Coach Ed Viggs teams. If the chance arises that both of these teams make it to a Super Bowl, Viggs asked Billy O'C to play with the Chargers if he needed him, but O'C declined because he feels he is too rusty for that responsibility. Imagine, O'C turned down a chance to make $3200 dollars? The playoff bracket is set for the LIEFL-Tournament of Champions which will begin on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, with some very exciting matchups! Who will be the 2023 Champion? If you follow the league, let us know what you think. The best 11-67 Big Men from each team of 352 LIEFL players have completed another regular season. Typically the LIEFL season ends in a smashing Week #7! Well this one ended with an unbelievable bang! It has been a great privilege sharing our 7th completed regular season games with you on the Forum after playing ten 14-game seasons, and we appreciate your responses so much. As promised we will do playoff and Super Bowl write-ups and this week's seventh game summary. LIEFL Commissioner Billy O'C said, "I missed playing this season, but this Yankees documentary B A T B O Y, The Ray Negron Story, that I created, must get done. I think it will be a winner. We now have Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale) as Executive Producer, and we want this in the Tribeca Film Festival this Summer, so it is a sensational story that has to be completed and told. I've dedicated three years of my life to this documentary. The gem is the magic of Ray, and his life and how he evolved to be the confidant to arguably, one of the most iconic figures in all of sports, "The Boss" George M. Steinbrenner III! The gripping life of Negron and his experiences through his mentors, is a story people will never forget. Ray has been good to this league. That, in addition to my teaching responsibilities is enough to handle. I completed all of the interviews and the story line which feature many sports stars. We are just editing away now. I have been working hard completing interviews featuring Reggie Jackson, Doc Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Thurman Munson's wife Diana Munson, Bucky Dent, Chris Chambliss, Billy Martin Jr., the list is endless and the doc is star-studded. And, I am not even a Yankees fan." Sunday at noon, in the AFC Wild Card Game, it will be the Las Vegas Raiders (4-3) hosted by the Indianapolis Colts (6-1), and at 4pm in the NFC Wild Card Game it will be the Chicago Bears (4-3) at the Los Angeles Rams (6-1)! Two great games, coaches and teams! The Raiders have battled hard, but can they stop Colts running back Joseph Addai? Is this Addai's year? With former LIEFL-Super Bowl XI MVP Dave Casper in the mix for Las Vegas, don't count on anything. The Raiders have been resourceful, but they lost to Denver, Buffalo, and Miami. So who will show up against the Colts is anyone's guess. The Rams have all the weapons they need to beat the Bears, but the coaches contend they had a weak schedule filled with struggling teams. Analyst and Long Island Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Andrew M. Slawson said, "The reason why the Rams will beat the Bears in this game is experience, but alternate Coach Joe Bino, filling in for Billy O'C has coached great, and I think he has his edge on this season. He can pass better than O'C, run, and his sophisticated defensive schemes give him a slight advantage. This may not be the same Los Angeles team that won back-to-back Super Bowls in LIEFL-Super Bowl's XIV, and XV, but if Isaac Bruce and Wendell Tyler are on, it can be a runaway for Los Angeles if Bino plays his cards right. Bino has the Bills, Dolphins, Rams and Colts all in the playoffs. That is a lot of planning, and Miami and Buffalo will play in the Wild Card Game, so Viggs will play with Buffalo, and Bino will play with Miami." TONY GREEN AND VIGGS UNBEATEN REDSKINS (7-0) MAKE DOUBLE HISTORY IN 35-31 WASHINGTON WIN! Redskins (6-0) - Giants (3-3) The Washington Redskins took the LIEFL season by storm after a strong 2022 showing. Today's game ranks as one the best in LIEFL History! It was a game we will never forget! Week #7 was ferocious with teams brutally battling to make the playoffs. We saw the Bills (5-2) win the AFC East beating the Dolphins (5-2), 13-7 in OT, the Panthers clinched the third seed in the NFC with their upset over the Texans, 17-10, the Broncos (6-1) upset a very tough and competitive Patriots (3-4), 21-17, and the Colts (6-1) crushed the Titans 24-13, and this game, which was better than a playoff game! It was like a mini-Super-Bowl. It was quite a different game than the Giants 17-6 loss to the Redskins way back in Week #1. The standard is high in the league, nd every game is a war. Regardless of their records, every team in this league is competitive. The battle-vibe is strong by the coaches in the league! Even Bobby Biggs conceded that he loved competing in the league finally. Tensions were high between coaches, and the intensity is real! The highlight of Week #7 was between Coach Ed Viggs unbeaten Washington Redskins, who remain undefeated at (7-0) playing at the New York Giants, and Coach Joey Pizz' Giants (3-4). This offensive game in 30-minutes produced an explosive 66 points, over 900-yards, and nine touchdowns in the game, five of them by Redskins superstar Tony Green! Giants LIEFL 2022 Offensive PLayer of the Year, Ahmad Bradshaw and Green were beyond impressive. This tandem combination made for a LIEFL Classic! It became not only the game of the week, but the game of the year, and one of the best classics between two division rivals that we've ever witnessed. Joey Pizz Giants battled right to the last second of the game, but it was Tony Green and Ed Viggs Washington Redskins that would prevail in the Redskins 35-31 victory to kick off the postseason! Anytime Coach Viggs and Coach Pizz compete, you know it's going to be a great game, and this game was no different! Both of these teams are playing high calibur electric football. Viggs Skins are out for blood, especially playing on the road giving the Giants home field advantage, but this quickly became a battle for the ages. With mind-blowing plays Tony Green and Ahmad Bradshaw brought it all! After three first half 100-yard touchdown returns by Redskins Tony Green, we wouldn't believe it if we weren't here watching it happen. Like figures who have come to life in a Toy Story movie, these skilled players went back and forth with some of the most amazing offensive plays of the season! The game kicked off with a 100-yard touchdown return by Ahmad Bradshaw! We knew this would be an entirely different game compared to the first meeting this season between these two teams after that blazing Bradshaw run, 7-0 Giants! Bradshaw brought his "A" game as he's done all season long. He finishes this season with some big numbers with 23 touches for 1,367 all-purpose yards, with five 100-yard touchdown returns! He is the Giants Captain, and heart-and-soul of the New York offense, and one of the most electrifying players in the league. Brawling right back was the Redskins though, after Tony Green whizzed by the Giants defense with his own 100-yard touchdown on the ensuing kickoff to tie the game at 7-7! Green is a workhorse, but the Redskins have lots of weapons, and this game is their biggest challenge so far because the game is on the road. Boom! On the next New possession, Ahmad Bradshaw ran another great kick return for 51-yards. This time the Giants did what they do best, play teamwork football. On first down, Shaquon Barkley ran for a 34-yard first down, and then he was stuffed by the Washington defense led by Dave Butz. Two plays later, Barkley scored on a five-yard dash to give the Giants the lead 14-7, in a very fast paced game! The Redskins wasted no time ... It was running back Tony Green's turn again. In another electrifying runback, Green took it 100-yards into the end zone ... his second of the game, tying the score 14-14! No way! The magic has arrived! OMG! On the Giants ensuing kick return, Ahmad Bradshaw answered with his own second blistering 100-yard touchdown run, playing the best Giants football of the year, 21-14, New York in the lead! Coach Pizz is going wild! The room is wild with a roar! Oh yeah ... Almost Unbelievable! Tony Green answered with his third straight 100-yard touchdown to tie the score at 21-21! We can't believe the excitement. This place is going wild! Coach Viggs is straight-faced and in approval of his team's performance. Even after the adjustments by the Giants on the kickoff, Tony Green was unstoppable, untouched, as he blazed into the end zone! Can Green tie Buffalo's Jay Brown's four 100-yard touchdown performance on opening day against the Chiefs. Brown had 495-yards with four touchdowns in that incredible record-setting game, which set a new LIEFL record for 100-yard kick returns in a regular season game. As great leaders often do, Ahmad Bradshaw wasn't about to give up to this division rival. Bradshaw came right back at the Redskins defense with a 44 yard return in the second half, followed by a stunning run by Shaquon Barkley who found an opening in the middle of the field right between the one and three holes courtesy of LIEFL All-Pro George Martin and Leonard Marshall for a Barkley 56-yard touchdown run! The Giants gained the edge, 28-21 with 12:56 remaining in the game and what a game it's been! Electrifying! On Washington's next ensuing kick return, the room erupted when Tony Green ran back his fourth consecutive 100-yard return to tie the score of 28-28, with 11:15 remaining in the game, we are speechless! Green also tied Jay Brown's record set earlier in the season. Brown has cooled off a bit and defenses have figured him out, but it's the great players who find ways on their own to be exceptional. Tony Green has been fabulous 7,167 all-purpose yards with 45 career touchdowns, not including this season! Tony Green has had a career! Next year Green will be chasing more history to become a 10,000 yard LIEFL player! Green doesn't carry this team, the teamwork in Viggs play is admired. He made great adjustments in the off season by changing his front line player bases in the draft to make a powerhouse team NOT to be reckoned with. The Redskins have been to two Super Bowls. In LIEFL 1981 Super Bowl V, they lost to Miami 21-10, and then in 1984 LIEFL Super Bowl VII, the Redskins beat Miami in one of our greatest Super Bowl's 34-31 in OT! Could they make this their third Super Bowl appearance? With the clock winding down, the Giants came to play in this war, with Ahmad Bradshaw returning another big kick 62-yards return. The Giants on their first two runs couldn't get anything going, so on a third down, they had to pass, but the Redskins stunned the New York offense. Coach Pizz couldn't find an open receiver, and the Giants were finally stopped, with the Washington defense holding New York to a field goal to make the score 31-28, Giants in the lead still! Coach Ed Viggs Redskins rose to the occasion like champions with his undefeated team. Electricity! Boom! Bang! Maybe those are not the words to what we witnessed on the Redskins fifth devastating blow of the game when Tony Green made history with his fifth straight 100-yard kick return after a New York Giants field goal! This is great electric football between two terrific coaches and the teams they have built! Nobody in the league has ever done what Tony Green just did in a regular season game, but Viggs has his Skins in Championship form! The Redskins magic is alive! On the record-crushing play, Green exploded around the left side of the field straight down the field with electrifying speed into the end zone to give the Redskins a stunning 35-31 lead, with 1:39 remaining in the game! Coach Pizz couldn't believe it! It's not exciting, it's exhilarating or whatever words we can find that would describe this incredible player who has risen to a different occasion for the undefeated Redskins! Even Pizz was clapping for Green's performance, but the room went wild! How could he not? The play gets better and better! The LIEFL is ecstatic for the Redskins who became the first team in the seven game season format to go undefeated in a much deserved win as the Giants flatout ran out of time! The Giants played their hearts out in this heartfelt effort, but they just ran out of time in the last series. Of the six coaches at the game, we felt we had to give Kudos and celebrate the LIEFL Game of the Year! That's how great this game was. It was hard to watch coach Pizz lose this game, but just as exciting to watch Coach Viggs win! He deserves the respect as the master of preparation. We have to give credit to a New York offense took a beating in Week #1 to this team and in this game the performance of both Shaquon Barkley and Ahmad Bradshaw, just can't be ignored. Barkley rushed for 95-yards, with two touchdowns, one a 56-yard scamper, and Bradshaw exploded for 401 all-purpose yards on just six touches, but two of his runs were 100 yard touchdowns! Coach Paddy Brannigan said, "Be careful what you ask for when you unleash the offensive firepower between these two teams. When it comes to Viggs, he does everything without a sound. All his talk is done on the field." Coach Matt Zoo-York said, "I am a competitor of Viggs, but I am also a fan. I've played at least fifty electric football coaches from college to this league, but none like Viggs. He has played some big competition in electric football. I think people don't get the fact that just because they play in the Tudor circle doesn't mean there isn't outstanding competition elsewhere, especially in league that plays for money. We just play by an entirely highly competitive set of rules without the hoopla and long setups and countdowns." We found ourselves cheering for both squads! What a way to go into the playoffs undefeated winning this game in New York." The Redskins take two from the Giants this season, and don't forget, the Giants took three from the Redskins last year. These Redskins are primed for a 2023 Playoff war in a conference loaded with talent! That was the best game we've ever seen coach Viggs play, including the Super Bowl in 1984 when they beat Miami in overtime, truly, truly, unbelievable! Talk about records, those record-setting and historic five 100-yard kick returns gave Green five touches for 500-all-purpose yards with five touchdowns in the game to end regular season play for the undefeated Washington Redskins (7-0)! Coach Joey Pizz said after the game, "When a regular season game ends in a classic, scoring 66 points in 30 minutes, running up 1,016 total yards in the game, with nine touchdowns between the rivals, it is proof that two highly competitive teams and coaches, do not need a two-hour game in this league! That was the greatest game I've ever played in!" Coach Viggs added, "We just outplayed them. It is a testament to the speed of the game and the skill of the players. How could a guy run back five straight hundred yard touchdowns without being touched? What my man Tony Green did today was made me proud of the team, but we have a long way to go, and it is time to get ready for the playoffs!" That's coach Viggs, and boy did he come to play today! Lets see if the Redskins can strike the magic in the playoffs! In other league action it was Levi Vick's Dallas Cowboys (5-2) upset Coach Joey Pizz Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-4), 14-10 on big plays by Terrell Owens who caught a 60-yard touchdown pass to beat Tampa Bay, eliminating the Bucs from the playoffs! After Bucs return man Jimmie Giles kicked off the game with a 100-yard touchdown run, Tampa Bay could not run the ball against the Dallas defense, and the Cowboys met the Bucs with a determined playoff bound attitude and the Cowboys fifth win of the season. Dallas will face a fierce Panthers team in the NFC Wild Card Game and it should be a great game. The Pittsburgh Steelers (3-4) couldn't hold off the San Francisco 49ers (3-4), losing their playoff bid 14-7 to a revived 49ers team. The dangerous 49ers gave too little too late as Coach Ed Viggs watched the Chicago Bears (4-3) clinch the final playoff spot. Chicago will represent the #7 Seed after a close win over the Seattle Seahawks (1-6). Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs lost his cool when the Seahawks lost with lots of self-destructive behavior. Biggs has had his butt handed to him this season at (4-15), hardly a showing for self-touted coach. He realized he needed to cool down after the loss. "It's hard to hold it in because I know my team is an excellent team, and it's hard to understand if you re not on the field watching the talent. I let this one get away in the last minute and I couldn't score, but I also feel like I let down Marshawn Lynch in the loss. Yes I know he is plastic, but when a guy goes all out, how can you not respect him? One thing is for sure the league is established with some unbelievable players," said Biggs. Lynch is a proven track player in the LIEFL finishing NFC Top-Ten in Rushing, All-Purpose, and Kick Return Yards, with 55 touches for 1,675 all-purpose yards with 14 touchdowns, including three 100-yarders this season. What a player! Nobody in the league understands how the Seahawks lost six games. Marshawn Lynch earned his BEAST reputation. He will go down as one of the greatest backs in the history of the LIEFL with 9,264 all-purpose yards with 78 touchdowns! How would you like this high speed, high-octane player performing for you? END REGULAR SEASON! 2023 LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIEFL 7th REGULAR 7-GAME SEASON FINAL STANDINGS AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Buffalo (4-3) X 5 2 145 99 18 4-0 1-1 3-0 5-1 0-0 Miami (7-3) WC 5 2 95 89 12 4-0 1-2 1-1 4-1 1-1 New England (5-3) 3 4 82 102 10 2-1 1-3 0-2 2-3 1-1 New York (3-4) 2 5 107 127 14 2-2 0-3 0-2 2-3 0-2 TOTALS: 15 13 429 417 54 12-3 3-9 4-5 13-8 2-4 AFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Los Angeles (6-2) X 6 1 100 74 13 5-0 0-1 2-0 5-1 1-0 Denver (3-4) WC 6 1 112 72 14 3-0 3-1 1-1 4-1 2-0 LV Raiders (3-4) 4 3 123 128 16 3-0 1-3 0-1 1-3 3-0 Kansas City (8-3) 3 4 127 131 16 3-0 0-4 0-1 2-2 1-2 TOTALS: 19 9 462 405 59 14-0 4-9 3-3 12-7 7-2 AFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Baltimore (3-4) X 3 4 95 104 11 2-1 1-3 2-0 2-3 1-1 Pittsburgh (3-4) 3 4 114 131 15 3-0 0-3 2-1 2-3 1-1 Cincinnati (3-4) 2 5 100 107 13 2-1 0-4 1-2 1-4 1-1 Cleveland (4-4) 1 6 97 106 13 1-2 0-4 1-2 1-5 0-1 TOTALS: 9 19 406 448 52 8-4 1-14 6-5 6-15 3-4 AFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Indianapolis (3-4) X 6 1 127 88 17 4-0 2-1 2-0 5-1 1-0 Houston (3-4) 3 4 82 102 11 0-3 3-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 Jacksonville (3-4) 2 5 97 99 11 2-2 0-2 1-1 1-3 1-2 Tennessee (5-3) 2 5 81 107 9 2-2 0-3 0-2 1-4 1-1 TOTALS: 13 15 387 396 48 8-7 5-7 4-4 9-9 4-5 2022 LIEFL CHAMPION: Kansas City Chiefs Matt Zoo York AFC PLAYOFF CONTENDER FINAL RESULTS AFC TEN W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC 1 Los Angeles (6-2) X 6 1 100 74 13 5-0 0-1 2-0 5-1 1-0 2 Indianapolis (3-4) X 6 1 127 88 17 4-0 2-1 2-0 5-1 1-0 3 Buffalo (4-3) X 5 2 145 99 18 4-0 1-1 3-0 5-1 0-0 4 Baltimore (3-4) X 3 4 95 104 11 2-1 1-3 2-0 2-3 1-1 5 Denver (3-4) WC 6 1 112 72 14 3-0 3-1 1-1 4-1 2-0 6 Miami (7-3) WC 5 2 95 89 12 4-0 1-2 1-1 4-1 1-1 7 LV Raiders (3-4) WC 4 3 123 128 16 3-0 1-3 0-1 1-3 3-0 CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR Pittsburgh (3-4) 3 4 114 131 15 3-0 0-3 2-1 2-3 1-1 Houston (3-4) 3 4 82 102 11 0-3 3-1 1-1 2-1 1-2 New England (5-3) 3 4 82 102 10 2-1 1-3 0-2 2-3 1-1 NFC PLAYOFF CONTENDER FINAL RESULTS NFC TEN W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC 1 Washington (3-5) X 7 0 121 78 16 4-0 3-0 3-0 5-0 2-0 2 Los Angeles (2-5) X 6 1 112 80 14 4-0 2-1 3-0 4-1 2-0 3 Carolina (5-3) X 5 2 127 113 17 2-0 3-2 2-0 3-1 2-1 4 Green Bay (5-3) X 4 3 120 104 15 2-0 2-3 2-0 4-1 0-2 5 Atlanta (5-3) WC 5 2 128 114 18 3-0 2-2 1-1 3-2 2-0 6 Dallas (2-5) WC 5 2 109 97 14 3-1 2-1 1-1 3-2 2-0 7 Chicago (3-4) WC 4 3 124 129 17 3-1 1-2 1-1 3-1 1-2 CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR San Francisco (7-4) 3 4 83 85 11 3-1 0-3 2-1 2-2 1-2 Detroit (3-4) 3 4 109 105 15 3-1 0-3 1-2 2-3 1-1 New York (7-3) 3 4 107 110 14 2-0 1-4 1-3 3-4 0-0 Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 4 114 120 15 2-3 2-1 0-2 2-3 1-1 LIEFL NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE NFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Washington (3-5) X 7 0 121 78 16 4-0 3-0 3-0 5-0 2-0 Dallas (2-5) WC 5 2 109 97 14 3-1 2-1 1-1 3-2 2-0 New York (7-3) 3 4 107 110 14 2-0 1-4 1-3 3-4 0-0 Philadelphia (3-4) 2 5 103 117 14 1-2 1-3 0-1 1-3 1-2 TOTALS: 17 11 440 402 58 10-3 7-8 5-5 12-9 5-2 NFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Los Angeles (2-5) X 6 1 112 80 14 4-0 2-1 3-0 4-1 2-0 San Francisco (7-4) 3 4 83 85 11 3-1 0-3 2-1 2-2 1-2 Arizona (2-5) 2 5 93 101 12 2-1 0-4 0-2 1-5 1-0 Seattle (3-4) 1 6 114 138 15 1-2 0-4 0-2 1-5 0-1 TOTALS: 12 16 402 404 52 10-4 2-12 5-5 8-13 4-3 NFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Green Bay (5-3) X 4 3 120 104 15 2-0 2-3 2-0 4-1 0-2 Chicago (3-4) WC 4 3 124 129 17 3-1 1-2 1-1 3-1 1-2 Detroit (3-4) 3 4 109 105 15 3-1 0-3 1-2 2-3 1-1 Minnesota (4-5) 2 5 67 97 7 2-2 0-3 1-1 2-3 0-2 TOTALS: 13 15 420 435 54 10-4 3-11 5-4 11-8 2-7 NFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Carolina (5-3) X 5 2 127 113 17 2-0 3-2 2-0 3-1 2-1 Atlanta (5-3) WC 5 2 128 114 18 3-0 2-2 1-1 3-2 2-0 Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 4 114 120 15 2-3 2-1 0-2 2-3 1-1 New Orleans (1-6) 1 6 89 107 11 2-1 0-4 0-0 1-3 0-2 TOTALS: 14 14 458 454 61 9-4 7-9 3-3 9-9 5-4 LIEFL COACHES W L ALL TIME RECORDS AS OF 2022 JOE BINO 13 3 (ALTERNATE COACH) Dolphins, Bills, Colts, Rams ED VIGGS 20 8 (399-339)49ers, Chargers, Redskins, Packers PADDY BRANNIGAN 13 8 (347-322) Steelers, Bears, Broncos JOHNNY FREEPORT 11 15 (225-280) Falcons, Lions, Ravens, Bengals LEVI VICK 10 10 (22-34) Cowboys, Patriots, Texans MATT ZOO-YORK 12 16 (263-285) Eagles, Panthers, Chiefs, Browns JOEY PIZZ 9 18 (338-360) Jets, Vikings, Giants, Buccaneers KEVIN MAC 8 13 (334-354) Cardinals, Raiders, Titans BOBBY BIGGS 4 16 ROOKIE SEASON Jaguars, Seahawks and Saints COMPLETE FOR SEASON BILLY O’C 8 2 (420-301) Dolphins, Bills, Colts, Rams WEEK#7 SCHEDULE END REGULAR SEASON 1. 7 Dolphins (5-2) at Bills (5-2) 13 (3:30 OT) (BUF-Brown 2-110-0/63) 2. 21 Packers (4-3) at Chiefs (3-4) 24 (KC-Hill 5-282-2/100TD, GB-Sharpe 3-171-0/80) 3. 17 Panthers (5-2) at Texans (3-4)10 (HOU-Dayne 9-221-1/100TD, CAR-Jones 2-148-0/78) 100. 21 Broncos (6-1) at Patriots (3-4) (NE-Gronkowski 4-194-1/100TD, DEN-Davis 11-329-2/100TD) 101. 10 Jets (2-5) at Eagles (2-5) 14 (PHI-Carmichael 3-173-0/84, NYJ-Maynard 3-164-1/79) 102. 7 Browns (1-6) at Cardinals (2-5) 10 (AZ-Gray 3-125-0/52) 103. 13 Ravens (3-4) at Chargers (6-1) 21 (LAC-Alworth 4-252-2/100TD, BAL-Lewis 9-139-1/51TD, Mason 3-112-0/46) 104. 14 Bengals (2-5) at Rams (6-1) 17 (LAR-Tyler 12-101-0/24, Bruce 5-142-1/64, CIN-Collinsworth 3-224-2/2x100TDS) 105. 13 Titans (2-5) at Colts (6-1) 24 (IND-Addai 10-398-3/89 TEN-Jones 3-231-1/100TD) 106. 14 Jaguars (2-4) at Falcons (4-2) 17 (ATL-Riggs 11-201-2/100 JAC-Taylor 7-178-1/56TD) 107. 35 Redskins (7-0) at Giants (3-4) 31 LIEFL GAME OF THE YEAR! (NYG-Bradshaw 6-401-2/2x100TDS WAS-Green 5-500-5/5X 100TDS!!! RECORD!) 108.14 Cowboys (5-2) at Buccaneers (3-4) (TB-Giles 3-190-1/100TD, DAL-Owens 4-159-1/60TD) 109. 7 Steelers (3-4) at 49ers (3-4) 14 (PITT-Swann 4-152-1/52) 110. 17 Seahawks (1-6) at Bears (4-3) 21 (CHI-Gault 4-204-1/59x2 SEA-Lynch 5-275-2x100TDS) 111. 14 Saints (1-6) at Vikings (2-5) 17 (MIN-Jefferson 5-266-1/77, NOS-Bush 6-206-2/91) 112. 14 Lions (3-4) at Raiders (4-3) 17 (LVR-Casper 3-232-0/99, DET-Bussey 9-182-1/65) Game of the Week: 35 Redskins (7-0) at Giants (3-4) 31 GAME OF THE YEAR! (NYG-Bradshaw 6-401-2/2x100TDS WAS-Green 5-500-5/5X 100TDS!!! RECORD!) Player of the Week: WAS-Tony Green for his 5–100-yard Touchdowns! PLAYOFF INFORMATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW DECEMBER 18, 2023

Long Island Electric Football League BREAKING NEWS! December 11, 2023. Dear Electric Football Colleagues! May you and your families have a wonderful and blessed holiday season.The Long Island Electric Football League has made a decision not to write up regular season game summaries further. One suggestion is, maybe there should be a separate category "League Games" so it better directs possible interest in leagues? Finally, after spending hours writing the article on the final Week 7 games in the Forum, it all disappeared from the Forum, and we have no idea why, but as we bring the 2023 season to a close we have an announcement to make. The time and dedication it takes to write these articles unfortunately, does not warrant the demand to read them by our readers as we thought. In fact, we've noticed over the last few years that we've been writing the articles to a small number of people, so we thank those who showed interest. Readers were not so much interested in league game summaries based on the research we completed. We are totally okay with this, it's just as we said, the dedication invested has not been worthy of the community interest we received in the public forum. Our goal was to make electric football a greater part of the Forum community and to keep the hobby strong, and we think we did our part for the game. It's been wonderful sharing our league information with you, but from this point on we will only publish final end of the year Standings, Leaderboard, Coaching Records, and BIG game summary write-ups like the upcoming LIEFL Playoffs, Pro-Bowl, and LIEFL Super Bowl game in 2023, and 2024. The League will retire in 2024 and at that time we will decide what we will do with all of our teams! For those of you who have been following the league and the summaries that we write, thank you so much. We hope our game summaries inspired people from other leagues to do the same. We hope it helps Electric football enthusiasts to progress the love everyone has for the game. Have a wonderful Holiday Season! The LIEFL!

Broncos (5-1) - Patriots (3-3) We have some players in this league that are hard to ignore. This game is going to be a great coaching matchup! Right now Paddy Brannigan's Denver Broncos (5-1) have the best defense in the AFC going into this game against the New England Patriots (3-3). New England is one of the best teams in the AFC, according to the coaches who've played them. The Patriots want to win now, and we have to credit coach Levi Vick for their success. Vick began the rise last season when he made some big and risky adjustment from the LIEFL loose player base pool of thousands of bases. In 2022, the Patriots finished as the AFC East Champion, losing in the first round of the AFC Wild Card Game in the playoffs against Buffalo, 31-24! After that game, Vick methodically pounded the pavement until he found what he thought were the animals he needed who could compete this season, and so far his strategy has been working. Levi Vick and Ed Viggs teamed together by Viggs allowing Vick to take the Chargers to be the benchmark for a new Patriots front line, and find player bases compatible with them. That's how he made the Patriots improved who they are today. The one missing link for New England is the running game. That's why Vick is so adamant about securing a star like Carolina's Greg Jones, because he knows with Jones, Miami and Buffalo would meet their greatest competition. Coach Vick has played all of his cards right with this team. They have a few missing pieces to the puzzle, but they are fierce competitors. New England has not had an easy schedule. In fact, they have played some of the toughest teams in the game, beginning with Miami, who they lost to in their season opener 17-14, but then they beat the Chargers 10-7, in week two for their 70th career win in dramatic fashion! That win against the Chargers proved that the Vick-Viggs connection was a great one! Then New England lost to Buffalo in Week #3, 24-17, in a terrific game at Buffalo. In Week #4 the Patriots upset the Philadelphia Eagles 7-6, on Philly's home turf. That game was a huge statement to the league that New England could win on the road. The Pats put the LIEFL on notice that they will be competing to the death! That's all a league could ask of a coach, to compete and never quit! They won two in a row between the Eagles and the tough Indianapolis Colts, 10-7. Last week New England lost to the undefeated Washington Redskins 10-7, but it was a very close battle, and that brings us to this game today against the top defense in the league the Denver Broncos, who've given up just 55 points on defense to lead the AFC. The two soft spots for the Patriots this season have been Rob Gronkowski and Laurence Maroney. Gronk had 22 touches for 1,260 all-purpose yards, with five touchdowns, including three 100-yard touchdowns last season. This year defenses have caught up to him. Gronk has just 743 all-purpose yards on 13 touches, with just two touchdowns, both 100 yard kick returns. Maroney had his player base changed and his numbers are low. He has 34 carries for 127-yards with just two touchdowns. If the Patriots can't get Greg Jones, coach Coach Ed Viggs may give up Lance Alworth's player base for a number #1 draft pick in February, and that would be a significant upgrade for the Patriots. Alworth isn't the experienced player that Jones is, but in the seven touches he has this season, he has created havoc for defenses with seven touches for 423 all-purpose yards, with two touchdowns, one of them for 100-yards. The Broncos have been criticized for having a light schedule, and they haven't had the stiff competition compared to the Patriots, but last week the Broncos really buried the highly competitive Chicago Bears, beating them 15-0, showing just how resilient their defense is. LIEFL All-Pro Broncos running back Terrell Davis broke 1,000 all-purpose yards again! Davis has 54 touches for 1,085 all-purpose yards, but 42 of those touches are in the rushing department with 330-yards. Compared to last season, Davis had 67 touches for 1,708 all-purpose yards, with ten touchdowns, including four 100-yards kick returns for touchdowns! Since, 2019, Davis has torn the league up with 4,487 all-purpose yards with 34 touchdowns, including (14) 100-yard touchdown returns! How would you like a proven player like that on your team? Davis is the playmaker, and the biggest reason why the Broncos are (5-1). Now he has another threat playing next to him which makes the Broncos offense lethal. Receiver Ed McCaffrey has four touchdowns with 204 receiving yards and he is Paddy Brannigan's go-to guy in the air. BRONCOS UPSET PATRIOTS 21-17 IN BOOM OF GAME! This game was one explosive battles of the year, which will become a rivalry, and the Broncos may have just eliminated the Patriots! As expected, both defenses played better than good, they were terrific! The Broncos took the Patriots to the last ten seconds of the game on the road in New England, showing championship caliber football by both coaches and teams. The first half was slow with Coach Levi Vick working the clock and trying to get his ground game going for New England, but the Broncos defense showed up again, after last weeks beating of the Chicago Bears 15-0, Denver held New England to a field goal, 3-0 Patriots! In the trenches is where the battle was until special teams arrived late in the game with some surprises. First, Denver pressured the Patriots, but the Patriots line held their own, and that is what makes New England so dangerous. They can play with anyone in the league. On the most defining offensive surge for the Broncos on the ensuing kickoff, Terrell Davis exploded on a 49-yard return to start the second half. Davis then took it from there exploding on a 31-yard run, followed by a 49-yard touchdown scamper into the end zone as we watched Davis use his power to blaze down the right sideline to give Denver the lead 7-3! It was all fireworks in the second half. The bombs began with Rob Gronkowski running back a 41-yard kick return, and then on first down, Laurence Maroney took an end-around down the left sideline, scoring on a spectacular 54-yard touchdown run as New England took back the lead back,10-7! The Broncos could do no wrong after an ensuing 68-yard kick return by Terrell Davis. Davis was piling up the yardage on offense for Denver. He then ran for four yards until Coach Brannigan decided to air it out and connect with his favorite receiver Ed McCaffrey, who took it 40 yards into the end zone to give Denver the lead 14-10, with less than 5 minutes to go in the game. The Patriots were not going to give up. On the next kickoff, Rob Gronkowski ran an electrifying 100-yard touchdown to put the Patriots ahead 17-14, and it looked like the game was over with just 1:30 remaining on the game with the Pats in the lead! What an epic performance by two playoff driven teams in a showdown! On the last play of the game, Broncos star Terrell Davis ran back a stunning and heroic 100-yard touchdown run in one of the most incredible and electrifying finishes of Denver's season, to win the game in dramatic fashion for the Broncos 21-17, as time ran out in a heartbreaking loss for the Patriots and Coach Levi Vick! What a spectacular finish. This game is what it should be to end a season, a battle to be remembered in a competitive league with both teams leaving it all on the board right to the end! Both teams went back and forth the entire game with New England winning, then Denver winning on the line, but it was enough for the Broncos to stop the Patriots 21-17, in a stunning upset! EAGLES TAKE JETS IN SEASON FINALE 14-10! Jets (2-4)- Eagles (1-5). The Jets and Eagles are a great matchup because they have some of the most exciting players in the LIEFL. Jets running back Le'Veon Bell has been terrific this season. Bell has been a steady top five back in the AFC. Coach Joey Pizz was singing, "Mama sita, We gonna Beat ya" ... Bell has 36 rushes for 493-yards with 8 touchdowns! New York hasn't seen those numbers since 2008 when Bruce Harper used to run the ball. Also, tight end and return man, Don Maynard has played BIG! Maynard has 13 touches for 720 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns, all 100-yard kick returns! The Jets will be challenged against an angry Eagles team who fell short of their goal to make the playoffs again this season. Pitting an NFC East team against an AFC East team is a montage of two teams who are the epitome of the wholeness of this exciting league. We can't ignore the disappointment of the two teams however in where they landed this season, but there have been bright spots for both. Eagles return man Harold Carmichael has 19 touches for 1,059 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns, two of them for 100-yards! Eagles running back Keith Byars is having an off year, ranked 8th in NFC Rushing with 34 carries for 351 yards with six touchdowns, one of them, a 65-yard touchdown run behind lineman Hugh Douglas and Company! From the first play of the game to the last play of the game, it was all Philadelphia beginning with a 49-yard kick return from Harold Carmichael. The Eagles dominated on the front line as Keith Byers launched a 31-yard first down on his first run of the game, followed by a 3-yard run, and then a 17-yard run into the end zone to give the Philadelphia Eagles the 7-0 lead over the New York Jets! When the Jets returned their first kickoff Don Maynard blasted off for 79-yards, and then the Jets were stuffed by a tough Philadelphia Eagles defense. Jets running back Le'Veon Bell had nowhere to run and the Eagles D E F E N S E sealed all holes. The Jets killed the clock but they had to settle for a 55-yard field goal on 4th down, with the Eagles still in the lead 7-3. Coach Pizz realized at that point it could be a long day for his Jets against the Byars-Carmichael offensive Eagles dou. On the ensuing kickoff, Harold Carmichael exploded for an electrifying on 84-yard kick return to set up Keith Byars on the next series for the Philadelphia offense. On 1st and 2nd downs, the Eagles were shut down by the Jets defense with the fierce play by Marvin Powell, Mark Gastineau and Marty Lyons. And then on third down, coach Matt Zoo-York threw a rocket for 21-yards to Philly receiver Irvin Fryer, bringing the ball to the 4-yard line of the Jets. One play later, it was Keith Byars who scored on his second touchdown run of the game from one-yard into the end zone giving the Eagles the 14-3 lead. The Jets didn't give up. Don Maynard returned the Jets next kickoff 45-yards on the ensuing kick, and then it was Le'Veon Bell who ran for 5 yards and then 10 yards for another first down. Coach Joey Pizz decided to put the ball in the air, connecting with Don Maynard for a 40-yard touchdown to make this game 14-10! The Eagles would get one more kick return for 40-yards by Carmichael who was stopped by a swarming Jets defense, ending the game and out of time as the Philadelphia Eagles (2-5) beat the New York Jets (2-5) of a final score of 14-10! Carmichael finished the day with three touches for 173 all-purpose yards, and Keith Byars had 55 yards rushing with two touchdowns. Jets rising star Don Maynard finished the game with three touches for 164 all-purpose yards with a 40-yard touchdown play. Both teams will have heavy picks in the February LIEFL Draft.

WEEK #7: P A N T H E R S ... ROAR INTO NFC PLAYOFFS WITH 17-10 WIN OVER TEXANS! Panthers (4-2) - Texans (3-3) We are doing our best to write these Week#7 games up as fast as we can. Matt Zoo-York's Carolina Panthers (4-2) dominated third-year coach Levi Vick's Houston Texans (3-3) in a hard fought game, with some nifty running by Panthers running back DeShaun Foster. Foster broke loose for 51-yards rushing on six carries, and he had two touchdowns behind a Carolina beefed up front line led by LIEFL All-Pro Kawaan Short, leaving a very good Texans defense speechless in the Panthers upset over the Houston Texans, 17-10! There is no other way to categorize the Carolina Panthers other than by the steady team they are, and there's no better way to head into the LIEFL playoffs than by dominating teams. The Panthers are no rookie to prepping for the playoffs. This will be Carolina's sixth NFC playoffs! Here they are again, heading back to the NFC playoffs for another shot at a Super Bowl, after the huge loss and upset in last year playoffs to the Minnesota Vikings. "This team is different though, said Matt Zoo-York. I cannot let this team down this season. We have the tools, I just have to not choke under pressure. If we can get it going early on offense and rise up on defense, we have a fighting chance to play the role of UPSET underdog against some really tough NFC teams, but ultimately winning comes down to execution." The Panthers have 15 touchdowns this season with the tandem of running back DeShaun Foster getting into the endzone 11 times and Greg Jones crushing three 100-yard touchdowns runs. Jones is close to breaking 1,000 yards for the season, increasing his value as one of the most desired players to have in the league. Carolina is peeking at the right time. On the other end of the spectrum for Houston, LIEFL All-Pro Ron Dayne could not be stopped on special teams for the Texans in this game. Ron Dayne finished the game with nine touches for 221 all-purpose yards, including an electrifying 100-yard touchdown return, but it wasn't enough for Houston. The Panthers kept Dayne and tight end Ryan Griffen at Bay on offense. Dayne had just six rushes, but he was stopped dead in his tracks each time by a mauling Carolina defense. To finish the day, Carolina's Greg Jones showed how important he is to the Panthers offense. Jones had two kick returns for 148-yards, setting up DeShaun Foster for some amazing play time in the backfield. Every team in the league is interested in the services of Jones, but Zoo is reluctant to trade unless he gets all the top draft picks in February's LIEFL-Draft. Coach Levi Vick wants Jones bad! Vick said, "This guy is an electrifying player, and he brings instant success to any offense in the league. I want him for my Patriots, but we will see if Zoo is willing to give up this type of a player. I wouldn't mind purchasing the entire league when Billy O'C retires. I know three people who want in. The teams are that exciting. It is the way a league should be run in my opinion because we keep coming back for more, and we never get tired of the seven-game season. When the season ends this year I was invited to play in my old league." The Panthers (5-2) roll into the playoffs determined to focus! This is their third consecutive year that they have risen to the occasion, and their teamwork is hard to match. In this game, it seemed everywhere we turned, the white Panthers jerseys were everywhere. It doesn't look like the Texans are going to make it into the playoffs this year with this loss, but they are just a few players shy of being a playoff team!

LIEFL PREPARING FOR THE SHOW! (Long Island Electric Football League) December 2, 2023. Written by Levi Vick. We settled the venue location for LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII. As we continue our articles, we are a bit behind this week in the writing but the write-ups are coming! This year's LIEFL Super Bowl is locked out and will be played at JF-Johnny-Freeport's house on the water in the beautiful Nautical Mile, on Saturday, December 30, 2023 with the LIEFL Pro-Bowl being played on December 29th. Coaching that game will be Joe Bino for the AFC and Joey Pizz for the NFC. We pick the coaches from the AFC and NFC Championship Game Finalists from the previous season to represent the Pro-Bowl teams. Since our Super Bowl host will be Johnny-Freeport, he makes the house-rules for the day at his home. Freeport is claiming one of his team's will be in the LIEFL Bowl, but we are setting the scene for the big $3200 dollar event to the winner regardless of his claims! JF Johnny-Freeport is the only coach in the league making these claims that his Lions or Falcons will go all the way, but for Detroit, that reality will be settled in JF's game on the road at the Raiders this week. Raiders Coach Kevin Mack said, "The Lions haven't even clinched a playoff spot yet Johnny-Freeport is already making these claims that his team is going all the way. It's crazy, especially to defy my Raiders, who beat the Packers from his division. I am coming at his Lions regardless, and I've been practicing kick return setups all week waiting for this game. They still have to stop one of the best players in the league, Dave Casper, so we'll see how that goes for his Lions!" On the other end of the ball, the Las Vegas defense has to find a way to keep the ball out of Lions running back Dexter Bussey's hands too, so it's a great matchup. Dave Casper is the #5 all-purpose yard player in the AFC with 24 touches for 1,239 yards with six touchdowns, three of them 100-yarders! Playmaker Dexter Bussey is the #2 all-purpose player in the entire LIEFL behind Atlanta's Gerald Riggs, with 60 touches for 1,444 yards with 10 touchdowns, including four 100-yard touchdown returns! He's a beast! The Lions may have to get the Raiders in overtime to win this one. The Falcons and his Ravens might be Johnny Freeport's only strategic chance to pave the way to the SHOW. Technically, the only JF team out of the playoff picture at this second, is the Bengals, so anything can happen in Week #7. Long Island Sports Hall of Fame Inductee and former All-Suffolk Wrestler, Andrew M. Slawson said, "Don't believe a word of Free's garbage. None of his teams are going to the Super Bowl, but I'd love to see Gerald Riggs of the Falcons make it to a Super Bowl. He is really a special player ... He's magical! Freeport's Ravens will never beat the Chargers, Dolphins, or Bills in the AFC Playoffs, and his Falcons and Lions are good, but they won't be beating the Redskins, I don't think, because Viggs will take the big games intensity up a notch and confuse Freeport with speed and skills. So, that is why Viggs Redskins are my clear favorite pick to go all the way in the Tournament. Viggs mental preparation and toughness for football, and his ability to make the big plays under pressure, is second to none by the Wall Street Guru. Viggs does it all, the deep-pass accuracy, his running game setups, his defense, and his mental aptitude for football in general give him the advantage over his opponents." Coach Joey Pizz said, "It will be a nice setting at JF-Johnny-Freeport's place, and that's as far as Free will go in the Tournament. He made have played big during his days on the field, but in electric football, we take him down to size. He goes from 6'4" to "46" in the LIEFL by entertaining the league. The Stadium will be transported, set up, cleaned and prepped for the big game. We also bring the Rose Bowl Field to play the LIEFL Pro Bowl Game on December 29th!" HAIL TO THE CHIEFS IN THEIR 24-21 WIN OVER VIGGS PLAYOFF BOUND PACKERS! (Packers (4-2) - Chiefs (2-4) It was one of the best flowing games of the year between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs. Even though Coach Matt Zoo York's Chiefs were eliminated by the Jets, that did not stop Kansas City from being locked and loaded to blow off the fireworks in this game and send Coach Ed Viggs and his Packers a message that the refuse to quit. Of course, KC had the home field advantage in the game playing at home where they have been tough. Green Bay came prepared and the two coaches had their game-faces on matching the speed of the clock with intensity. On the opening drive for the Chiefs it was Kansas City who came out on fire. Even though Tyreek Hill had a 35-yard kick return to open the game, the Chiefs Frontline took over in the ground game with a powerful 31-yards Priest Holmes scamper on KC's first running play from scrimmage. On the next play, Holmes bullied his way on an outside 29-yard run into the end zone to give the Chiefs the early lead 7-0, with 11 minutes left to play in the first half! That last play might be one of the best executions the Chiefs pulled off all season long, and not to mention against one of the top defenses in the league! When the Green Bay Packers ran back there first kickoff it was Sterling Sharpe who exploded on a 51-yard return! The impressive Frontline of the Green Bay Packers marched their way downfield with a 24-yard run by Terdell Middleton behind Lineman Cullen Jenkins, followed up by a 25-yard touchdown run to tie the score at 7-7 in a fast paced game with a lot of hard-hitting! It's a beautiful matchup between two elite teams and coaches! The two teams were perfectly matched in what seemed like a playoff atmosphere game. On the ensuing Chiefs kickoff, Tyreek Hill looked phenomenal on a speedy run down the middle of the field, following his line into the end zone for a stunning 100-yard kick return to give the Chiefs the lead 14-7 in dramatic fashion! Wow what a fireworks of a game! The Packers were not ready to submit to the defending Super Bowl Champion Chiefs. Green Bay's return man Sterling Sharpe's next kick return was just 40-yards. It only took the Pack one play though, for Terdell Middleton to explode for a 60-yard touchdown run blazing into the end zone to tie the score at 14-14, bringing the first half to an end, in what became an electrifying game! It was Tyreek Hill's day on this final regular season game that the Chiefs prevailed. Hill wasted no time on a 52-yard kick return followed by a 26-yard run by Priest Holmes. Suddenly, the Chiefs were stopped by that fury Green Bay defense led by lineman LIEFL All-Pro Willie Davis. And one play later on a 29 yard missile to Tyreek Hill by Matt Zoo-York, Kansas City took the lead 21-14, in an incredible action-packed game! With time running out, Packers star Sterling Sharpe exploded for an 80-yard kick return, which would be his last of the game. It only took two more plays for Terdell Middleton to get into end zone for his third touchdown of the game to tie the score at 21-21, leaving less than 1:30 to go in the game. The intensity in unreal! Coach Zoo took full advantage of the day. Tyreek Hill launched a 66 yard return on his last kickoff run of the game! After being pushed back their last running play, Zoo called for a 49 yard field goal attempt. One play later, the Chiefs kicked the 49 yard field-goal to win the game in a glorious victory over the Green Bay Packers 24-21, putting the Packers positioning in grave danger for the NFC playoffs! What a game! Coach Viggs fell short on this one on the road where the Green Bay Packers have been great at (2-3). Could Kansas City spoiled the Packers shot at the higher seeding? The Chiefs finish the 2023 season (3-4), with a positive ending, and all of the sudden, the Green Bay Packers (4-3) will have to battle for a slot in the NFC Playoffs with this loss after the Packers lost to the AFC Raiders in a huge upset battle last week 10-7. Tyreek Hill had a huge game with five touches for 282 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns, including a 100-yard touchdown return. On the plus side, the Packers have brought back their running game with Terdell Middleton finishing the season rushing into the Top 10 in the NFC, with 674 yards on 46 carries with 12 touchdowns! Sterling Sharpe had 171 all-purpose yards in this game, and Packers running back Terdell Middleton had five carries for 129-yards with three huge touchdowns!

(Long Island Electric Football League) Written By Levi Vick. Thursday Night is a big night in the LIEFL. We play at least six games. This week we will summarize several games. Coaches have to coach with an attitude. Here is the Pre-Game with the article of the featured games to follow. The Packers (4-2) versus Chiefs (2-4) game is #98 of the season. This is one that could cause problems for the Packers if they lose. Beating the Chiefs at home is a mighty task, and it can change the order of Seeding Cards in the NFC Playoffs for Green Bay should they lose. Then we have the sizzling-hot Panthers (4-2) at the Texans (3-3), who are battling for the #7 spot in the AFC Playoff Bracket, and in LIEFL Game #100 for the season, it's the Broncos (5-1) versus the Patriots (3-3), who are an outside long shot to make the tournament. What a game that should be defensively! Then we have the tough Jets (2-3) against the Eagles (1-5). Jets running back Le'Veon Bell is ranked #3 in rushing for the AFC, with 36 rushes for 493-yards and 8 touchdowns! Bell has had a great year for the New York Jets, but so has Harold Carmichael for the Eagles. Carmichael is ranked #8 in NFC all-purpose yards. He has 1,059 yards with three touchdowns, including two 100-yard touchdown returns! Finally, in this article, we have the Browns (1-5) at the Cardinals (1-5) in a game of pride. Most like the loser will get some of the top hopefuls in the upcoming February LIEFL Draft as they rebuild. Also, at the end of this week we will be announcing All-Pro recognition, voted on by the coaches! The question? Is it too much pressure to be the Top Seed in a Tournament? Your vote _______________________. Who is the best under pressure in your leagues, even solitaire in dealing with the emotion of two best teams playing, considering you are the coach for both? Coach Joey Pizz gets philosophical and breaks the game down. "Electric football is so interesting when it comes to the actual players themselves. We do a lot of predicting in the LIEFL based on of course, performance. The phenomenon of the player seems they become the "Toy Story" of the ages for us. How do these plastic players appear to have a mind of their own and do what they do, or is it just our imaginative childhood creativity that has us thinking this way? Are we delusional? And, some of the things that they do ... sometimes are nothing short of spectacular. That's what we have to teach the kids, the aura of the game in order to popularize it." WORTH MENTIONING: In 2017, the Bills had a season to remember because it was historic in the way Billy O'C took down one of his loudest opponents, Johnny-Freeport Chucker in one of the most dominant performances in LIEFL history. That 2017 season, in the matchup of the year, the league and the Bills had an amazing run in the Super Bowl between the Buffalo Bills (8-2) and Defending Super Bowl Champion Detroit Lions (8-2) that can't be explained in terms of magical performances, but the Bills totally dominated. Their playoff run began with a crushing defeat against a good Bengals team 42-28, in the AFC Wild Card Game. Then they embarrassed the Browns, who were the top defense in the league, in the AFC Divisional Game 45-14, until they dismantled the Texans 46-26 in the AFC Championship Game! They went on to give the returning LIEFL Super Bowl XII Champion Lions team a beatdown and romp 49-35, in LIEFL Super Bowl XIII with OJ Simpson having a record-setting historic performance of his plastic life! The Bills scored 182 points in the tournament versus their opponents 103 points. There wasn't a team that could keep up with the most explosive running game in the league at the time. It was OJ Simpson's second 100-yard touchdown of the game that made us go wild wild in that Super Bowl against Detroit. Buffalo had the perfect playoff run that we talk about in the league. Simpson missed defenders like he was alive as he whizzed into the end zone for his record-setting seventh touchdown of the game. Can the Bills rise to the challenge? Inspiration will come for alternate Coach Joe Bino when he watches this performance below. In the Video below, you can hear Johnny Freeport and Billy O'C as they watched in disbelief, OJ Simpson scoring that 7th touchdown of the game! We think these runs are special, but they are just one of thousands of great plays in the league. How does this happen? (Watch the Video Replay Below of tremendous runs by Dexter Bussey (Opens the Video) and (OJ Simpson at 2:59) in LIEFL Super Bowl XIII between the Bills and Lions). It's plays like that that we captured on film that is the fascinating part of this game. The performance, speed and the accuracy of all of us who play this on a high level. "I'm not against Madden or any of those games, but with this game you really have to think quick in a different way because you're putting the play together and being strategic as a critical thinker requires a different mindset on a vibrating board. It's fascinating to us that all of the great coaches around the world who play Electric football, have stayed with it all these years. We salute you," said Coach Kevin Mack. We only wish we had California's best, Lonell Powell around to film our games again. He was the best at filming these small players bringing them to scale in a lifelike performance, as you can see by what he produced here in the lens. Coach Billy O'C said, "Going back to that great moment when I started playing this game, it was really my mom who was enthusiastic about it. She just was incredible now that I look back because if not for her I wouldn't have known anything about this game. She was a tremendous athlete in her sport internationally as a volleyball player from Cuba, but she played and coached basketball, and softball. She started it all here." Coach Paddy Brannigan said, "It's okay to dream as a Manchild because one thing we never want to lose is this piece of our childhood, and electric football does that. When we all rethink or reflect back to the time when we got our first electric football games, never in a million years would we have imagined we'd be at this point today with the hobby. As a kid we used to dream about having a huge tournament with every kid in the world who played and it might have taken years to finish the tournament, but everybody would have had so much fun sharing our hobby and journey because our LIEFL legacy will forever be on the Tudor Games Forum, however long that may be. They say all good things have to come to an end and that may be true, but the memories never have to end we can relish and treasure this super game." Packers (4-2) - Chiefs (2-4) It will be huge game for the Packers on the road because the game still has playoff implications in terms of their positioning in the NFC Playoff Seeding Bracket. Chiefs Coach Matt Zoo-York doesn't care about any of this playoff talk after being eliminated last week from a shot at participating in the LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament. They will come to play today at an attempt to unhinge the heart of the Packers. Green Bay stands at an all-time record of (108-81) for the 4th ranked team in the LIEFL. They started the season on fire winning four straight against the Saints, Panthers, Bears, and Lions. Then they dropped the last two against the Giants 14-7, and in a major upset, they lost to the Raiders 10-7! Running back Terdell Middleton, and return man Sterling Sharpe have a combined 1,587 all-purpose yards, with 8 touchdowns on 62 touches for the Packers. Green Bay's front line must show up in playoff form for this game. The Chiefs might be one of the biggest disappointments in this LIEFL season. They were (8-3) s a Wild Card LIEFL Super Bowl Champion last season. The magic and force was with them, rolling over everyone in the league with great coaching by Matt Zoo-York, who was LIEFL Coach of the Year in 2022. At (78-95) ranked 19th in the LIEFL, Kansas City will fall just shy of their 80th win in the league this season. They started the season with a huge win over the high-octane Buffalo Bills 38-35, and after that they didn't win another game until Week #4 against the Steelers who they beat 14-7. With a schedule against the Lions, Chargers, Bears and the Jets, who eliminated the Chiefs from the AFC Playoffs last week 21-14, on the road in New York, it proved to work against this unique team. So, Coach Matt Zoo-York would love nothing more than spoiling the Packers comfort zone in the playoffs. Zoo said, "I thought for sure my Chiefs could repeat a championship, but what can I say. At this point I just have to play for pride. I am not the top dog and I lost my bragging rights, but not my dignity and pride. For anyone who thinks the can just walk in here and win a Super Bowl, they are delusional." The Packers have to stop Priest Holmes and Tyreek Hill who have a combined 1,553 all-purpose yards with 12 touchdowns on 51 touches. That's a lot of damage against opponents. The NFC Playoff Bracket is so fierce this season that we think the NFC could be in the power position this season to win the title, but we we shouldn't speak too soon. LI Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, Andrew M. Slawson said, "The league is at the point that you don't want to see anyone in the NFC Playoffs lose, but the Packers, who I love because they beat Miami, will not get past the first round. That's my prediction. They have lost their touch, and Ed Viggs, one of the best coaches out there, has lost control of his team when it comes to performance. You can't make mistakes against the good teams in this league and it will kill you in the NFC Playoffs. They'll whoop you everytime." Time will tell how Green Bay will fare, but they should use this game as a primer to the upcoming tournament.

(Long Island Electric Football League) Written By Levi Vick and Matt Zoo-York. This week's final regular season games we will keep the write-ups short and for the playoffs, we will write up each game individually and publish. It is hard to predict who will be AFC-NFC Champions, but the favorite has to be Washington in the NFC, and in the AFC most coaches think Miami.Who will step up and make LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII? Last season is was Coach Matt Zoo-York's Kansas City Chiefs who stunned the league as the Wild Card Team turned Super Bowl XVII Champion, beating the pants off of Coach Ed Viggs San Francisco 49ers, 47-37! Dollar, Dollar, Dollar! At the end of Week #7 season, we vote on the $3200 dollar earnings going to one coach rather than split with the losing coach. The vote is expected to be passed. By doing so, the competition will be even more exciting with high stakes and pressure games on these coaches in the battle for a LIEFL Super Bowl title! BILLS BEAT DOLPHINS FOR DIVISION TITLE IN OT 13-6! Dolphins (5-1) at Bills (4-2) We'll bring the game summaries for Week #7 one at a time. The question going into Week #7 of the LIEFL is, who will rise to the occasion and become the beast of the league? We open this week with a "Monster Game" featuring the Buffalo Bills (4-2) against the Miami Dolphins (5-1). Coach Bino has a dilemma because Miami and Buffalo are his teams this season. Who will he choose to play with as the coach of both Miami and Buffalo? He said, "I am asking Viggs to play with the Bills, and I will play with Miami." This season, Miami has done their work quietly at (5-1), but they have some players who are loud performers on the field. Dolphins lineman Larry Little has seven tackles, AJ Duhe has five, and Jason Taylor has been one of the most competitive interior linemen in the league. The Dolphins are (21-9) in the past three seasons as they hunt for their 7th LIEFL title. On the road Miami did win one game this season against a struggling Cleveland Browns team, 20-17 in OT, and they've won every single home game that they've played. But really the Dolphins haven't had as tough a schedule as the New England Patriots or the Buffalo Bills. Joe Bino has gotten into a caching groove at (11-3), but nobody plays with these Dolphins like Billy O'C. In 2019, the Miami beat Buffalo in the AFC Championship Game 31-21. Prior to that the Dolphins were in last place and at the bottom of the barrel for three straight seasons. From 2016 to 2018, Miami won just three games and lost 18 before being rebuilt by Billy O'C. And they have been incredible since, with three straight playoff appearances and two Super Bowl appearances, losing both to the LA Rams and the Green Bay Packers. Buffalo is a different team and they look like a championship team by the way they are playing. Their 56-52 loss to the Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Championship Game last season was one of the greatest LIEFL games in history. They are one of the most electrifying and exciting teams in the league. The Bills are (30-29) since 2008, when we began the seven-game format season, and they are currently (86-85) in the LIEFL. Miami will have their hands full with Jay Brown and OJ Simpson two of the best tandems in the league. It took three seasons for the Bills to gain the confidence to give that ball to Jay Brown and take over on kick returns. OJ Simpson has 11 touchdowns and Brown has six. That is a lot of offense! Buffalo started the season with an incredible game at Kansas City losing to the defending champion Chiefs 38-35, followed by another high-stakes game beating the red hot LV Raiders 28-24, and the team only got better. They beat New England 24-17, and then the Jets on the road 14-10, and when they came home, they beat the Titans 14-3. Last week they lost an amazing game to the Chargers 17-14 and that's where they sit today at (4-2). It's even possible that these two will meet first in the playoffs but watch for the Bills to go all out today to win the title and possibly even a few home field advantage games. The battle is for the second seed and that puts the Bills or the Dolphins in a completely different situation come play off time. It was a tense game for these two teams with a lot at stake. The winner would take the Division, get a home field edge in the playoffs, and boasting rights in the AFC East, one of the most contentious divisions in the LIEFL. Playing the Buffalo Bills at home has proven to be more difficult than Miami thought, especially with a master coach like Ed Viggs at the helm for the Bills today. The Dolphins came out pushing their defense to the brink against this number #1 high-octane Buffalo offense in the LIEFL! Miami's goal was to be tough on defense and match that Bills "Electric Company" front line by competing against the clock. The battle in the trenches was near equal, with Buffalo maybe having a tiny edge playing at home. Miami trailed Buffalo 7-0, the entire game. These two teams battled right to the last second of the game, literally. The biggest play of the game for the Dolphins was a 17-yard touchdown reception by Mark Duper in the final seconds of regulation, tying the score 7-7! The Dolphins had a rough time stopping OJ Simpson, who had 58-yards rushing in the first half. Simpson scored the first touchdown of the game on a 10-yard run to give the Bills the lead 7-0. The battle between Bills lineman Marcell Dareus and Jason Taylor was a colossal matchup with the two clashing back and forth. In the second half, the Dolphins killed the clock with 10 gritty plays, but the luck of the draw was on the side of the Bills today. The Buffalo Bills earned the 2023 Division Banner rebounding from their loss to the Chargers last week! Losing the overtime coin toss crushed Miami coach Joe Bino. After Mark Duper scored for Miami, Jay Brown shut down any further hope for the sinking Dolphins when Brown returned a kickoff 63-yards in overtime to setup the running game and OJ Simpson at the perfect spot, at the 37 yard line of Miami. Simpson ran for a first down on the first run in overtime. Then on the second play, Simpson launched 27-yards into the end zone in overtime for the touchdown to give the Bills the AFC East Division title with a 13-7 victory, in a very exciting football game which was mostly defensive, but both teams played tough! Miami (5-2) and Buffalo (5-2) both clinched a playoff spot, but now Buffalo gets the higher seed and the Dolphins will have to fight their way through the AFC on the road! What a way to end the regular season! OJ Simpson rushed for 95 yards, which was the key to Buffalo's win. Simpson had two touchdowns in the game, including the game winner, giving him 637-yards rushing this season on 41 carries, with 12 touchdowns going into the playoffs! Buffalo's Jay Brown was a beat during the first five games, but he's cooled off some in the past few games. Brown finished with a whopping 1409 all-purpose yards with six touchdowns, all 100-yarders on just 21 touches. The AFC Playoffs should be exciting. Here are two in the mix!

(Long Island Electric Football League) November 27, 2023. Written by Levi Vick, Joey Pizz and Matt Zoo-York. Week #6 brought enormous intensity as we wind our regular season games down. The big news for the LIEFL is that the Kansas City Chiefs, last year's LIEFL Super Bowl Champion, were eliminated from the postseason by the New York Jets! That Jets-Chiefs game was hard to believe that the unstoppable Chiefs of last season were beaten up this season. The Draft works! At the finish line of Week #6, remain 20 teams who are still alive in the very complex AFC playoff picture. There are four (5-2) teams in the AFC and it looks like the Buffalo Bills sit at the top as the top offense in the LIEFL. The Bills have 132 points on offense, and they now have an opportunity to surpass the New York Giants 140 point record last year on offense, and defensively in the AFC, it's the Chargers, Broncos, Colts, and Dolphins who are the top four defenses. Also, in the AFC North, Johnny-Freeport's Bengals were eliminated from postseason play by Levi Vick's Texans, who remain in the hunt, while Johnny-Freeport's pal Paddy Brannigan's Steelers stay alive. Gone are the Jets, Browns, Jaguars, and the Titans. It's brutal to accept for Joey Pizz, Matt Zoo-York, and Rookie coach Bobby Biggs. In the NFC we've seen some real tough teams eliminated as well. Gone are the Seahawks, who are the most disappointing team to not make the playoffs with that offense, the Cardinals, the defending NFC Champion 49ers, Eagles, Saints, and last year's battle hardened Vikings are all out! Tampa Bay hangs on by a thread. 2023 LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEK # 6 LIEFL 7th REGULAR 7-GAME SEASON STANDINGS AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Miami (7-3) 5 1 88 76 11 4-0 1-1 1-0 4-0 1-1 Buffalo (4-3) 4 2 132 92 16 3-0 1-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 New England (5-3) 3 3 65 81 8 2-0 1-3 0-2 2-2 1-1 New York (3-4) 2 4 97 117 13 2-2 0-2 0-2 2-3 0-1 TOTALS: AFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Los Angeles (6-2) 5 1 79 61 10 4-0 0-1 2-0 4-1 1-0 Denver (3-4) 5 1 91 55 11 3-0 2-1 1-1 3-1 2-0 LV Raiders (3-4) 3 3 106 114 14 2-0 1-3 0-1 1-3 2-0 Kansas City (8-3) 2 4 103 110 13 2-0 0-4 0-1 2-2 0-2 TOTALS: AFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Baltimore (3-4) 3 3 82 83 10 2-1 1-2 2-0 2-2 1-1 Pittsburgh (3-4) 3 3 107 118 14 3-0 0-2 2-1 2-3 1-0 Cincinnati (3-4) 2 4 86 90 11 2-1 0-3 1-2 1-4 1-0 Cleveland (4-4) 1 5 90 96 12 1-2 0-3 1-2 1-5 0-0 TOTALS: AFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Indianapolis (3-4) 5 1 103 75 14 3-0 2-1 1-0 4-1 1-0 Houston (3-4) 3 3 72 85 10 0-2 3-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 Jacksonville (3-4) 2 4 83 82 9 2-2 0-1 1-1 1-3 1-1 Tennessee (5-3) 2 4 68 83 8 2-2 0-2 0-1 1-3 1-1 TOTALS: 2022 LIEFL CHAMPION: Kansas City Chiefs Matt Zoo York LIEFL NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE NFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Washington (3-5)X 6 0 86 47 11 4-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 Dallas (2-5) 4 2 95 87 12 3-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 2-0 New York (7-3) 3 3 76 75 10 2-0 1-3 1-2 3-3 0-0 Philadelphia (3-4) 1 5 89 107 12 0-2 1-3 0-1 1-3 0-2 TOTALS: NFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Los Angeles (2-5) X 5 1 95 66 12 3-0 2-1 3-0 4-1 1-0 San Francisco (7-4) 2 4 69 78 9 2-1 0-3 2-1 2-2 0-2 Seattle (3-4) 1 5 97 117 13 1-2 0-3 0-2 1-4 0-1 Arizona (2-5) 1 5 83 94 11 1-1 0-4 0-2 1-5 0-0 TOTALS: NFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Green Bay (5-3) 4 2 99 80 12 2-0 2-2 2-0 4-1 0-1 Chicago (3-4) 3 3 103 112 15 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 Detroit (3-4) 3 3 95 88 13 3-1 0-2 1-2 2-3 1-0 Minnesota (4-5) 1 5 50 83 5 1-2 0-3 1-1 1-3 0-2 TOTALS: NFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Carolina (5-3) 4 2 110 103 15 2-0 2-2 2-0 3-1 1-1 Atlanta (5-3) 4 2 111 100 17 2-0 2-2 1-1 3-2 1-0 Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 3 104 106 14 2-2 2-1 0-2 2-2 1-1 New Orleans (1-6) 1 5 75 90 9 2-1 0-3 0-0 1-2 0-2 TOTALS: WEEK#6 SCHEDULE Nov 14-Nov 26 1. 17 Falcons (4-1) at Panthers (3-2) 21(CAR-Jones 3-208-1/100TD, ATL-Riggs 7-230-1/100TD) 2. 14 Chiefs (2-3) at Jets (1-4) 21(NYJ-Bell 10-110-2/38TD, Maynard 3-169-0/67, KC-Hill 3-162-0/70) 3. 10 Raiders (2-3) at Packers (4-1) 7 MAJOR UPSET! (GB-Sharpe 3-102-0/35) 4. 14 Saints (1-4) at Titans (1-4) 17 (TENN-Jones 5-215-1/55TD, NOS-Bush 4-182-1/100TD) 5. 7 Buccaneers (3-2) at Jaguars (1-4) 14 (JAC-Taylor 11-178-1/56) 6. 14 Texans (2-3) at Bengals (2-3)10 (HOU-Dayne 3-153-1/100TD, CIN-Collinsworth 3-119-0/58) 7. 14 Eagles (1-4) at Dolphins (4-1)17 (:37 OT) (MIA-Duper 3-180-0/75, PHI-Carmichael 3-114-1/44) 8. 0 Bears (3-2) at Broncos (4-1) 15 (DEN-Davis-7-206-1, CHI-Gault 3-136-0) 9. 7 Patriots (3-2) at Redskins (5-0) 10 (WAS-Green 10-152-0/78) 10. 14 Cardinals (1-4) at 49ers (1-4) 17 (SF-Watters 3-126-2/67TD, Rice 3-115-0/41, AZ-Gray 3-131-1/54TD) 11. 14 Bills (4-1) at Chargers (4-1)17 (LAC-Alworth 3-214-0/99 BUF-Brown 2-114-0/70) 12. 17 Rams (4-1) at Seahawks (1-4) (:29 OT) (SEA-Lynch 9-192-2/71, LAR-Bruce-4-217-1/83) 13. 14 Browns (1-4) at Steelers (2-3) 17 (:35 OT) (PITT-Swann 3-201-0/97) THANKSGIVING DAY 14. 3 Giants (3-2) at Cowboys (3-2)10 (NO 100-YARD PLAYERS) 15. 14 Colts (4-1) at Ravens (3-2)6 (BAL-Mason 3-119-0/61, IND-Addai 7-183-1/71) 16. 14 Vikings (1-4) at Lions (2-3)17 (DET-Bussey 14-284-2/100TD, MIN-Jefferson 3-183-1/100TD) ----------------------------- Game of the Week: 10 Raiders (2-3) at Packers (4-1) 7 Player of the Week: Lions Dexter Bussey 14-284-2/100TD vs Minnesota! LIEFL COACHES W L ALL TIME RECORDS AS OF 2022 JOE BINO 11 3 (ALTERNATE COACH) Dolphins, Bills, Colts, Rams ED VIGGS 17 7 (399-339)49ers, Chargers, Redskins, Packers PADDY BRANNIGAN 11 7 (347-322) Steelers, Bears, Broncos JOHNNY FREEPORT 11 12 (225-280) Falcons, Lions, Ravens, Bengals LEVI VICK 10 8 (22-34) Cowboys, Patriots, Texans MATT ZOO-YORK 9 15 (263-285) Eagles, Panthers, Chiefs, Browns JOEY PIZZ 8 16 (338-360) Jets, Vikings, Giants, Buccaneers KEVIN MAC 6 12 (334-354) Cardinals, Raiders, Titans BOBBY BIGGS 4 14 ROOKIE SEASON Jaguars, Seahawks and Saints COMPLETE FOR SEASON BILLY O’C 8 2 (420-301) Dolphins, Bills, Colts, Rams STEELERS LUCK OF THE DRAW BEATS BROWNS 17-14 IN OT! Steelers (2-3) - Browns (1-4) In a highly contentious game in the AFC North Coach Paddy Brannigan's Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) face Coach Matt Zoo-York's Cleveland Browns (1-4) in a high stakes game. Steelers receiver and return man Lynn Swann has been the key to Pittsburgh success, and Jerome "The Bus" Bettis can bring it on as a dangerous playmaker. The Browns have a triple threat offense with Jim Brown specializing in the kick return game, and Brown can catch, run the ball on offense, and he is a point scorer. Mike Pruitt has been solid in the running game for Cleveland, but if these two teams rise on defense today, it will be close. THE GAME: The Browns showed up to play on a big day with playoff ramifications for both teams. Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann opened the game with a 97-yard kick return! One play later, the ball was in the hands of Pittsburgh running back Rocky Bleier who caught a Brannigan rocket in the end zone to score the Steelers first touchdown of the game, 7-0 Steelers! On the ensuing kickoff Jim Brown ran a 48-yard kick return back. The kick return set up Mike Pruitt, who's having a decent year running the football. Pruitt ran for runs of 10, seven, seven, eight, six, and five more yards until he was finally stopped by the Pittsburgh defense at the eight yard line of Pittsburgh. The Browns ran the clock down until the first half ended. One play later to begin the second half, Jim Brown was wide open in the end zone to score an 8-yard touchdown to tie the game at 7-7, with 14:36 remaining in the game! On the Steelers next possession Lynn Swann sped 33-yards before being clobbered by Browns tackle, Gary Sherk. If Sherk didn't make that tackle Swann was gone! Wow! Swann has had his best-ever EFL season! He is the biggest threat in the LIEFL AFC at the moment. On first down Jerome Bettis ran for one yard. The Cleveland Browns defense in the trenches battled hard with the Steelers. They were hitting hard with equal surges on the line. Steelers Coach Brannigan decided to go up in the air and he connected with "The Bus" on a 66-yard blazing open field touchdown as Bettis broke free out of the Pittsburgh backfield at their own 45-yard to give the Steelers a 14-7 lead with 6:32 remaining in the game! What an electrifying play by Bettis! On the ensuing kickoff to the Browns, Steelers John Stallworth made a great tackle open field tackle at the 35 yard line, stopping Jim Brown on the hardest hit of the game! The Browns would not quit. It was Browns running back Mike Pruitt who pick up the pace, running for nine, 17, and another 17-yards to the Steelers 21-yard line with just 30 seconds left in the game, when Ozzie Newsome broke Free against Jerome Bettis to score the game tying touchdown sending this game into overtime, tying the score 14-14! OMG what a game! And the Steelers won the overtime coin toss with Patty branigan going crazy! Overtime: On an electrifying 71-yard kick return by Lynn Swann in overtime, Swann ran right to the center of the field in a pile of players, somehow running behind Steelers Linebacker Greg Lloyd in the middle of traffic until Swann turned right, out of bounds! Coach Brannigan called field goal, and the game was over in :35 seconds in OT! The Steelers kicked a 29-yard field goal to win the game 17-14! The Steelers eliminate the Browns chances to go any further in the postseason. The Browns are (1-5) and we are trying to figure out the phenomenon why? This was a fierce playoff team last year, but when the momentum turns, things can go real bad, and that's the case for Matt Zoo-York's electric football play this season. Zoo has struggled at best. The league continues to get more competitive and for Coach Paddy Brannigan and his (3-3) Steelers, they aren't out of it yet. If they beat Coach Ed Viggs San Francisco 49ers (2-4) on the road next week, they would clinch the AFC North, and that's IF Baltimore loses to Coach Ed Viggs LA Chargers (5-1). Fate is interesting. How did the best coach in the league, Ed Viggs position himself like this? Bet your money on Viggs to win! The AFC playoff picture has become very complex at this point. Steelers star, Lynn Swann is on fire. Swann jumped to the #1 All-Purpose player in the AFC after Week #6 with 23 touches for 1372 all-purpose yards with seven touchdowns, five of the touchdowns 100-yard stompers! The Steelers could surprise if they play their cards right with their playmakers. For the Browns, running back Mike Pruitt finished the day with ten rushes for 86 yards against the Pittsburgh defense. Pruitt is now 5th in AFC Rushing with 48 carries for 397-yards, with five touchdowns. SADDLE UP! THE RAMS ARE BACK ON THE GRID WITH 17-14 OT WIN OVER BIGGS, LYNCH AND THE LOST SEAHAWKS! Rams (4-1) Seahawks (1-4) In our final Week #6 scheduled game, in the seven-game-season format for the LIEFL, it's Coach Joe Bino's LA Rams (4-1) at Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs Seattle Seahawks (1-4). "No matter what anyone in the league says, Bobby Biggs (4-13), has been abysmal in his rookie year as an LIEFL coach," said LI Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, Andrew M. Slawson. I haven't been impressed yet, but we will see. Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt." We asked Billy O'C what he thinks about Biggs and O'C said, "Bobby B will be back next season and if I were you guys I'd be careful because he's coming for blood. I think he is an excellent coach who will meet the learning curve." It's a chance for the Rams to reclaim their status in the league after winning back-to-back Super Bowl titles in 2018, in LIEFL Super Bowl XIV, beating the Los Angeles Chargers, and then again in 2019, in LIEFL Super Bowl XV, beating the Miami Dolphins 44-41 in OT! There haven't been many questions in the lineup when it comes to the Rams this season. They performed beautifully thus far, with a quadruple threat in the backfield of Wendell Tyler, Eric Dickerson, Ricky Proehl, and the Reverend, Isaac Bruce. The Rams clinched the division, and now it's time to hone in on the skills which won them two Super Bowl's. Los Angeles also has an opportunity to become one of the most decorated teams in the LIEFL behind Miami, if they can make it to another Super Bowl. But the Rams will need to really step it up against a spoiler-ready Seahawks team who are ready to rumble. Any battle on the road is competitive, but this would be a nice win for the Rams against a tough Seahawks team. Even though the Seahawks have won just one game, they are not to be mistaken for a walkover. Things didn't work out the way rookie coach Bobby Biggs planned, but Biggs is no quitter no matter what the venue. Biggs said, "It's been such a disappointment that I have not a single team that qualifies for the playoffs in this league. I played terrible and I let this team down. I feel just as much part of the team as a coach. I made way too many mistakes, but have learned from each of them. I still think this is an equal matchup between these two teams. Over the winter I will work with my line and put them up against guys from my old league to see how they fare. We're ready to make our moves today." The Rams-fab five defensive line is imposing, and their linebackers Jack Youngblood and Nolan Cromwell, need to come through today in order to limit Lynch. "There's no stopping him, but we can limit him, and that's what we need to do, just play in-your-face hard nosed electric football," said Joe Bino. Coach Joey Pizz said, "We don't really know what happened to the Seahawks this year. They were projected to compete strong for the NFC West title, but Bobby Biggs made lots of mistakes, which cost the Seahawks a season. The One shining Star is Marshawn Lynch." Before this week's games Lynch ranked an impressive second in NFC all-purpose yards, with 41 touches for 1,208 yards, with ten touchdowns, including one 100-yard runback! Lynch has been a beast as usual, and he's feared amongst coaches in the league because he brings that game every week. THE GAME: On the opening kickoff it was Marshawn Lynch who returned the ball 53-yards for Seattle. The Seahawks pushed the Fab-Five back and forth in the battle trenches. Lynch chipped his way for just 8 yards, short of the first down, and the Rams brought the war in the trenches. Seahawks receiver Joey Galloway broke away on 3rd down for the Hawks, to gain the first down at the 31-yard line of the Rams. On the next play, Bobby Biggs threw a missile to Marshawn Lynch for a 31-yard touchdown pass to give Seattle the lead 7-0, in the first half! On the Rams first kick return it was Isaac Bruce who ran the ball back 41-yards, setting up the Los Angeles running game. To start the second half, Wendell Tyler ran three times in a row, and he picked up six yards, just four yards shy the first down. Then on third down, the Reverend, Isaac Bruce broke Free for a 53-yard touchdown reception to tie the score at 7-7, with 9:57 remaining in the game! After helping himself to a 71-yard kick return on the ensuing kickoff, Marshawn Lynch on first down blasted through the center of the field and then right through the Rams defense for a 29-yard touchdown scamper to put Seattle ahead 14-7! On the ensuing kickoff it was Isaac Bruce again who ran back 40-yards. Wendell Tyler picked up the pace for the Rams with an 18-yard run and then he was stopped on two runs with time running out. On 3rd down Coach Bino threw a beautiful pass right through two Seahawks defenders, hitting Eric Dickerson right on the back. Dickerson blazed 51-yards to into the endzone, tying the game 14-14, as the game clock ran out of time, sending the game into overtime! The Rams have been nothing short of impressive today. And this is just the way Bobby Biggs season has gone. The Rams won the overtime coin toss! Unbelievable! But this is what it takes to win games and Bino did a great job getting this game to where it is right now by playing the clock perfectly! The clock is the enemy for Bobby Biggs and his professional play unpolishing the game that Marshawn Lynch played. Lynch was unstoppable, but one man is not enough to own a game, it takes the other ten working together. He still had a big game with nine touches for 192 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns. On a final play of the game the demoralized Bobby Biggs underestimated Isaac Bruce, the veteran. Bruce ran back an 83-yard electrifying kick return to make way for the Rams game winning a field goal from 22 yards away to beat the Seahawks 17-14 in :29 seconds of overtime! LA is (5-1) after winning their fourth straight game, and second in a row on the road heading into the final week of the regular season in the LIEFL to play Cincinnati (2-4) in Los Angeles! Isaac Bruce topped 1,000 all-purpose yards for the season! The Rams have a rare opportunity to win their 90th LIEFL game next week! Coach Bino goes to (11-3) and Bobby Biggs slumps at (4-14). Marshawn Lynch has been a beast up to the last week of the season. The workhorse has touched the ball 50 times for 1,400 all-purpose yards, with 12 touchdowns! Want to buy him? LIEFL PLAYOFF PICTURE AFTER SIX WEEKS. 20 teams in the final week are still alive this season going into game 7. AFC PLAYOFF CONTENDERS AFC TEN W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC 1 Los Angeles (6-2) 5 1 79 61 10 4-0 0-1 2-0 4-1 1-0 2 Miami (7-3) 5 1 88 76 11 4-0 1-1 1-0 4-0 1-1 3 Indianapolis (3-4) 5 1 103 75 14 3-0 2-1 1-0 4-1 1-0 4 Denver (3-4) 5 1 91 55 11 3-0 2-1 1-1 3-1 2-0 5 Buffalo (4-3) 4 2 132 92 16 3-0 1-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 6 Baltimore (3-4) 3 3 82 83 10 2-1 1-2 2-0 2-2 1-1 7 Pittsburgh (3-4) 3 3 107 118 14 3-0 0-2 2-1 2-3 1-0 Houston (3-4) 3 3 72 85 10 0-2 3-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 LV Raiders (3-4) 3 3 106 114 14 2-0 1-3 0-1 1-3 2-0 New England (5-3) 3 3 65 81 8 2-0 1-3 0-2 2-2 1-1 Chargers have the better Division record than Miami for the #1 Seed Chargers host Baltimore in Week#7 Miami has a better Conference Record than Indianapolis for the #2 Seed Miami is at Buffalo in Week #7 and could go to the 3rd, 4th Seed if they lose to Buffalo, especially if Denver wins. Indianapolis has a better Division and Conference than Denver for the #3 Denver at (5-1) has a better overall record than Buffalo for the #4 Seed Buffalo has a chance to win the AFC East if they beat Miami, and a better overall record than Baltimore for the #5 Seed, but they could end up the 2nd seed by beating Miami. Unbelievable and messy. Baltimore has the better Division record than Houston for the #6 Seed THE COMPLICATED WAR FOR THE #5 AND #7 SEEDS IN THE AFC! WHO WILL FOLD DOWN THE STRETCH? HUGE RAMIFICATIONS: Battling for #5 AND #7 Seed is Houston, New England, and Las Vegas. Houston has the better Division record than New England, and Las Vegas for the #7 Seed, but if Pittsburgh beats Cleveland and San Francisco in a miracle, they will knock out both New England and Las Vegas because they would be (2-1) in the Division, and that is a better Division record than both New England and Las Vegas. But Pittsburgh’s battle for the Division will depend on how Houston plays against Carolina, but also how Baltimore plays. WOW! If the Patriots beat Denver, they could possibly get in at (4-3) as the #6 Seed if Houston loses to Carolina, and Las Vegas loses to Detroit. Baltimore is still in the battle for the AFC North with Pittsburgh. If Baltimore loses to the Chargers at LA, they would be (3-4), and if Pittsburgh loses to Cleveland they would be eliminated at (2-4), or if they win, Pittsburgh will remain in contention at (3-3), so Week#7 would be a brawl for the AFC North title. Pittsburgh has an outside chance because Baltimore faces the LA Chargers at LA and they are not expected to beat the Chargers, but if Pittsburgh beats both Cleveland and San Francisco, they would be (4-3). They will win the Division in that case. If they lose one of the two games they would tie with Baltimore, both at (3-4), but Baltimore would win the Division because they beat Pittsburgh in Week #1 21-14! WE feel the best suited is New England but don’t think it’s going to happen. NFC PLAYOFF CONTENDERS NFC TEN W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC 1 Washington (3-5) X 6 0 86 47 11 4-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 2 Los Angeles (2-5) X 5 1 95 66 12 3-0 2-1 3-0 4-1 1-0 3 Green Bay (5-3) 4 2 99 80 12 2-0 2-2 2-0 4-1 0-1 4 Carolina (5-3) 4 2 110 103 15 2-0 2-2 2-0 3-1 1-1 5 Atlanta (5-3) 4 2 111 100 17 2-0 2-2 1-1 3-2 1-0 6 Dallas (2-5) 4 2 95 87 12 3-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 2-0 7 Chicago (3-4) 3 3 103 112 15 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 New York (7-3) 3 3 76 75 10 2-0 1-3 1-2 3-3 0-0 Detroit (3-4) 3 3 95 88 13 3-1 0-2 1-2 2-3 1-0 Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 3 104 106 14 2-2 2-1 0-2 2-2 1-1 After Week #6 Washington is undefeated (6-0) as the current #1 Seed, but if they lose next week, that could change with Los Angeles if the Redskins lose to the Giants in New York. Los Angeles has the second-best record in the NFC currently with five wins as the #2 Seed and they play the Bengals at LA next week. Green Bay beat Carolina Head-to-Head 24-21 for #3 Seed Carolina beat Atlanta Head-to-Head 21-17 for #4 Seed Atlanta had a better Conference Record than Dallas for #5 Seed Dallas has more wins than Chicago for the #6 Seed Chicago has better Division Record than Giants for 7th Seed Giants, Lions, and Buccaneers will battle with Chicago for the 7th Seed WEEK#7 SCHEDULE END REGULAR SEASON 97. Dolphins (5-1) at Bills (4-2) (HUGE GAME FOR THE DIVISION TITLE) 98. Packers (4-2) at Chiefs (2-4) BIG GAME FOR THE PACKERS ... WILL THE CHIEFS CHALLENGE? 99. Panthers (4-2) at Texans (3-3) MUST WIN FOR TEXANS 100. Broncos (5-1) at Patriots (3-3) WOW! BIG GAME FOR PLAYOFF FIGHTING PATRIOTS 101. Jets (2-4) at Eagles (1-5) 102. Browns (1-5) at Cardinals (1-5) 103. Ravens (2-3) at Chargers (5-1) CHARGERS CAN MAKE LIFE VERY DIFFICULT FOR RAVENS BUT EITHER WAY RAVENS HAVE DIV. BECAUSE THEY BEAT PITTSBURGH. 104. Bengals (2-4) at Rams (5-1) WILL THE RAMS GO (6-1)? NOT IF JOHNNY FREEPORT CAN HELP IT. 105. Titans (2-4) at Colts (5-1) COLTS WILL DOMINATE! 106. Jaguars (2-4) at Falcons (4-2) FALCONS NEED TO BUILD MOMENTUM HEADING INTO PLAYOFFS IN A BRUTAL NFC! 107. Redskins (6-0) at Giants (3-3) THIS IS IT FOR GIANTS DO OR DIE! 108. Cowboys (4-2) at Buccaneers (3-3) BUCCANEERS HAVE A CHANCE--THEY HAVE TO EXECUTE. 109. Steelers (3-3) at 49ers (2-4) CAN THE STEELERS UPSET VIGGS 49ERS? 110. Seahawks (1-5) at Bears (3-3) THE BEARS NEED TO ROAR! 111. Saints (1-5) at Vikings (1-5) 112. Lions (3-3) at Raiders (3-3) HUGE GAME! RAIDERS BEAT THE PACKERS IN MAJOR UPSET, CAN THEY BEAT DETROIT? Game of the Week: Player of the Week: 2023 LIEFL Playoffs Road to LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEADERBOARD 2023 AFTER WEEK #6 AFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Holmes-KC 33-596-10/59 2. Simpson-BUF 36-537-10/52TD 3. Bell-NYJ 36-493-8/53 4. Addai-IND 37-431-9/50TD 5. M. Pruitt-CLE 48-397-5/50TD 6. Morris-MIA 47-384-5/49TD 7. Tomlinson-LAC 35-347-6/46TD 8. Davis-DEN 42-330-4/45TD 9. Henry-TEN 38-314-5/61TD 10. Jackson-LVR 30-313-5/52TD NFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Riggs-ATL 38-604-7/61TD 2. Foster-CAR 32-578-11/70TD 3. Smith-DAL 44-549-7/66TD 4. Middleton-GB 41-545-6/59TD 5. Payton-CHI 30-428-7/65TD 6. Watters-SF 41-425-5/67TD 7. Lynch-SEA 32-396-9/63TD 8. Byars-PHI 34-351-6/65TD 9. Bussey-DET 40-313-4/70TD 10. Anderson-AZ 41-312-4/49TD AFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Swann-PIT 23-1372-7/5X100TDS 2. Addai-IND 54-1369-12/100TD 3. Jay Brown-BUF 19-1299-6/6X100TD 4. Taylor-JAC 61-1258-8/2X100TD 5. Casper-LVR 24-1239-6/3X100TD 6. Duper-MIA 20-1115-3/3X100TD 7. Dayne-HOU 47-1105-6/100TD 8. Davis-DEN 54-1085-5/100TD 9. Mason-BAL 16-1019-5/5x100TD 10. Tyreek Hill-KC 18-947-2/2x100TD NFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Riggs-ATL 59-1540-9/2x100TD 2. Bussey-DET 60-1444-10/4x100TDS 3. Lynch-SEA 50-1400-12/100TD 4. Giles-TB 22-1150-5/3X100TD 5. Gault-CHI 16-1146-6/4X100TD 6. Green-WAS 46-1089-6/3x100TD 7. Bush-NO 52-1066-6/2X100TD 8. Carmichael-PHI 19-1059-3/2x100TDS 9. Sharpe-GB 20-1000-2/81 10. Bruce-LAR 18-1000-4/100TD AFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Jay Brown-BUF 19-1299-6/6X100TD 2. Swann-PIT 18-1207-5/5X100TDS 3. Casper-LVR 18-1091-3/3X100TD 4. Mason-BAL 15-1005-5/5x100TD 5. Taylor-JAC 16-1005-1/100TD 6. Hill-KC 18-947-2/2x100TD 7. Duper-MIA 19-935-3/3X100TD 8. Dayne-HOU 16-875-2/2X100TD 9. Addai-IND 14-858-1/100TD 10. Brown-CLE 14-797-1/100TD NFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Bussey-DET 17-1097-5/5x100TDS 2. Gault-CHI 16-1073-4/4X100TD 3. Giles-TB 19-1044-3/3x100TD 4. Carmichael-PHI 17-999-2/2X100TDS 5. Bradshaw-NYG 15-944- 3/3x100TDS 6. Riggs-ATL 17-936-2/2x100TD 7. Sharpe-GC 18-926-0/81 8. Lynch-SEA 16-914-1/100TD 9. Jones-CAR 16-898-2/2X100TD 10. Bruce-LAR 16-874-1/100TD AFC Receiving YARDS 1. McCaffery-DEN 4-204-4/55TD 2. Moss-NE 5-167-3/63TD 3. Jones-TEN 4-167-2/55TD 4. Swann-PITT 5-165-2/37TD 5. Griffin-HOU 3-153-3/57TD 6. Gonzalez-KC 3-152-1/68 NFC Receiving YARDS 1. Taylor-WAS 5-190-3/47 2. Gray-AZ 4-175-3/73 3. Moore-TB 4-175-2/45TD 4. Proehl-LAR 4-131-2/57TD 5. H. Moore-DET 3-129-2/50TD 6. Metcalf-AZ-4-127-1/65TD

Gobble Gobble, Go! Hope you and your families had a Happy Thanksgiving! That was the feeling yesterday when we showed at Coach Levi Vick's house on Thanksgiving morning, dedicated to electric football and the hobby! You couldn't help but be anxious in wanting to get these committed games underway so we wasted no time! Coach Johnny-Freeport couldn't wait to play as he amped up the energy saying, "This is a big day for my Ravens and while you clowns are joking around, I am all business. We came here seeing dollars and victory against Bino's stolen valor using the Colts to cover his talent. With running back Joseph Addai, who needs a coach. Freeport and Bino are two of the funniest wiseguy types, with heavy New York accents you could ever meet. It's all showmanship, but it doesn't dismiss the magnitude of the game for Johnny-Freeport. This is his chance for Freeport to take the lead in the AFC North. We got the Giants (3-2) at Cowboys (3-2), the Colts (4-1) at Ravens (3-2), and the Vikings (1-4) at Lions (2-3)! COWBOYS COOK GIANTS 10-3 IN GOBBLEFEST GAME 1! Giants (3-2) Cowboys (3-2) How about them Blu-Uni's Dallas is wearing? Rarely worn, they were painted and decaled by Billy O'C in 2019. The Cowboys opening kickoff wasn't so pretty though. It's not what they expected from the usually reliable Terrell Owens. Owens ran out of bounds at the 35-yard line to open the game, but on first down Emmitt Smith and the Cowboys Frontline exploded on the Giants. Smith ran for a 20-yard first down, forcing New York to make adjustments. Smith had some real pop in his step. On the next play the Cowboys took charge in the trenches with Emmitt Smith again, running for another 17-yard first down. He's on fire! ... The Giants had to make some moves. They moved Leonard Marshall the nose tackle after those two big runs by Emmitt Smith, and New York temporarily changed the inside game in the trenches, with all the pushing by the Giants, the next play curved the force of the Dallas Cowboys line to the left which created an beautiful opening for Emmitt Smith who took full advantage of the gravitational pull, running 29-yards into the end zone for the touchdown, the first of the day, to give Dallas the lead 7-0! WOW! The New York football Giants started out with a beautiful Ahmad Bradshaw 42-yard kick return on the ensuing kickoff. The Giants Frontline on offense took over with Leonard Marshall in the middle as Shaquon Barkley ran for 10, 20, and another 10-yard first down before Dallas caught up shut Barkley down in the backfield for a huge 24-yard loss. Coach Joey Pizz thought he would try to run again, and that was a big mistake against this Dallas defense with the first half coming to a close. The Cowboys came up big on second down at the start of the second half forcing Barkley out of bounds at their own 48-yard line. The story quickly became the Cowboys defense! They played with a fierce playoff like attitude. Larry Allen, Cowboys nose man is on fire at the moment forcing the Giants and Coach Pizz to air it out with the hopes that he can connect with one of his four great receivers. On this pass play the Giants were stopped at the 45-yard line of Dallas for a pickup of seven yards forcing the Giants to kick the field goal, 37-yard shy of the first down, but the Giants made the field goal. Dallas came to play, and they're beating the pants off of the Giants, 7-3! Dallas handed the football to Michael Irvin who returned a beautiful 49-yard kick return on the ensuing kickoff. They weren't taking any chances with Owens messy play today. But Dallas struggled to get a first down running the ball and the Giants defense kicked in with tackle Dave Diehl making big plays. The Cowboys were forced to kick a field goal from 49-yards to take the lead 10-3, with 4:19 remaining in the game. We will see if the field goal pays off for the Cowboys especially since Ahmad Bradshaw will be returning the football in the Giants last drive. With 2:29 remaining in the game Michael Irvin made a game changing huge play tackling Shaquon Barkley in the backfield for an 8-yard loss at a time when the New York needed a big play and lots of yardage. The Giants will be lucky if they have two plays left but their hopes were beginning to crumble. If Dallas beats the Giants they would have a sure shot at making the playoffs over them. The Giants just couldn't get it done on a huge play Ahmad Bradshaw took a sizzling pass play 15 yards but he was turned around by his own man with an open field in front of him, which could have tied the game. Instead, that did it for the Giants (3-3), the defending NFC Champions were finished for this week anyway! And New York ran out of time, turning the power in the NFC East back over to Dallas (4-2), and Coach Levi Vick, who will compete with Ed Viggs Washington Redskins (6-0) and the rest of the NFC for a shot at the 2023 playoffs! Vick is showing his skills this year after a two year learning curve.The Giants have a small chance to make it in, and who knows what a Wild Card Team will do in the Tournament. We have had two Wild Card Super Bowl winners in the LIEFL. The Buffalo Bills, and the Kansas City Chiefs. There were no 100-yard players in the game. It became a strong defensive game which is more of we will see when we inch closer to the playoffs. What a game for the Cowboys who dominated in a 10-3 win! COLTS STUN JOHNNY-FREEPORT'S RAVENS 14-6! Colts (4-1) Ravens (3-2) The Indianapolis Colts have had quite the season at (4-1). They're living in an electric football world of accomplishments at the moment after winning their 80th game against the Steelers in overtime 27-21, but that's not all ... their defense has been super! Colts Linebacker Robert Mathis was earned in the 2022 draft and he has anchored in the trench warfare. The Colts only lost this season was against a very gritty New England Patriots football team, and while the Patriots don't score a lot of points, opponents don't score many off of them either. Remember when they used to be the old Baltimore Colts? People loved them. As a matter of fact, in LIEFL 1983 season when we changed over to Indianapolis it was hard to get used to their new identity. That's all psychological because we are creatures of habit who don't like change, for some of us. We seem to be in this league big on identity, but the Colts were involved in one of the best games in the LIEFL history. It was the AFC WIld Card Game in the 1983 LIEFL season when Coach Joe Pizz Colts and Coach Joe Bino's Broncos faced off in a brutal battle. Denver (8-6) was coming off a (14-1) 1982 season, when the Broncos were upset in the playoffs by Buffalo, 28-27. The Indianapolis Colts have a history of playing big in important games. The game between the Colts-Broncos ended in a Broncos victory over the Colts 33-32, and it gave the Colts a new reputation to be feared in the playoffs with Colts running back Curtis Dickey (Right) being a force in a game that could have gone either way. Curtis Dickey ended his LIEFL career with 4,644 yards with 42 touchdowns! And, as good as Dickey's popularity soared for the Colts, when we re-started our beloved league in 2008, we flipped coins to determine who the new owners of 32-teams would be, and Coach Billy O'C took over the Colts and created the new era Colts with Joseph Addai (LEFT BELOW) in the backfield. Addai has delivered more than 7,600 all-purpose yards with 57 touchdowns for his Colts since the Billy O'C takeover! When all is said and done, Addai an unpopular player in the NFL, will be one of the most decorated and electrifying players in the LIEFL. The biggest piece of the puzzle missing for the contentious Colts is a Super Bowl title. The Colts have only gotten better over the years, but this roster that they're playing with this year would have given that Denver Broncos team quite the game in 83'. They lost to Denver the year after also in 1991-92, 28-21. But since then these Indianapolis Colts have been to three Super Bowl tournaments and in 2018, they lost in overtime and the AFC Divisional Championship Game. Then in 2019, they lost a close AFC Wild Card game against Oakland 38-34, and in 2020 as a (6-1) team the Colts got their sweet revenge on the Broncos, beating Denver 27-10, again, in the AFC Wild Card Game. Years may go by, but sometimes those old rival feelings inside don't die. The Baltimore Ravens have played well this season keeping every game close. They started the season with a big win over the Steelers 21-14, for their 40th win in their history. Then they slipped a bit losing two in a row on the road to the Titans and the Rams. But in the last two games, they've been on fire beating San Francisco 17-14, and the Browns on the road at Cleveland 17-14, in overtime. Ravens Coach Johnny-Freeport has his team on a roll and today's game, but Baltimore has not run the ball well. Running back Jamal Lewis had 39 touches for 487 yards last season with eight touchdowns, compared to this season where he has just 21 rushes for 138 yards and a single touchdown rushing. That should be a concern for Freeport, but he ignored the concern stating, "Why worry when you have a seven time LIEFL All-Pro in Derrick Mason. He's the badass putting points on the board with five 100-yard touchdowns and over 800 yards. I'm not worried about statistics. I don't play for statistics. What I play for is wins, and that's just the way it is. I'm not worried about how many yards these guys have. All this historic mumbo-jumbo that these guys and Billy O'C are talks about is good for them, but for me, I couldn't care less. Again, what I am playing for is the money. There's nothing better than having $3,200 dollars in play money at the end of the season. That rule of splitting it in half, because of me, is going to get changed." The Ravens won the AFC North four times and they have participated in the playoffs a total six times so this is a very good team. Freeport continued, "There is no coach in this league better than me when I am on and today I am coming for blood in both of my games!" Coach Joe Bino said, "Here we go, this guy doesn't ever stop. Let's get this game on." Nevertheless, the Ravens have had some big playmakers on this team especially on defense with Tony Siragusa "The Goose." Goose has seven tackles, and he's made a showing in every game this season running through tackles making big plays. As a team the Ravens have 23 tackles and 10 touchdowns to date.This is Baltimore's 10th season in the league they were birthed in 2000, when they went (10-4), making it all the way to the AFC Divisional Championship Game where they lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars 28-27! THE GAME: The opening kickoff was returned by LIEFL All-Pro Derrick Mason 44-yards and hit hard by Colts Bronco Nagurski. It was a gritty clock killing drive for Johnny-Freeport's Baltimore Ravens on the opening drive, but Baltimore was met with force. Ravens Running back Jamal Lewis ran five times for 26 yards until teammate on a third down attempted Mark Andrews was way too close to coverage resulting in a missed pass by Johnny-Freeport. Johnny-Freeport's Ravens kicked the longest field goal in LIEFL history from 63-yards away, and it gave the Ravens the lead 3-0, with 4:19 to go in the half! Freeport put his fist up in the air not even knowing that that was the longest kick ever. We questioned how far was the longest and then saw it in the record book. Prior to that we had a 62-yard field goal by coach Patty Branigan's Chicago Bears in 2008! What a kick! On the ensuing kickoff Joseph Addai took action, blasted off for a 50-yard kick return hit by Jamal Lewis at the 50! One play later, Addai blazed around the left side of his offensive line like a master, bolting 50-yards into the endzone on an electrifying run to put Indianapolis ahead, 7-3! On the next kickoff for the Ravens Derrick Mason returned a strong 61-yarder to set up Jamal Lewis and his front line at the 39-yard line in great field position and that ended the first half. On first down, it was Ravens running back Jamal Lewis who exploded on a 21-yard run, bringing the ball to the 18-yard line of the Colts. On second down it was all Colts pushing Baltimore back 12-yards for the loss. On the next first down, the Ravens had no answers for the Colts defense on two running tries. On 3rd down, Johnny- Freeport nearly got sacked by Colts Joseph Addai but Derrick Mason escaped shy of the first down on a 14-yard play, 17 yards short of the first down. The Ravens were forced to kick another field goal, this time from 36-yards away to make the score 7-6, Colts still in the lead and in a battle with 9:29 remaining in the game! Expect Indianapolis coach Bino to try to kill the clock! On the Colts next possession Joseph Addai blazed 71-yards on the kickoff. bringing the ball to the 29-yard line of the Ravens. What a kick return for Addai! We were looking at Robert Mathis the linebacker for the Colts, and he is a big player for a 67 Big-Man. He has been the anchor and key to the Colts success. He is wide, he's tall, and he's strong. He is certain to be a big time Pro Bowl pick. Speaking of linebackers, the Ravens have their own big time guy in Ray Lewis. On first down for the Colts, Lewis made a colossal hit that we could actually hear as he collided with Joseph Addai after Addai made the first down at the 19 yard line of the Ravens. What a hit! This Thanksgiving Day brawl game doesn't get any more epic, unless you're on the field. Johnny-Freeport went mad on that last hit using a couple of profanities to explain the hit. With 6:43 remaining in the game Baltimore tackle Tony "Goose" Siragusa has been quiet all day playing up against Colts tackle Tony Parker who has played great against him. Ravens tight end Mark Andrews made a huge hit on Joseph Addai in the backfield on the next play, and the Colts lost 12-yards on the play. Just as we said "The Goose" was not involved in the game, he made a big tackle on Addai at the line of scrimmage. Addai has taken some huge hits, bringing up a third down play for Indianapolis with 3:43 now remaining in the game. The Colts had every intention of running the clock out in this game in a brilliant game played by Coach Joe Bino as time ran down, Bino's Colts upset Johnny-Freeports Baltimore Ravens 14-6, with a 16-yard touchdown mouth-smashing pass to Marvin Harrison to collapse the Ravens as Johnny-Freeport's Ravens lose the Colts! Both defenses played fantastic today, but Indianapolis played at an elite level on the road under pressure! Wow Indianapolis Colts (5-1) are on their way to the playoffs again with a beautiful performance on the road! The Ravens (3-3) are not finished yet. They still have a chance to compete for the AFC North title! The teams who win on the road are the elite teams in any League. Colts running back Joseph Addai had 7 touches for 183 all-purpose yards, with one 100 yard touchdown return as well. He carried the football five times for 62-yards rushing, including a 50-yard touchdown scamper for the star back. It was Derrick Mason who carried Baltimore, but the Colts kept Mason from scoring. And the Ravens were held to just two field goals! What a finish! BUSSEY PUTS ON A THANKSGIVING DAY SHOW IN 17-14 WIN OVER VIKINGS! Vikings (1-4) Lions (2-3) Another player we have featured in our league is Dexter Bussey who will play against a ginormous Vikings defense today. Bussey's popularity in the LIEFL is far greater than his NFL popularity, although he was at the end of his NFL career when Superstar and Heisman Trophy winner Billy Simms from the University of Oklahoma became a force in his rookie NFL season, Bussey never complained, he just did his job rushing for 5,105 yards with 18 career touchdowns. Sims didn't do what Bussey has for the LIEFL Lions though. In our league he's known as "The Man" or "Dexter" and the impact he's made has been over the life of our league. The Detroit Lions should be able to win this game at home but judging by their game to game activity this season, they lost a big game to Kansas City at home 23-17, in overtime. Then the Lions lost to Green Bay, 17-10. They haven't won a single game on the road this year, and they've made some great draft choices, but they have to get in sync in order to win. There's no better time to win than now. Detroit plays the Raiders next week at Las Vegas. The Raiders are red hot, so that should be a terrific offensive game from both teams between Dexter Bussey and Raiders superstar, Dave Casper. Detroit got off to a bad 2023 start in a 31-28 brawl that they lost in overtime to the rising Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Superstar Dexter Bussey has rushed for just 212-yards on 30 touches, with three touchdowns. His big numbers are on kick returns where he has 14 touches for 914-yards with four 100-yard touchdown returns, giving him 1,160 all-purpose yards, with eight touchdowns on the season. But Bussey has slowed up the last few games. His two biggest games where game one and game two against Tampa Bay and Kansas City, where Bussey had a combined 807 all-purpose yards, with seven touchdowns in those few games. Then everything just came to a halt against three tough defensive teams in Minnesota, Green Bay, and believe it or not, the New Orleans Saints. Worth noting is the loss Detroit had in Week #3 to these Vikings 17-14, so we don't expect this game to be any different other than that the Lions have home field advantage with an opportunity to win and stay in the playoff hunt. The Vikings are out of it because Green Bay is (4-2), and in the lead in the NFC North. It would give Vikings Coach Joey Pizz no better feeling than to upset the Lions at home and spoil their playoff hopes today. Everyone in the league thought the Vikings were going to be a huge contender this season, but it's not the way it turned out. Minnesota has only won one game and that was against Detroit. The Vikings lost last week to Denver 14-7 at home to those tough determined Broncos. They lost the week before 14-7 as well to Atlanta, and next week they face New Orleans at home. Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, unfortunately has not put up big numbers this season. He has 39 touches for 689 all-purpose yards, and just a single touchdown this season. That is where the Vikings have gone wrong. We're seeing Justin Jefferson become a consistent kick returner for the Vikings which is very important. Jefferson has four touches for 183-yards on kick returns and they are determined to see him grow. THE GAME: With all the big shot names on this field, they need no introduction, but needless to say Vikings tackle Carl Eller, who's one of the best in the game in this league, is up against NFC leading tackler Lomas Brown of the Lions. That's a colossal matchup at tackle. On the opening kickoff, LIEFL superstar and Lions running back Dexter Bussey ran a sweet, but jolting 50-yard kick return on some heavy hitting to start the game. The intensity was real. On first down Bussey ran 8-yards, two yards shy of the next set of first downs. On second down, it was all Detroit with another nine yards for Bussey, but it was a huge matchup on the line lots of battles. Great division matchups usually have intensity and that's exactly what this game is having right now. Which coach will deliver in the ground and air game? Who will come up big in the game against two fierce rivals in Coach Joey Pizz and his Vikings against Johnny-Freeport and his legendary Lions? Freeport was saying that he has nothing to say, Dexter Bussey will do all the talking on the field today, especially on Thanksgiving for this show. We've seen it so many times before when it comes to Dexter Bussey and after being surged back by the Vikings Purple-People Eater defense, Bussey and the Lions defense blasted through a hole for a 32-yard touchdown run by Bussey right through the middle and heart of the Vikings defense to make the score 7-0 Lions, with 8:43 remaining in the half! That was the play that Johnny-Freeport was looking for, and he yelled out, "All day baby!" It seems the Lions have picked up their game and pace as they battle to try to make the Super Bowl tournament and Johnny-Freeport's lack of social graces when it comes to the mean game of football shows just how vicious he can be with lots of unnecessary taunting. And with razor sharp precision, on the ensuing kick return, Vikings rookie Justin Jefferson exploded for an electrifying 100-yard touchdown run, right past Johnny-Freeport's defending Lions to tie the score at 7-7, with 7:10 remaining in the half! Wow! Joey Pizz shouted, "Eat that turkey baby!" The Vikings are really building their confidence in Jefferson. Coach Joey Pizz spoke too soon. On the Lions next kick return, Mr. Dexter Bussey blazed down field with his own 100-yard touchdown run to take the lead 14-7, and both coaches were laughing, but serious with Johnny-Freeport just going ballistic taunting coach Pizz! Coach Pizz just kept laughing saying, "Have you looked at the clock, the game's not over yet." What a run by Dexter Bussey. The Lions and Vikings are on fire here in this division rival, and the gloves are off with some good hard smash mouth football! On the next kickoff, Lions linebacker Chris Spielman came up with a big hit on Minnesota's Justin Jefferson, who ran the ball back 43-yards. Finally, we will see Adrian Peterson handle the football. Peterson's been a bit of a disappointment for the Vikings this year, but Joey Pizz claims he's fine, and that there's nothing wrong with him. Just as we said that, Peterson bolted 47-yards for a first down to the 10-yard line of the Lions. What a explosion! Peterson ran right through the Detroit Lions front line and the Lions will switch things around and make the necessary adjustments very fast. The battle between Lomas Brown and Carl Eller is phenomenal, and Vikings tackle Jared Wright is quite a tackle himself, so either one of those guys on Lomas Brown will do with 1:12 remaining in the half. That was a heavy run by Minnesota. The next play the Vikings lost 13 yards, and that play ended the first half. It was a brilliant first half played by Johnny-Freeport, and Pizz played great as well. We can't knock either coach. To start the second half, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson followed Carl Eller around the right side of the offensive line and into the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown to tie the score at 7-7! The Vikings Frontline is so fast that they stopped Dexter Bussey in his tracks at the 33-yard line of detroit on a big hit by Adrian Peterson on the ensuing kick return for the Lions! On first down Bussey was dragged down behind the line of scrimmage. But on second down he exploded 10-yards for the first down at the 43-yard line. Both Jared Wright and Carl Eller converged through their tackle positions to make a huge hit on Bussey, but it didn't stop Bussey from getting the first down. With 8:37 remaining in the game Dexter Bussey exploded 32 yards to the Vikings 25-yard line for another first down for Detroit. On first down, Bussey ran for another 10-yard first down, but then he was stopped on two straight runs stuffed by Vikings rookie linebacker DJ Wonnum and Carl Eller again. Eller is such a force in the league. We'll never forget how he came up so big and last year's playoffs against the Panthers. On third down with 2:22 remaining in the game with the clock running, the Lions and Johnny-Freeport went up in the air, but the Lions were in Jeopardy of being sacked, forcing a fourth down and there was noone open on the play. The Vikings still had a chance to win this game putting the ball in the hands of the rookie Justin Jefferson with 49 seconds remaining. On the last play of the game, Justin Jefferson tried to get to the outside of the field, but he was hit hard by Lions rookie tackle, Tommy Kraemer to save the game for the Detroit Lions! The Vikings did a hurry up field goal attempt with 16 seconds left in the game, but the kick went far left, and Johnny Freeport went wild with excitement with his huge win over the Minnesota Vikings 17-14! What a Thanksgiving Day game! Johnny Freeport handed coach Joey Pizz the game ball, and that was the biggest upset of all handing Pizz the game ball. That was an intense battle between two great rivalries! The Lions (3-3) continue to strive to get into the playoffs. For the Vikings it was a great battle and they have nothing to be ashamed of! The story of the day was Dexter Bussey who torched the Vikings, touching the ball 14 times for 284 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns, including 100-yard touchdown run back. Bussey also had 10 rushes for 101 yards, including a 32 yard touchdown scamper. He played a fantastic game. So too did Justin Jefferson the rookie for the Vikings, who touched the ball three times for 183 all-purpose yards, with a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown in the game! Sensational finish to the day time to go eat turkey for this afternoon!

(Long Island Electric Football League) November 23, 2022. Happy Thanksgiving! Tradition is so important in our families, especially our EFL family. We learned you don't have to travel the country to find competition. Long Island is loaded with it in our own backyard! There were some great games yesterday and today up first at 9am is games 92, 93, and 94 of the 112 regular season games played in the 2023 EFL season! Check out the action. Coach Joey Pizz' New York Giants (3-2) have a tough game against third year coach Levi Vick's Dallas Cowboys (3-2) in their sixth game of the season. This one is sure to be a high-pressure game with intense coaching and decision making, just like a playoff game. Losing might set back either team in the fight to stay alive in the NFC playoff picture. The Washington Redskins (6-0), clinched the NFC East title, and they earned the first seed spot in the playoffs, but who will the other six teams be? ... This photo on the left of Dave Casper running down the center of the field, is a scene that New York Giants Coach Joey Pizz will never forget from 2008, LIEFL Super Bowl XI, and check it out, while LIEFL history is probably only important to us, our kids get to laugh at grown men still arguing about the Who's Who of Electric Football. Billy O'C had the savvy to shoot and save many pictures from this league over the years! On a very sad note, his mother who passed, was an international athlete from Cuba and legendary coach, somehow accidently threw pictures out of five childhood electric football shots from the 1970's, which were stored in a book. It was a heartbreak, but that's life. Again, Incredible, but he saved as much as he could to preserve league history, and we feel, that is what make this LIEFL league one of the most important in the world in our hobby, because we have the proof of its history! We never said best, but we can brag about it being historic on the grid of electric football history! Imagine, we now have an innovative Electric Football Historic Game Museum! This craft has grown leaps and bounds and we are honored to be a tiny part of its growth. We wish when we stop playing in 2025, that we can pass our tradition along to the younger generation, but we don't see many kids playing this game from Gen Z. None of our kids play the game and they have no interest. We want to know that the same love is given to our teams that we gave. In 2008, O'C started buying up all the 67-Big Men he could after a long hiatus from electric football. By that time, the internet exploded and finally, years later, we came across this guy by the name of Bryan Nutt, "Beenut", who sold decals. You all know Bryan as the owner of Tudor Games where he sits now. If not for Bryan, our teams wouldn't look so beautiful. We invested in every team as the LIEFL rebirthed itself. Before Bryan, we only numbered the backs of the player jersey's. Prior to that, the game had somehow been absent for years around the country before Mike Landsman started Miggle, and it was hard to buy the teams. Billy O'C sold all his Haiti and hogleg teams on ebay, which were in pristine condition, and he then used the money to buy any available 67-Big Men teams he could. At that time we couldn't make the uniforms like the lifelike ones' you see today. That was O'C's vision and the transformation to where we sit as a league today is incredible as we celebrate Thanksgiving. You can never count the Giants or the Cowboys out of anything when it comes to the NFC East because it's unpredictable. We think this is the best Giants team they've had since losing to the Oakland Raiders in LIEFL Super Bowl XI when Raiders frontman Dave Casper became famous in our league with a 100-yard kick return to start the game, and 100-yard kick return to end and win the game for Oakland in OT. The Giants are special though, with last year's top offensive player and record shattering Ahmad Bradshaw. He's part of a Giants tandem of Shaquon Barkley, Bradshaw and two terrific receivers named Odell Beckham Jr, and Mark Bavaro. Playing a game on the road in Dallas on Thanksgiving Day won't be easy for the Giants and Coach Joey Pizz. Pizz said, "We talked about the game last night and Levi has his Cowboys ready so my best bet is going to be to drag this game into overtime and beat his proud Cowboys because I can't stand Dallas." History is sometimes fascinating to us because we love comparing records and past games. In the LIEFL 1978 season, the NFC Divisional Game between the Giants and Cowboys was won by New York 24-17, but then the Giants lost the NFC Championship Game 21-17 to New Orleans. Then in 1982, New York beat Dallas again 41-35, in the NFC Wild Came. They went on to beat Washington in the Divisional Game, but then lost in the NFC Championship Game to San Francisco 38-21. There's quite a history between these two teams, and when it comes to the big spot, the Giants and Cowboys both are challenged as strong finishers. The Cowboys won their 90th game this season as a team and while they've accomplished 90 wins, they've yet to make it to the LIEFL Super Bowl. Levi Vick is no stranger to winning. Vick won two Super Bowl titles in his former Nassau County league. The closest Dallas has come in this league was in 1995, when they beat a tough New Orleans Saints team 16-13 in an overtime upset, but then they lost to the Redskins in the NFC Divisional Game 35-17. They were also involved in a record that has since been broken. In 2000, the Cowboys beat the Falcons 56-52 in the NFC Wild Card Game, which is still the third highest scoring game in LIEFL history. But then the following week Dallas lost to a fanatical revived Philadelphia Eagles team 35-20 in the NFC Divisional Championship Game. This coach Levi Vick brought the respect for the Cowboys back in 2020, by winning the NFC East! They would lose the NFC Wild Card Game to Washington 45-37 in a blistering battle that could have went either way. Now they're back! GAME 1 9:00AM Giants (3-2) -Cowboys (3-2) EACH GAME WILL BE WRITTEN UP AFTER THEY ARE PLAYED. This is a peak into the up-to-the minute playoff picture in the NFC. It looks like Carolina isn't backing down, and Green Bay has lost a step as the top dog in the NFC. These are some bad hombres lined up for battle in the flowery Super Bowl Tournament. We won't be going to Florida this season because New York Yankees guy Ray Negron whose documentary B A T B O Y, The Ray Negron story is nearly completed by Billy O'C. They have to stay in New York to complete the doc. NFC PLAYOFF CONTENDERS NFC TEN W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC 1 Washington (3-5)X 6 0 86 47 11 4-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 2-0 Green Bay (5-3) 4 2 99 80 12 2-0 2-2 2-0 4-1 0-1 Carolina (5-3) 4 2 110 103 15 2-0 2-2 2-0 3-1 1-1 Atlanta (5-3) 4 2 111 100 17 2-0 2-2 1-1 3-2 1-0 New York (7-3) 3 2 76 72 10 2-0 1-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 Dallas (2-5) 3 2 85 84 11 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-0 Chicago (3-4) 3 3 103 112 15 2-1 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 3 104 106 14 2-2 2-1 0-2 2-2 1-1 Detroit (3-4) 2 3 81 82 11 2-1 0-2 0-2 1-3 1-0 1. THANKSGIVING DAY 1 Giants (3-2) at Cowboys (3-2) 2. THANKSGIVING DAY 2 Colts (4-1) at Ravens (3-2) 3. THANKSGIVING DAY 3 Vikings (1-4) at Lions (2-3)

(Long Island Electric Football League) November 22, 2023. Written by Levi Vick, Joey Pizz, and Commissioner of the LIEFL, Billy O'C contributed. Here's wishing the Electric Football Community and Tudor Games a Happy Thanksgiving Week! The Long Island Electric Football League is getting excited as we wind down the 7th straight playoff season using the seven-game format which has worked brilliantly by our leader Billy O'C! It's the reason why we all stay so committed because it's about all the time we can give, but man it has been an incredible and vibrant run! Prior to the seven game season format, we played ten historic 14-game seasons. (LEFT: LIEFL 2019 PRO BOWL) It's almost that time to pick our All-Star Players in the LIEFL. This season we will use this star (Right Below) that Coach Matt Zoo-York customized for our LIEFL All-Pro Selections for the AFC-NFC teams. It is a beautiful star because it memorializes the life and career of unforgettable Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown, by making him the centerpiece of our customized All-Star. After next week's final regularly scheduled games, the AFC and NFC All-Pro Teams will be announced, voted on by the coaches in one meeting and the All-Pro selections will earn this star. Jim Brown is arguably one of the most influential figures in American sports history. His contributions to the game of football, as well as his impact on the civil rights movement, have had a lasting influence on the world, and his enduring influence on the game of football and society for athletes from many generations, is huge. Brown's legacy in the LIEFL is profound because as kids Jim Brown is remembered as a heroic figure. We aren't here to preach, we are sharing the value of people and the game we love. Like most people living in what some people consider the Melting Pot of America, our parents came from immigrants mostly from Italy, Cuba, Germany, Africa, France, and Ireland.They practiced what they preached. All children were welcome in our homes, and our parents were like every other parent in the neighborhood. They worked hard and taught us love and respect for people. They didn't care who people were, just as long as they/we were honest, decent, contributing citizens to our America without reservation and discrimination against others. We are so grateful they brought electric football into the home. That is the beauty of New York, in discovering our cultural differences. New York is a place where we are subjected to every culture and all ethnic backgrounds because of its vast mixed population. More importantly, we are mindful of our differences, which we embrace. Although the Browns haven't won a championship in our league, they are one of the most competitive teams we own. Jim Brown passed on May 18, 2023. Like all of you, we will never forget the first time Mom and Dad left a treasured game board under the Christmas tree. It was the start of an amazing and historic league and hobby for us! There is a criterion we use to select our Pro-Bowl All-Star teams which is awesome because we thoroughly go through each player on every roster from 32-teams, picking the top 70 of 352 players in our 67-Big Men LIEFL, using the following process: Weight of the team's schedule against playoff opponents or winning teams by wins-losses to determine the best players against the competition. We consider player(s) of the week status or huge games against playoff contending teams on a player-by-player basis. We rate by statistics, tackles, points allowed as a team, points scored as a team, and rankings determined by the quality of those players at their position vs. all players at their position from each team. And the final determination is comparison is by notes, memory, and the persuasion of their coaches by process of elimination to make the final selection and determination.We select First, Second Team All-Pro's from each Conference at Guard the top 9, at Running Back, at Tackle the top 5, at Receiver the top 6, at Linebacker the top 4, and on Special Teams we select the top 5 players. We then select an Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year from each conference as well as a Long Island Electric Player of the Year for the entire league. For example, last year's AFC Offensive Player of the Year was Indianapolis Colts Joseph Addai. Addai finished the season with 73 touches for 1730 all-purpose yards with 15 touchdowns. In the NFC it was New York Giants Ahmad Bradshaw who stole the show! Bradshaw was a beast on Special Teams and he added the most value to the Giants run to the NFC Championship Game. He had a blistering 2022, with 21 touches for 1457 all-purpose yards with seven touchdowns, including six electrifying 100-yard touchdown returns in every big spot, and he was Pro-Bowl MVP, earning Bradshaw Long Island Electric Football League Offensive Player of the Year! On defense it was LA Chargers Ironman Earl Faison who earned Long Island Electric Football's Player of the Year Award, and from the NFC it was Arizona Cardinals Conrad Dobler who crushed opponents making huge plays at tackle. That's the top 35 players representing each conference. The Pro Bowl Game will be played December 29, a day before the Super Bowl. Rosters will be announced at the end of Week #7. Back to the business of Week #6. DOLPHINS WIN 5TH OF SEASON IN A PHILADELPHIA BRAWL IN OT! Eagles (1-4) - Dolphins (4-1) (Long Island Electric Football League). November 2023. All of the sudden Coach Matt Zoo-York’s Philadelphia Eagles (1-4) want to play football at a playoff level against Alternate Coach Joe Bino's (4-1) Miami Dolphins. Today, the Eagles put up a ferocious battle against Miami. The battle is never ending in the LIEFL and the coaches have to rise to the occasion to cross the finish line. Coach Joe Bino said of Matt Zoo-York's Eagles, "Who Dat?" An Eagles and Vikings fan, Bino said, "Where has Philadelphia been all year? That's the problem, they play when they feel like playing." Coach Joe Bino, who is substituting for Coach Billy O’C said, “I wasn't surprised at all by the Eagles performance. In fact, I expected it after the way they played last week in their 27-21, overtime win against Seattle. Teams just crumbled in the league. That team is hot! I scouted them well and knew that I would have to make adjustments against Zoo's line and stop Carmichael from destroying us on the kick returns. The Eagles have always been a good football team and when you have players like Byars and Carmichael, you have to try to contain those two guys or it's going to be a long day.” The same could be said for Miami when it comes to the “Mark's Brothers” Mark Clayton and Mark Duper, but then when you add legendary Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris behind the blocking of a fierce Frontline of Jason Taylor Larry Little, and Bob Kuechenberg, the #1 ranked LIEFL team of all time at (162-40), make the Dolphins a formidable opponent, and they are a quadruple threat for professional ballers. Miami's going to need that powerhouse blocking and more if they're going to beat the Buffalo Bills next week at Buffalo. If the Bills can beat the Chargers on the road today that will twist the power lever of the AFC East, towards Buffalo. Miami lost the division title in an upset to New England last year, but they still made it all the way to the AFC Championship Game as a Wild Card Team before losing to the defending LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs 58-57, in a historic game! This game came down to the final seconds in regulation, in a nail biter that went to the Miami Dolphins who battled a team of warriors, no matter what the Eagles record is. The Dolphins power front has a different feel to them this season, with Bino at the helm. Less emotional ties to a team show Bino's emotions separate from the skill and talent he has. He loves playing with Miami because of the team. They've been in this league over 50 years when Billy O’C created their dynasty. But every player on the team is different except for the running back so those old faces even though they're here in numbers in spirit, the player bases have changed. These two teams met in a fierce Super Bowl in the 1992 season in LIEFL Super Bowl IX, when the Dolphins edged the Eagles, 20-17. Lets not forget, Miami has been in the last three AFC Championship Games. Could they get back to the show? The Eagles record only speaks on paper, but it doesn't really speak about the team that they are. They just haven't performed the way they needed to perform on the road this year and that's what's kept them back, a lot of bad breaks. Coach Matt Zoo-York has to do a better job in the draft because these Eagles need to be able to compete in that NFC East which is one of the toughest divisions in the league. Coach Zoo said, "This draft I am focusing on my linebackers because that is the place where we have to win the battles." THE GAME: On Miami's first drive LIEFL All-Pro Mark Duper returned the opening kickoff 55-yards. On first down, the Eagles ran through the Dolphins offense, but Bino made several fast adjustments and the Dolphins regrouped by taking charge of the inside game featuring Mercury Morris who rushed for eight, 12, and finally 25 yards into the end zone to give Miami the lead 7-0, with 8:34 remaining in the half! Harold Carmichael came storming back with a renewed vengeance 47-yards on the Eagles first possession. Philadelphia struggled against the highly touted Miami front line. Keith Byars had three runs for 10-yards, and then on third down it was Carmichael who struck again as he broke free from Larry's Csonka, exploding on a powerful 44-yard into the end zone to tie the game at 7-7, to end the first half. Carmichael has been super in the past few games. Last week in Week #5, Carmichael sprayed the tough Seattle Seahawks with an entourage of numbers. He had four touches for 298 all-purpose yards with two 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns, silencing a playoff hopeful Seattle team! It was the Eagles first win of the season and Matt Zoo-York saw signs of life in his team. They brought a consistent energy in this Miami game. Carmichael broke the 1,000 all-purpose yard mark again this season after today's game! On the Dolphins next possession, Mark Duper returned the ball 50-yards on the ensuing kickoff. Miami had little time to work with but they moved the ball fast. After four straight runs and 30 yards gained on the ground, it was Mercury Morris who barreled his way in for the score on a 20-yard touchdown pass to that gave the Dolphins the go ahead lead, 14-7. With under three minutes to go, the Eagles poured it on with a speedy 23-yard kick return by Harold Carmichael who got stuck in the backfield by his own lineman who turned him in circles with an open field in front of him, until Carmichael was then blasted on a hard hit by Dolphins tackle AJ Duhe who made the stop. The Eagles wasted no time on first down. They threw an amazing bomb to Keith Byars who stunned Miami taking it 77-yards to the Dolphins 1-yard line with just 1:15 remaining in the game. On first down, it was Byars again who followed a wall of white Eagles jerseys, into the endzone for the score, tying the game at 14-14! That score left Miami with just 16 seconds, and not enough time to set up and to run the kickoff back. WOW! What a turn of events in a tremendous nail biter! We're going into overtime! OVERTIME: Luck must be on Bino's side today because he won the overtime coin toss for his Dolphins! This has been a game! On the overtime kick off Miami's Mark Duper blazed 75-yards in the big spot on a stunning run to the Eagles 25-yard line. The Dolphins ended it right there with a 25-yard field goal to earn their fifth victory of the season 17-14, in a well fought battle for both teams! Miami (5-1) heads to Buffalo in the final week of the LIEFL season in what will be their first big meaningful division battle of the year. That game may decide the AFC East Champion. Joe Bino has a dilemma. He also coaches the Bills. Buffalo (4-1) is at Los Angeles to play Coach Ed Viggs and his playmaking Chargers (4-1) this week. What a game that will be! TEXANS SPOIL BENGALS PLAYOFF CHANCES TO STAY ALIVE IN THE HUNT WITH 14-10 WIN! Texans (2-3) - Bengals (2-3). LIEFL's unpopular Loudmouth Coach Johnny-Freeport's Cincinnati Bengals have battled in every game this season starting with an opening day loss to division rival Cleveland 17-14, then they lost to Denver 21-17 in a see-saw battle. They seem to have found their niche at home though beating San Francisco and then the Browns on their second runaround. Last week, the Bengals lost a tough game to division rival Pittsburgh 17-14, which leads us to today's game against the dangerous and unpredictable Texans. We say dangerous because we don't know who is going to show up. Somehow Levi Vick's Texans lost to the Falcons 14-3, last week when they should have scored more points. That gave Falcons coach Johnny-Freeport more fuel for his trash-talking. Freeport thinks Vick is an average coach, but lets' see him put his money where his mouth is with this Texans-Bengals game on the line. Cincinnati's Ickey Woods has rushed for 229 yards with four touchdowns, including a 69-yard run compared to last year's Woods, who rushed for 385 yards with five touchdowns. The difference in the Bengals offense though, has been Chris Collinsworth. Collinsworth has 710 all-purpose yards on 13 touches with four touchdowns, including three 100-yard touchdown scampers in 2023. Not to mention, the Bengals have Chad Ocho-Cinco Johnson, who's four touches and 192 yards with one touchdown have added a new dimension to this Cincinnati quadruple threat offense. What makes this game interesting is not just that both of these teams are chasing a playoff run, but their resurgence of their special teams plays is winning games for Cincinnati with seconds to go in the games. If Levi Vick, Houston Texans coach can help it, they will bring their best today on the road. Houston has their two victories on the road oddly enough. Vick's Texans are gaining ground in the division in the unpredictable and wild AFC South, and it's a division we never know who's going to show up. One thing is for certain, the Texans have improved since the first week of the LIEFL 2023 season. In the upcoming draft Levi Vick has to focus on linebackers get better at covering running backs out of the backfield. While the Texans have pulled off some surprises like beating New Orleans in the last seconds of the game 14-13 this season, Ron Dayne has been streaky at best. The thing is when he gets hot there are few better running backs in the league that can do what Dayne does on kick returns and running the football in the trenches. "Will the real Ron Dayne please show up in today's game," laughed Levi Vick. Johnny-Freeport's Bengals opened the game with a Chris Collinsworth 58-yard kick return but the Bengals had their problems from the start. Ickey Woods ran the ball four times and he only had four yards. Cincinnati was stopped on the run so Freeport went to the air where he hit running back Archie Griffin out of the backfield for a key 11-yard first down, and then Cincinnati struggled from that point on in the series relying on an untested Griffin again to earn another first down for 10 yards. The Texans defense played fantastic once again pounding the pavement with the Bengals offensive line. We haven't forgotten that this is the same Houston team that got blown out in week one against Indianapolis. Houston then surprised the league with a respectable loss to the Miami Dolphins, 3-0. Next, Levi Vick made a lot of adjustments with his Texans and they proved to be very effective. On 4th down Cincinnati kicked the 24-yard field goal to take the lead 3-0. There was no holes barred on this one, the gloves came off. Texans Ron Dayne made it clear that he was coming for the Bengals as he ran back an electrifying 100-yard touchdown run with epic blocking in front of him on the Texans first possession to give Houston the lead 7-3, ending the first half! What a powerful play! It was Chris Collinsworth who ran back a 41-yard kickoff to open the second half. Cincinnati running back Ickey Woods started to pick up his running game after Archie Griffin failed on his first two tries running the ball. It took Chris Collinsworth's 20-yard reception to set up Woods, who took the ball back off of Griffin again. This time Woods ran for a 10-yard first down, and on the next play, Woods exploded on an inside run for a 32-yard touchdown run to give the Bengals a 10-7 lead! Wow! The Bengals used up a lot of time on the drive. Houston fired right back with a fast 30-yard kick return by Ron Dayne only to be met by LIEFL All-Pro Brian Blados at the 30-yard line on a huge-impact hit. The Texans again worked quick with time running out of the in the game. On first down, Ron Dayne exploded for a 23-yard first down and then, Coach Vick with a minute left to go in the game decided to air it out. He threw a perfect rocket down the right sideline to tight end Ryan Griffin who took the ball 47-yards into the end zone to win the game 14-10, for the hard working Houston Texans! This is a huge upset for the Texans who again, took a team to the final seconds of the game in regulation to pull off a major upset, crushing the Bengals hopes and eliminating them from the AFC Playoffs. Wow! This was a nail biter right to the finish line. It is a reminder that no team is safe from an upset in this league regardless of the team. Ron Dayne finished the day with three touches for 153-yards with one explosive 100-yard kick return for a touchdown. It was Ryan Griffin who won the game for the Texans (3-3), who are still alive in the playoffs. Chris Collinsworth ended the day with three touches and 119 yards, and Ickey Woods had one touchdown run with 46 yards rushing on 6 attempts. The Texans have a huge game hosting the red-hot Panthers (4-2) next week, and the Bengals will head to LA to play the Rams. BRONCOS DOMINATE IN 15-0 SHUTOUT OVER BEARS! Bears (2-3) - Broncos (3-2) This will be a fiery game between Coach Paddy Brannigan's Chicago Bears and his Denver Broncos challenges him with a hard choice of which team he will choose to play with. Alternate Coach Joe Bino will make the choice for him by playing with Brannigan's Bears. Bino is (9-2) and Chicago is battling to make the playoffs for the first time in a long time which pressures Denver to capitalize on their defense. Many coaches feel Bino plays much more consistent than Billy O'C. Last week Chicago won their 100th historic career game beating Kansas City 17-14! But the Bears also lost a crucial home game to their biggest rival, Green Bay 24-21 in OT, which may come back to bite the Bears hard. The Bears are a different performing team because they've established a running game this season. They have played well with Walter Payton carrying the ball while Willie Gault has been nothing less than outstanding as a contributor to this Bears offense. Gault comes into this game with 16 touches for 1010 yards with two receiving touchdowns, and four 100-yard touchdown returns! Payton ranked 5th in rushing after five weeks with 26 carries for an impressive 421 yards with seven touchdowns, including a huge 65-yard touchdown run against the Falcons in Week #1 out of the gate, compared to his 41 carries and 364-yards six touchdown 2022 season. Chicago has not even tapped into Mike Ditka yet. Ditka is an explosive tight end when he's playing. To win this game the Bears are going to have to win some playmaking defense. When the Broncos play at home running back Terrell Davis is one of the most electrifying players in the league. The Broncos work hard on both sides of the ball but they'll have to rise to the occasion today and treat this like a playoff game because the Bears are no joke. Should the Bears win this game they will be tied for first place with Green Bay and then the playoff hopes will fall on the last game of the season. THE GAME: The Denver Broncos defense made life a lot harder for the Chicago Bears and their survival to make the playoffs. Denver dominated on both sides of the ball not so much by power, but by strategy. Coach Joe Bino had Paddy Brannigan's Bears ready, but the game didn't go the way he thought it would. In the first series of downs it was all Denver. LIEFL All-Pro Terrell Davis launched a spectacular 100-yard touchdown run to open the game for Denver. Broncos 7-Bears 0! Davis just whizzed right toward the middle of the field and then veered right into the end zone for the score. On Chicago's first kick return Chicago sensation Willie Gault sped 47-yards downfield until he crashed with none other than Terrell Davis. Chicago ran the ball four times and they could only muster up 7-yards total by running back Walter Payton. The Bears passed on 3rd down and Bino had his head elsewhere as Brannigan's Broncos defender Ed McCaffrey tackled quarterback Jim McMahon in the end zone for a safety! Big play for Denver! It was 9-0, Broncos in the lead. It was a wacky game filled with Bino mistakes. On the safety blunder by Bino's Bears, it was Broncos running back Terrell Davis again who ran back an 82-yards play, making Bino pay for his mistake and setting up Brannigan's Broncos with great field position. But the Chicago Bears defense stood their ground this time, holding the Broncos to just a field goal, 12-0 Broncos! On the Bears next drive Willie Gault ran back an fast 85-yard kick return, but the Bears couldn't capitalize on offense. Denver's ORANGE CRUSH shut them down and forced Chicago to pass. Bino connected with tight end Mike Ditka on a 37-yard first down reception, and then the Bears were stopped with nowhere to run or pass. On the Denver Broncos last drive they got the ball close enough to score another field goal from 46 yards away to demolish the Chicago Bears 15-0! Denver goes to (5-1), and they will play their last game at New England against the tough Patriots to end the regular season games! The Bears are (3-3) and they still have a great chance to clinch a playoff spot if they beat Seattle next week at Chicago but as far as this game goes, they wish they could play it again! VIGGS TIME MASTER REDSKINS REMAIN UNBEATEN WITH TIGHT WIN OVER PATRIOTS 10-7! Patriots (3-2) - Redskins (5-0) Coach Levi Vick's Patriots will take the field again today, this time against the best Redskins team we've seen in years. Coach Ed Viggs is coming off of a surprising and painful loss at home with his Green Bay Bay Packers, but what about this game? Viggs said, "Levi is a great coach and his Patriots are a solid team, so it's important that we score fast and take away his teams chances of doing damage. And don't ask me about the (5-0) record because I am taking each game as it comes and preparing as hard as I can with the Redskins." The Skins have really impressed the league giving up just 40 points on defense. And, on offense Tony Green has been a beast! Green has 36 touches for 937 all-purpose yards with six touchdowns, including three 100-yard touchdown returns. Washington Receivers Art Monk and Charlie Taylor make this a three-dimensional offense, and John Riggins is, and always will be the power back with the same player base that helped the Redskins defeat the Dolphins 34-31 in OT, in one of our greatest games, LIEFL Super Bowl VII played in Bay Shore Long Island between Ed Viggs and Billy O'C! Riggins was the MVP! With Riggins paving the way for Green, this team is the best in the LIEFL so far this season. Coach Levi Vick said, "I'll take my risks in this game and test his team. I think we are just as good as them and I can't go in this with a defeatist attitude or we don't have a chance. We've earned respect around the league and we're (3-2) for a reason." THE GAME: Redskins Coach Ed Viggs broke out his traditional "Hail to the Redskins" music before the game as coach Levi Vick looked on and enjoyed the moment. What a battle this game was between the Patriots and the Redskins and Washington is very lucky that they had the home field advantage because we think there was even match-ups in the trenches with Patriots lineman John Hannah clashing with Redskins lineman Dave Butz as they kept each other in check and at a stand-still the entire game. And this game really could have went either way with the defenses about even. The Patriots defense really impressed and they kept Washington from running the football and gaining ground but coach Viggs still used that running game of the Redskins and that tough front line to keep the game in check by killing the clock. Washington was able to score on a third down play when receiver Charlie Taylor broke open at the 20-yard line, catching a rocket in his pocket and flying by the Patriots defenders and in for the score. What a beautiful pass by coach Viggs, giving Washington the lead 7-0! But the Patriots came right back and marched down field on a 65-yard kick return by Patriots star tight end, Rob Gronkowski. Laurence Maroney was able to run the football behind a bolden John Hannah on runs of 8,12 yards in the first half, and then in the second half Maroney exploded on runs of 7, 3, and then a four yard power run behind Hannah into the end zone to tie the score at 7-7! With time running out in the game Tony Green ran back of 59-yard kick return and then he proceeded to run six times, but the Patriots stopped him five out of six until it was Charlie Taylor again who caught a 47-yard rocket on third down, for the first down, bringing the ball to the New England 4-yard line, but the Skins couldn't punch it in for the score. Washington was not able to move the ball on the Patriots defense and with seconds left in the game they kicked a 30-yard field after losing yards, to win a close one, 10-7! The Redskins remain undefeated at (6-0), and it has been an awesome season for them. Tony Green broke 1,000 yards for the season again! One number stands out most after the game and that is the Washington defense held New England to just 99 total yards in the game to Washington's 219 total yards. Coach Ed Viggs said after the game, "It wasn't pretty but we did the job. It won't be awesome unless we finish awesome, but this really is a good Redskins football team, savvy and competitive to the end. The Patriots are super too, and they will compete and be spoilers if they make the playoffs because that is a great defense they have." The biggest question for New England is how will Miami and Buffalo fair at the finish line, but more important, in order for the Patriots to make the playoffs, teams have to lose. Coach Levi Vick said, "We almost had them, but we will finish stronger than last season in the AFC tournament because we think we can hang with any team in the league, once we get to those one-hour playoff games. We are tough and ready for Denver next week. I built this Patriots team on that theme, Patriotism! We'll be set to take it to the Broncos if my line plays like they did today. Terrell Davis is a real good player, and if you fall asleep on Ed McCaffrey it's going to be a long day. My linebackers have to come up big against them. The key is, we have to score points and 'Gronk' has to give us more!" Before the Patriots-Redskins game the lower tier playoff teams who the Pats will have to battle and the "spotlight under the microscope" will be on the Texans, Raiders, Ravens and Steelers! The contenders for their division titles are the Dolphins, Bills, Broncos, Chargers, and Colts. 49ERS PLAYMAKERS BEAT CARDINALS 17-14! Cardinals (1-4) - 49ers (1-4) Does anybody know the phenomenon of how an electric football team goes from Super Bowl defender to the bottom of the barrel in just one season? Could it really be just from the draft? Is it the coaching? This is the dilemma for Coach Ed Viggs San Francisco 49ers. Today's game digs into that issue because the two teams playing today have records that don't support the talent. Coach Kevin Mack's original St Louis Cardinals back in 1977 when they were inaugurated in the LIEFL, were (6-8), and they took third place in our NFC Conference II at the time. Since the seven games season format started in 2008 the Phoenix Cardinals, now Arizona Cardinals, are (23-26), playing close to .500 football. The amazing part of their story is they've been to the playoffs four times in their history, three times since 2008, with their furthest battle taking it to the NFC Divisional Championship Game in 2018 when they lost to the Carolina Panthers 38-35 in overtime. The Cardinals overall career record is (70-102). The team has league favorites that other coaches love watching. Certain players on their team like Mel Gray and OJ Anderson and Conrad Dobler carry the team, and it just seems that an enigma holds them back. But, that's the magic of Electric football, trying to figure out why these plastic heroes do what they do. Regardless of either team's record San Francisco with Coach Ed Viggs has been up and down with these 49ers. Frisco took the league by storm last season making it all the way to the Super Bowl as a wild card team but this year the 49ers have no excuses. They started the season by winning their first game of the season against division rival Seattle 14-7, and it was the second game that caused them problems against the Cowboys in Dallas when the 49ers lost 10-7. Losing to Cincinnati in Week #3 was not expected, or Baltimore. Following those two games the 49ers then lost on their home field and were embarrassed by the Rams in overtime 16-10. That's where they stand at this moment at (1-4) before this game, after suffering that defeat last week which eliminated San Francisco from the postseason. Jerry Rice has been shaky at best and Ricky Watters continues to pound opponents but the 49ers line has played lackluster at best. They collapsed a bit under pressure and there's a lot of finger pointing going on on that team. This game today is all about resalvaging and playing for pride, playing hard with nothing to lose. That's why we love the Long Island Electric Football League because like all good leagues, there is a standard. The coaches are intense, sometimes too intense with their trash talk, but we treat it like a professional League. THE GAME: It's funny how when there's nothing to risk you can put it all on the Line, and that is exactly what we expected in this game between the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers. Division rivalries, no matter what the record, are games to watch. Arizona and San Francisco just don't like each other. How can't a team in the same division be envious of the other when they are losing and the rival is winning? Coach Kevin Mack's Cardinals battle week in and week out bringing the game right to the razor sharp edge only to be sliced off and somehow lose the game. 49ers running back Ricky Watters had just three runs for the 49ers but he accumulated 126 yards with two huge touchdown runs of 67, and 59 yards for San Francisco. Jerry Rice is still a little swollen on the ankle but he did have 115 kick return yards on three touches. The problem is Rice's longest run was 41-yards, and that's just not good enough when you compare him to the sensation that he was last year. Viggs tried that Rice player base again, but it just didn't do what it did last year and maybe it's one of those times that this particular player base was made for that day or that series and no more. The 49ers offensive line did the job against a tough Arizona defense. Both of these teams have lost four games before this game but the Cardinals fought right back. The 49ers (2-4) host the playoff hopeful Steelers, currently (2-3), in what will be a win or die situation. The Cardinals (1-5) host the Browns who are (1-4). Cards running back Otis Anderson had 75 yards in the ground game on 9 carries and he had a 35-yard touchdown run in the second half that kept the Cardinals within reach. Return man Mel Gray who's having an offseason, caught a beautiful 54-yard touchdown pass to tie the score with a minute and a half left in the game. San Francisco after their last kick return by Jerry Rice for another 41-yards, kicked the 56 yard field goal to win the game! CHARGERS GO TO (5-1) AFTER JOLTING BILLS 17-14! Bills (4-1) - Chargers (4-1) The Bills and the Chargers have to be the biggest game of the week as far as expectations go. They will be testing each other like no other game in the league. The incredible rivalry might be unmatched in this league but it wasn't always the case. It started in a blood feud between coach Billy OC and Ed Viggs. O'C loves those Chargers but in a coin toss he lost them to Ed Viggs when it came time to select teams, and the rest is history. Because of his connection to Los Angeles and his love for Miami and LA, it hit a sore spot for Billy O'C. In 2019, everything was going smoothly until Billy OC's Buffalo Bills had to meet Ed Viggs LA Chargers in the AFC Championship Game. It was an astounding game with excitement pouring from the semes of the coaches. The game game between the two ticked down to the final seconds when the Bills beat the Chargers 49-48, in one of the games of the century for us. We just knew going into the game it would be a masterful matchup and a game of strategy that would come down to the final seconds of the game but that's where the argument started. Viggs was screaming that the game was over and that Buffalo was out of time, but Pete Porcelli, the Rules judge, overruled because he was at the game, watching the game and calling the game by the second. There was a lot of yelling but the feelings were resolved, but not forgotten, so expect some serious intensity in this one. When you have a battle of the Titans with OJ Simpson and LaDainian Tomlinson going at it the excitement around the league pours in. That's why this regular season matchup is so important to both of these teams. A win for Buffalo might give them the advantage next week when they play Miami in Buffalo for a division title. A win for the Chargers could give them the division title because they beat the Denver Broncos who are in second place. The question mark team is the Las Vegas Raiders who have risen to the occasion and are ready to challenge. The Proof is in the beating the Raiders gave Green Bay last week. So this game is anybody's game and it's going to come down to who executes and manages the clock best. THE GAME: Coach Joe Bino's Buffalo Bills came out locked and loaded against coach Ed Viggs who's playing back-to-back games today. Viggs has his Chargers ready to go and it's not the same emotion because Billy O'C is not playing this game so there is only the passion to win for Viggs, not the revenge against Billy O'C's Bills. Bino has done a terrific job with the Bills, and really deep down Buffalo is a team that just knows how to move the football on offense. Nobody needs to tell these two teams how to play. They're ready! Last year's defensive player of the year for the Chargers Earl Faison will face Buffalo's Marcel Dareus in a trench war. And that's not all. Both teams have to leverage the special teams matchups in order to come out the winner in this one. Buffalo's Jay Brown has been slowed up by opponents and the Chargers have one of the best defences in the LIEFL. This will be a game of time management and execution. On the opening kickoff coach Viggs surprised by giving the ball to Lance Alworth, who ran an electrifying 99 yard kick return to the 1 yard line of the Buffalo Bills to start the game! Viggs said, "That'll quiet people down for sure." With a full House of coaches tonight for the before Thanksgiving party, the room is going wild. It only took one play for running back LaDainian Tomlinson to run the ball in for the score as the Chargers drew First blood 7-0! That was a very pretty play by Alworth, and now the Bills have to answer. Buffalo marched right back on a Jay Brown 70-yard kick return followed by a 20 yard first down run by OJ Simpson with 9:01 remaining in the half. The energy and the power is unreal for these two teams. Both of these teams look sensational as we watch OJ Simpson run in for the 10-yard touchdown on second down, game tied 7-7! The Bills offensive line, "The Electric Company" is digging in hard here with 5:58 remaining in the half with Bino stuttering the clock. It looks like it's going to be one of those games where the Chargers can't stop the Bills and the Bills can't stop the Chargers in the battle in the trenches. They're both just too good. Coach Viggs has to be admired for throwing statistics out the window for wins. These are is a very unselfish battle-hardened teams. The Chargers stayed with Lance Alworth as he blazed back a 70-yards return on the ensuing kickoff giving Tomlinson all he needs to work with with 3:43 remaining in that first half. These are two teams on a mission. On second down, LaDainian Tomlinson exploded to the left side of the field through the four hole for a 30-yard touchdown scamper to give the Los Angeles Chargers the lead 14-7, as the first half ended. To start the second half, Jay Brown ran back a speedy 44-yard setup for OJ Simpson. Simpson ran for six, 15-yards before he was stopped twice losing 14 yards nearing midfield. On third down Coach Joe Bino threw a great pass to receiver Andre Reed, who broke open for a 47-yard touchdown scamper to tie the game at 14-14 with 6:27 remaining! What a game! With the score tied at 14-14, Coach Viggs put the ball back in Lance Alworth's hands to get the job done. Alworth delivered a 47-yard kick return and the Chargers killed the clock running the ball downfield until they kicked the game winning field-goal to win the game 17-14! Oh what a feeling it was for Coach Viggs, but it was temporary. Viggs said, "We still have a mountain to climb and we've been here before. We just have to finish strong and beating Buffalo is a great start." Coach Bino said, "There is not much to say other than I'm sure we will meet again." The Chargers are at the Lions in the season finale and the Bills host the Dolphins! STAY TUNED FOR TOMORROW'S WRITE UPS!

(Long Island Electric Football League Week #6 Game Write-Ups Continue). Written by Levi Vick and Joey Pizz. November 19, 2023. As we continue the writeups of games played in the LIEFL Week #6 season, there is a lot of chatter around the league about what will come of the league when Commissioner Billy O'C retires. O'C owns all the 67-Big Man teams, and coaches sort of lease the teams mentally, but he owns everything, including a good ten game boards. He deserves credit for running an organized 32-team amazing historic professionally run league with no BS. It's a mighty undertaking to organize a league with 32-teams, as many of our readers can relate because of the work they put into their own leagues. Some of the talk from the coaches in the LIEFL is about how amazing the league is run when it comes to statistics. The stats are a benchmark for each of us as we strive to get better, and numbers can help a coach to set and achieve goals. J A G U A R S ROAR TO VICTORY WITH CONVINCING WIN OVER BUCCANEERS 14-7! Buccaneers (3-2) - Jaguars (1-4) Last season the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were on the rise with bending upsets over the LA Rams in Week #3, and then they beat the New York Jets in Week #6 in the Game of the Week, which unhinged those two teams. During that time, LA Rams Coach Billy O’C called it “the curse of the Buccaneers” and the mystique of the league. Nobody is safe in the league from being beaten.” That theme carried over until the Bucs were beaten last week by division rival, the Carolina Panthers 34-28 in OT, in a game that saw nine touchdowns with 905 total yards dished out between the two teams. The Bucs can play with any team in the league. We saw Tampa Bay improve in every way, inching closer to becoming a force in the NFC South competing with the Falcons and Panthers for the division. Coach Paddy Brannigan said, “You could see it coming that the Bucs were out for blood to ruin teams. This year, I think they are even better!” Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs Jacksonville Jaguars are cornered between who to get rid of and who to keep. LIEFL All-Pro running back Fred Taylor seems in the woods alone at times. Biggs has underperformed as a coach when facing complex offensive opponents, and he's been a disaster at managing the speedy setups and clock of the LIEFL, but credit him for never quitting. Instead, Bobby Biggs is a fast learner, so that next season he restructures his approach to electric football. There are some warriors in this game and the merciless approach of the coaches is because of the $3200 dollar payout in winning a Super Bowl. Biggs (3-12) in the LIEFL, and has yet, to comment about the competition. Billy O'C loves Biggs and his spirit. He thinks Biggs is a master coach. Coach Johnny-Freeport said, "Who cares what Biggs thinks, or what anyone thinks about our league. What matters is the fierce competition and the money for me. You think I care about someone's past rule book when there is no cashout in a Super Bowl? Bobby Biggs is coming from a league where the setups have countdowns, the defenders are turned to chase the receivers after the catch, and he is totally lost with this one-stop intense league when it comes to the competition. He is an incompetent coach in my book. I am hunting down a trophy and the money." Biggs didn't appreciate the remarks from Freeport, but he vows to take his teams out at every chance he gets. "Let him keep running his mouth. Payback will pain Chucker," said Biggs. KICKOFF: They say, payback is a B%#%$@%, but the Buccaneers came for the jugular and the roaring Jaguars were armed and ready with a frontline to pave the way for LIEFL All-Pro Freddie Taylor. Taylor launched 11 all-purpose touches for 178 yards with a touchdown in the game. This was a game that Tampa Bay (3-2) desperately needed, and Jags coach Bobby Biggs hasn't forgot some of the things Pizz said about his coaching. Biggs said, "It was a great honor to shut down Tampa Bay with my (2-4) team, and every chance I get to play and beat this coach will be an honor." Pizz said, "We didn't play well. Usually Jimmie Giles has game, and they really stuffed Ricky Bell to a level I didn't expect, but credit their defense who played great. The Bucs were handled well by the Jacksonville Jaguars front line led by Lineman Tony Boselli who's now has six tackles along with a combatant year against opponents. Boselli is gaining some respect around the league. He opened holes on the line, putting on a HomeTown whipping on Tampa Bay 14-7, holding Bell to just three yards rushing! From the outset Freddie Taylor had winning on his mind with big runs of 13, 8, 26, 10, and a 1-yard touchdown run on the first drive. Jimmie Giles didn't see the light of day against a tough Jaguars defense who have been up and coming. While the Jags have made mistakes, they've also made some big plays in 2023. Tampa Bay's Dave Moore had a 59-yard first down reception on a rocket thrown by Coach Pizz. This play was followed by a 4-yard Mike Alstott touchdown to tie the score in the second half at 7-7, but it was Freddie Taylor's 56-yard kick return followed by a 24-yard run and a Jimmy Smith 32-yard pass reception for a touchdown that gave the Jaguars the win over a playoff contending Tampa Bay Buccaneers football team, 14-7! The Buccaneers will have a rough go at making the playoffs, and even though they play the Cowboys at home in the season finale, both NFC SOUTH division rivals Atlanta and Carolina have home games. The Bucs are still alive in the hunt for an outside shot at a playoff slot, but we'll see what Dallas has in mind. The unpredictable Cowboys play on Thanksgiving Day, hosting the Giants in a huge game. Will the Bucs and Cowboys, or Giants fall and fold, or do they take a Giant step into the playoffs? The Jaguars have had a decent season, but they gave up the costly big plays when they need their defense the most. Everyone in the league respects Jacksonville's tackles Rob Meier and Charles Spencer, but the Jaguars need to strengthen at Linebacker in this February's LIEFL Draft so that Freddie Taylor gains free access to the inside running game that Boselli and company have built. The countdown to the final game next week has heightened intensity as they coaches compete for the right to compete in LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII on December 30th! B JONES RUNS WILD FOR 215 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS ON SAINTS IN TITANS 17-14 WIN! Saints (1-4) - Titans (1-4) ... We have to reflect a bit more and realize that it has been an intense battle between coaches in the LIEFL from the start. Lots of contentious coaching and criticism can be revealing when it comes to rivalries. The biggest question is what how else can coaches improve? Some of the coaches in this league play in other leagues after the LIEFL season as well, just not with LIEFL teams. The season did not turn out the way some coaches predicted, especially if we look closer at this game between the Saints and Titans. The Saints won all the draft picks a team could use, and the Titans are rebounding off of a playoff year that they would build on. Both teams failed miserably in meeting their projected goals, but don't fault the coaches so much as the improvement in the league through the LIEFL Draft. But still, the end result was disappointing. Titans Coach Kevin Mack said, "I really thought that after the season we had last year making the AFC Wild Card spot, and Derrick Henry winning Rookie of the Year, we would end up competing for the division, but I made some bad plays that cost us, and now I just have to salvage some wins for pride and respect in the league." As for the matchup on paper, you couldn't find a better matchup for pride in Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs Saints (1-4) against Kevin Mack's Titans (1-4). That is the love for the league in that these coaches are competitive no matter the situation. This is a game with nothing to lose, but the loss, and except for the embarrassment of a (1-5) record, so the game has significance. Bobby Biggs rests at the bottom of the LIEFL at (3-12), but that won't stop him. He told us that in his first year his record is not important. Next year he will play differently because his girlfriend takes lots of notes and she records his games every week for Biggs Seahawks, but Seattle couldn't get it done this season. They host the Rams this week. THE GAME: This game was electrifying and a better game than expected. Tennessee came out with the swinging with fireworks lighting up the field by kick returner Brandon Jones who had a wild day, complimented by 215 all-purpose yards on five touches, including a 55-yard touchdown pass for the speedy receiver. After Tennessee scored on the 1st set of downs, Saints powerstar and playmaker Reggie Bush ran back 100-yard kick return for a sizzling touchdown run to tie the score at 7-7 in the first half, but Tennessee wasn't having it. Although Titans second year running back Derrick Henry had 20-yards rushing with a touchdown, it was Brandon Jones all day who ran back kick returns of 55, 53, and 52 yards including two 50-yard pass receptions which gave the Tennessee Titans the 17-14 victory over rookie Bobby Biggs struggling Saints. Both lines in the trenches performed well, including three outside tackles by Jeremy Shockey who played a great game. Shockey also had an 18-yard touchdown catch. We keep waiting for New Orleans to show signs of life but their situation will need much more patience. Don't forget, if you are following the LIEFL, Miami had a three season span of 3 wins and 18 losses before regaining their powerhouse reputation after nearly trading their entire team away and starting over. MUCH MORE WILL FOLLOW TO COMPLETE WEEK #6.

(Long Island Electric Football) Written By Levi Vick and Joey Pizz. By doing these write-ups we hope we have done our part in making contributions to our hobby! In Week #6, the LIEFL will give our readers the games as we finish the writeups. Week #6 in the LIEFL is usually one of the most dangerous weeks because the playoff hunt heats up with some division rivalries pitted against each other which means there will be a chance for spoilers! Every game in this league has meaning and every game in this league is a battle the way a league should be. We think of every team like an all-star team with the best 22 selected men on the field at any given time. Spoiling can unhinge many teams in the playoff race, including their coaches. We'll bring readers select Game Write-ups from here on out. Some games will have full writeups and the rest will have short summaries to make way for the Thanksgiving Day Specials. The intensity is on the rise with the final regular season LIEFL game approaching. This week we will announce the current playoff contenders and separate them from the great pretenders as men turn to boys in the Long Island Electric Football League. PREVIEWS OF GAMES WE WILL COVER: Notable games this week include the Falcons (4-1) against the Panthers (3-2), who will battle for the NFC South Division title. Both of these teams have a chance to change their history and destiny in the LIEFL. The winner will get the edge and higher Playoff Seed on the Super Bowl XVIII Bracket! The Chiefs (2-3) at the Jets (1-4) will be a hostile and gritty game. The Jets can spoil the defending Super Bowl Champions chances to qualify for the playoffs. If Joey Pizz Jets beat KC, the Chiefs season ends! The Chiefs were magical last season when they went all the way, winning eight games and LIEFL Super Bowl XVII for Coach Matt Zoo-York. Can New York match KC stars Tyreek Hill and Priest Holmes, the Number #1 rusher in the AFC? Holmes has 31 rushes for 524-yards, with eight touchdowns. What about Le'Veon Bell and Don Maynard for New York? Bell is still holding tough as the #3 Rusher in the AFC with 27 touches for 411-yards, with six touchdowns! Can the Chiefs contain these two? This might be a better match than we thought. For the Chiefs to stay alive they have to run away with the game and dominate the Jets they way they dominated the AFC in last year's LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament. The Las Vegas Raiders (2-3) with Dave Casper, will hang with the Packers (4-1) on the road, but count on Green Bay Coach Ed Viggs to have a plan. Another possible spoiler game is the Jaguars (1-4) meeting and beating the Buccaneers (3-2), but after the Bucs Week #5 performance against Carolina last week, does Tampa Bay have enough in the tank to upset the Jags at home? We think the answer lies with Bucs running back Ricky Bell, who rushed for 160-yards last week against the Panthers. The Texans (2-3) and Bengals (2-3) will treat their game like a playoff game. Both have a long shot at making the playoffs. For the Bears (3-2) and Broncos (4-1), a win can solidify a possible playoff spot for either team, but Denver will be the favorite on their home turf. This might be the surprise battle of the week as the Broncos unleash Terrell Davis and the Bears detonate Walter Payton and Willie Gault who are both having a great year! Another ginormous game is the Buffalo Bills (4-1) at the Los Angeles Chargers (4-1). Buffalo's offense and LA's defense will be a colossal matchup! OJ Simpson and LaDainian Tomlinson? There will be a full house to watch Joe Bino's Bills and Ed Viggs Chargers in this intense and highly anticipated rematch! Dare we mention that there is still one undefeated team left in the LIEFL? There is no mystery that the best team in the league after five weeks is arguably Coach Ed Viggs Washington Redskins (5-0), but the question is, will they bring the magic or fold? This week they play a team who can play on the road in the New England Patriots (3-2). The Patriots are consistent and that is the key, keeping the game close and dragging it into overtime, which may be the only way that New England can pull off an upset. Will there be an upset in the making? It is a defining moment for Coach Levi Vick and his resilient Patriots. In other news, the Patriots desperately want to trade for Carolina's Greg Jones, but Panthers Coach Matt Zoo-York wants the Patriots next five first round draft picks for Jones. Jones has made himself a valuable start for the Panthers. He's been a beast, putting up big numbers for the past three or four seasons for Carolina, totaling 28 touchdowns with 3,442 all-purpose yards. It might be a great move for Vick because the league ends in 2025. They will discuss this at the end of the season and Vick has some urgency in him to make the trade. Jones could be a starting running back for any team in the league. In a separate writeup, on Thanksgiving Day we have an exciting matchup and contentious game between the New York Giants (3-2) at Dallas Cowboys (3-2) in what is expected to be a game with lots of fireworks. The Giants jolted the Packers last week in their Week #5 and the Cowboys lost to the Cardinale 21-14. This NFC East rival game with playoff implications is expected to be an epic battle between two offensive powerhouses! The Vikings (1-4) and Lions (2-3) is another game with playoff ramifications because the Lions need this game in order to remain in the playoff picture, but it won't be easy for Detroit. Coach Johnny-Freeport's Lions with superstar LIEFL All-Pro Dexter Bussey, has to come with offense blazing in order to beat Minnesota. The Vikings defense, led by LIEFL All-Pro Carl Eller, is one of the best in the league and they would love to be the spoilers for Coach Joey Pizz! In the last big LIEFL match-up the Colts (4-1) will be at the Ravens (3-2), who are determined to take back the NFC North! Will alternate coach Joey Bino for the Colts be able to withstand the league loudmouth Johnny Freeport's Ravens? Fastforwarding to the Week #6 game featuring the Atlanta Falcons (4-1) and Carolina Panthers (3-2) has huge ramifications, and as we indicated, it could give either the Falcons or the Panthers the win they need for the NFC South Division title, which may be determined next week depending on today's game, and their games next week. It does appear at the moment as though both of these teams will qualify as one of the top seven playoff slot teams for the NFC, but Tampa Bay is right there as well. Panthers Coach Matt Zoo-York said, “There's a lot of heartbreaks at this point in the season because the 14 finishers who will qualify for the playoffs are the best of the best in our league. My Panthers have been to two NFC championship games, and I blew both of them. Last year for some reason we were cursed by the Vikings, but this year I have a chance, and it might be the only chance I have to take this team to a different level. I have to believe in my running attack and my special teams attack but in this league, you get figured out quickly. General Riggs is an incredible player, and I just have to play better than Johnny-Freeport today at home and not allow him to get in my game. I can't let him beat me at home.” Falcons Coach Johnny Freeport said, “Yeah, I'm not going to get into a discussion about this game before the game with you fools. Stop acting like you're writing for the school paper. This is my chance to prove myself and if I can't do it with the Falcons or the Lions or the Bengals or the Ravens, then I just have to go out and compete, but this guy has the home field advantage. We can win on the road, and we just have to do our best to get him into overtime to win this game because the Panthers front line is one of the best I've seen.” There's so much rich history between these two teams but there are a lot of new faces too, and since Freeport revived his Falcons several seasons back, they have that vintage feel to them of players who never die! Somehow the Carolina Panthers have been one of the best teams in the LIEFL, but they need to finish strong this season, as in, winning an NFC title. Three times to the NFC Championship Game and no Super Bowl? It’s time! It's amazing some of the best players in the game and they can't get to a Super Bowl. Both teams are up against some lethal competition in the NFC with Washington and Green Bay, both Viggs teams as the leaders this season. The Redskins have truly impressed with their front line and speed. It will be tough but it's not impossible to beat them and all roads to the finish line appear to have Viggs in the way. LIEFL WEEK #6 KICKOFF: NFC SOUTH DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF CONTENTION MATCHUP Falcons (4-1) - Panthers (3-2) After rushing for 216 yards last week against Tampa Bay, DeShaun Foster entered into the LIEFL record book for the third best rushing performance on record. The guy who holds the seven-game high for rushing in a game, is the very opponent Foster is playing against, Gerald Riggs of the Falcons. Riggs had 239-yards rushing on September 18th, in Week #2 against the Eagles, setting the LIEFL most rushing yards in a game for the seven-game season format. Kickoff: There was a lot of energy in the air before these two teams took the field. On the opening kickoff Panthers returner Greg Jones picked up where he left off last game against Tampa Bay, running 69-yards to open the game. It was a tremendous battle in the trenches between LIEFL All Pro Kawaan Short and Falcons middleman LIEFL All-Pro Bob Fralich on other side of the field for the Falcons. These two went at it heavy. After a 1-yard run, DeShaun Foster busted loose for a 30-yard touchdown run on the right side of the field to give Carolina the lead 7-0! Impressive! Foster had four touchdowns last week against the Buccaneers. No worries for the Falcons because on the ensuing kickoff Superstar Gerald Riggs ran back a blazing 100-yard touchdown run right through the right side of the field, untouched into the end zone, and just like that, it was a 7-7 football game! On Carolina’s next return, Greg Jones was blasted at the 39-yard line by Atlanta tackle, Terrance Pennington. Carolina ran two plays, and both were stopped, but on 3rd down Panthers receiver Keary Colbert ran 54-yards to the eight-yard line on a beautifully designed cross pattern pass by Coach Zoo. On the very next play it was DeShaun Foster again who blasted 8-yards into the end zone behind that ferocious Carolina frontline, giving the Panthers the go-ahead lead, 14-7! Falcons running back Gerald Riggs ran the next kickoff 47 yards to end the first half. To start the second half Gerald Riggs ran two times and then Johnny-Freeport on 3rd down threw a beautiful strike to Julio Jones, his favorite receiver for a 38-yard pickup. After two more runs the Falcons tried again to put it up in the air but they were rejected, forcing a fourth down and a major decision for Freeport. Johnny-Freeport decided to kick the field goal to make the score 14-10, Carolina Panthers in the lead. Before the next kickoff you see Johnny-Freeport was re-thinking whether or not he should have gone for the first down with 12 yards to go or kick the field goal but that is the element of time which leaves coaches making those timely decisions in tough spots in the league. This one would cost the Falcons. But instead, on the kickoff, Greg Jones had other things in mind when he returned a stunning and electrifying 100-yard touchdown to give the Panthers the lead, 21-10, with just 3:12 remaining in the game on a sizzling run with guns blazing! That was the kind of run that turns heads! How would Atlanta answer? Wow! what a statement from the Panthers! There was no quitting in these Dirty Birds! Gerald Riggs turned an 82-yard kick return as the clock ran down and on first down Johnny-Freeport fired a rocket to his man Julio Jones who scored a 17-yard touchdown to make the score 21-17! That would be the final score as Carolina ran out of time to do more damage, walking away with a 21-17 win! But man is this a ready team for Matt Zoo-York, they look good! The Falcons-Panthers will most likely meet again in the playoffs with Carolina (4-2) earning the edge over Atlanta (4-2) as they come closer to clinching the division. It all depends on next week’s outcome. The Falcons host the Jaguars in their final game of the season, and the Panthers host a dangerous and streaky Ron Dayne and Coach Levi Vick's Houston Texans (2-3) team who could play spoilers to Carolina, or will they? LE'VEON BELL CRUSHES CHIEFS PLAYOFFS HOPES IN JETS 21-14 VICTORY! Chiefs (2-3) - Jets (1-4) AFC PLAYOFF CONTENTION MATCHUP. In Week#6 action, WOW, this game was all it was billed to be, and then some! It was Coach Joey Pizz New York Jets who pulled off the huge upset win against defending LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs, crushing the Chiefs 2023 playoff hopes, in a tale rendered by Jets running back Le'Veon Bell! Bell is for real, and here to stay! He has become a force and face in the Jets lineup! We haven't seen a great back with the Jets since Bruce Harper when he was healthy. Today, Bell unleashed nine times for 82-yards on the ground, with a 38-yard touchdown run, and he had a 28-yard touchdown pass to give the hometown Jets the 21-14 upset! The clish-clash battle between the line in the trenches had Coach Matt Zoo-York thinking hard, but Joey Pizz formations with running backs behind the linebackers paid off big! The key play was Le'Veon Bell's Houdini-like escape from a tight Kansas City defense, like a magician, when Bell broke free for a huge 28-yard touchdown to five the Jets the lead and win! No one could have stopped what Bell did on his own. It was a telling site on the final play of the game when Tyreek Hill ran back the kick return with 30 seconds remaining in the game only to be clobbered by Jets Linebacker Jamaal Abrams at the 34-yard line. For the Chiefs running back Priest Holmes had two big touchdown runs of 30 and 42-yards, and nobody can blame Tyreek Hill. Hill performed well with three kick returns worth 162-yards with great setups, but the Jets and Coach Joey Pizz managed to control the clock, and that was the difference in the home field advantage win for New York. The Chiefs played hard but it seemed that for every play Kansas City made, New York counteracted. That 7-6 loss to the Chargers a few weeks ago, really crushed the Chiefs confidence to win on the road. Jets tight end Don Maynard ran the ball back three times totaling 169-yards, but again, the story of the day was Le'Veon Bell who had 10 touches for 110 yards, with two touchdowns for the (2-4) New York Jets. The feeling of the loss started to set in for Matt Zoo York that his team who went all the way last year as a Wild Card Team, had their dreams crushed to make another Super Bowl. Zoo and his Chiefs will be playing for pride next week hosting Coach Ed Viggs Green Bay Packers (4-2), and the Jets will be at the Eagles (1-4), in the season finale to battle for their third win of the season! RAIDERS STUN PACKERS IN HUGE UPSET ON ROAD 10-7! Raiders (2-3) - Packers (4-1) In what might be the upset of the year, the visiting Las Vegas Raiders pulled off an incredible win in the Green Bay Packers house! Las Vegas turned this game into a nightmare for Green Bay in a playoff like atmosphere. One thing is certain, don't count on going to Vegas if you want to gamble your chances away against the Raiders for a playoff run because "Whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas". Las Vegas raided Green Bay like a bunch of mad dogs in this game. What the heck did Coach Mack do to prepare for this game? After the game the players were weighed and everything checked out for the Raiders. They punched the Packers square in the jaw with a gritty knockout performance. Raiders Coach Coach Kevin Mack said, "Today, the Las Vegas Raiders left the Green Bay Packers and Coach Ed Viggs speechless, stunned, and in disbelief!" Our LIEFL Analyst Long Island Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, and Historian Andrew M. Slawson said, "For the Packers, losing this game was a huge tilt in the competitive nature of the Long Island Electric Football League because this one on paper was a sure victory for Viggs. But, Packers return man Sterling Sharpe got off to a slow start with a 35 yard opening kickoff, and that was a play Coach Kevin Mack took full advantage of in a big way catching the Packers sleeping at the wheel behind their own 50 yard line, and the Packers never recovered. It set the tone for the game and it gave Raiders Coach Kevin Mack all the motivation he needed to believe in his team." It might have been the most important performance of the season for the 2008 LIEFL Super Bowl XI Champion Raiders. That Bowl seemed like we played it yesterday as time ticking away is a scary concept. That one play with the usually reliable Sterling Sharpe, was the difference in the game. Coach Mack set that Raiders defense up strategically by matching his best against Viggs, and his strategy worked because he had fantastic setups targeting Sterling Sharpe! Sharpe is one of the best all-purpose players in the NFC with 1,000 yards with two touchdowns, but today he was reserved to just 102 all-purpose yards. Green Bay running back Terdell Middleton was contained to 78-yards on the ground with the only Packers touchdown of the game, a 17-yard run. The battle began on the first set of downs for Green Bay when the Las Vegas Raiders Frontline dug deep into the trenches. Green Bay couldn't get anything going on the run or the pass. The usually reliable Coach Viggs had nobody open as coach Kevin Mack had everyone covered! Green Bay was too far away to kick a field goal on the opening drive. When Las Vegas got the ball running back Bo Jackson had no lanes to take because the Packers defense wasn't having it. That is what opened eyes, the sudden surge of the Raiders defense led by Howie Long in this game. Long made a few fantastic plays. He came out of nowhere to stop Green Bay's running game and running back Terdell Middleton on a key third down play, but the story of the day was Mark Van Eagan breaking Free at the 51-yard line on a third down pass play. Van Egan took it into the end zone to give the Raiders the go-ahead score 10-7, leaving the Pack with no time left to score! Coach Viggs left this field asking questions. Viggs said, "I am a bit baffled when I shouldn't be. We played like crap. I still cannot believe that we lost at home, but you can't win them all, and as I look back, the Raiders have been on a journey. Instead of looking back, I have to move forward and prepare for the Chiefs next week." The Raiders have been in almost every game, but they have gotten better as the season goes on. Viggs continued, "I just didn't think they could hang with my defense. We held their best player Dave Casper to 64-yards. It shows how important it is to score first when you have home field advantage. I will be ready for the Chiefs next week, and my team on the road is more focused for some crazy reason. Regardless, it is never good to lose games on your team's home field." The most unreal part of the game is how little impact one of the best players in the league had. Dave Casper came ready to play but it was Mark Van Eeghen (Photo Right) who stole the Vegas show with his 51-yard game winning touchdown reception. Imagine if Casper had a big day? The Raiders (3-3) host the Lions (2-3) for a shot at the playoffs! The Packers (4-2) are on the road in their season finale against an angry Chiefs team at (2-4), who were banged out of the playoffs by the Jets. This game is the talk of the league at the moment because if there was ever a perfect upset, this was it. The Packers are that team who has made the most improvements in the past four seasons but so have the Raiders. This collision course might have been one of fate, but it ended in an eye-opening rebirth of the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders have lost a little of their like and identity with the change over from loyalists who love them in Oakland. The Silver & Black of Oakland had a toughness about them because it's where the Raiders fanbase is, but maybe this is the win they needed to give the Raiders their new identity playing in Vegas.

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LIEFL PLAYOFF PICTURE OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AFTER WEEK 5! SEEDINGS TO FOLLOW IN WEEK #7 AFC PLAYOFFS W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Los Angeles (6-2) 4 1 62 47 8 4-0 0-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 Denver (3-4) 4 1 76 55 10 2-0 2-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 Indianapolis (3-4) 4 1 89 69 12 3-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 Miami (7-3) 4 1 71 62 9 3-0 1-1 1-0 4-0 0-1 Buffalo (4-3) 4 1 118 92 16 3-0 1-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 Baltimore (3-4) 3 2 76 69 10 2-0 1-2 2-0 2-1 1-1 New England (5-3) 3 2 58 71 7 2-0 1-2 0-2 2-2 1-0 TOTALS: NFC PLAYOFFS W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Washington (3-5) 5 0 76 40 10 3-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 Los Angeles (2-5) X 4 1 78 52 10 3-0 1-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 Green Bay (5-3) 4 1 89 73 11 2-0 2-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 Atlanta (5-3) 4 1 94 79 15 2-0 2-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 Dallas (2-5) 3 2 85 84 11 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-0 New York (7-3) 3 2 76 72 10 2-0 1-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 Chicago (3-4) 3 2 103 97 15 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 Carolina (5-3) 3 2 89 86 11 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-1 1-1 Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 2 97 92 13 2-2 2-0 0-2 2-2 1-0 TOTALS: X CLINCHED PLAYOFF POSITION

LIEFL PLAYOFF PICTURE OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AFTER WEEK 5! SEEDINGS TO FOLLOW IN WEEK #7 AFC PLAYOFFS W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Los Angeles (6-2) 4 1 62 47 8 4-0 0-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 Denver (3-4) 4 1 76 55 10 2-0 2-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 Indianapolis (3-4) 4 1 89 69 12 3-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 Miami (7-3) 4 1 71 62 9 3-0 1-1 1-0 4-0 0-1 Buffalo (4-3) 4 1 118 92 16 3-0 1-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 Baltimore (3-4) 3 2 76 69 10 2-0 1-2 2-0 2-1 1-1 New England (5-3) 3 2 58 71 7 2-0 1-2 0-2 2-2 1-0 TOTALS: NFC PLAYOFFS W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Washington (3-5) 5 0 76 40 10 3-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 Los Angeles (2-5) X 4 1 78 52 10 3-0 1-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 Green Bay (5-3) 4 1 89 73 11 2-0 2-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 Atlanta (5-3) 4 1 94 79 15 2-0 2-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 Dallas (2-5) 3 2 85 84 11 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-0 New York (7-3) 3 2 76 72 10 2-0 1-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 Chicago (3-4) 3 2 103 97 15 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 Carolina (5-3) 3 2 89 86 11 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-1 1-1 Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 2 97 92 13 2-2 2-0 0-2 2-2 1-0 TOTALS:

(Long Island Electric Football League) November 11, 2023. (Completed Week #5 Write Ups). Written by Levi Vick, Joey Pizz, Kevin Mack, and Paddy Brannigan, with a special article by LIEFL commissioner William "Billy" O'Connell ... Like to read in this hobby? History and proximity matters in our league. With the LIEFL 2023 season winding down, the intensity, and sometimes tempers are on the rise with coaches hunting for that $3200 dollar prize. LIEFL Coach Kevin Mack said, "Not that anyone cares, nor does it matter if they do really, but the reason we released the last write-ups on the first 8 games played early in this historic league is because it takes lots of time to do these write-ups, and those write ups were completed. We write the articles to preserve LIEFL history." Since our leader, Billy O'C is out, we do our best to publish and contribute what we have written as soon as possible to make our news timely. Billy O'C wrote an article in August that he asked us to publish in this edition. Our coaches think we have done an excellent job preserving LIEFL history and legacy in O'C's absence. We are releasing the article about professional football's first black player in this feature. The LIEFL is so exciting at this point as we inch closer to the 2023 playoffs! We grown men continue tradition here on Long Island. Suffolk County is the home of the Long Island Electric Football League. (Photo: Robert Moses Bridge, (Right) Fire Island Lighthouse (Above Left). Living on Long Island is expensive. A little more history. With a population of 1.5 million people in Suffolk County, Long Island is famous for its beaches, bagels, mansions, and its proximity to New York City. It’s also home to beautiful sights like the photo above, and Oheka Castle, Montauk lighthouse, and the Vanderbilt estate, in addition to boasting some of the best school districts in the country. Sadly, Long Island is also very segregated, and that is the part about Long Island people choose to ignore, but most of us in this league grew up in average income areas of the county, but we enjoyed the same commodities of living near pristine beaches just like the wealthy. In sports, Long Island is known for having excellent Soccer, Lacrosse, and Wrestling athletes. Some of us played football in other states, so it is arguable when it comes our opinions on football, but the most famous Long Island Football players are Jim Brown (Manhasset), Boomer Esiason (East Islip), Lyle Alzado (Lawrence), Kevin Baugh (Deer Park), Vinny Testaverde (Sewanhaka), and Rob Moore (Hempstead). Average property taxes on Long Island are at a premium and like the rest of us hard-working people, you don't get much for your money. Unfortunately, Long Island is 47% more costly to live than the rest of the country, and one of the most expensive places to live in the United States because of our proximity to New York City. Just 30 miles from that photo in the caption above, we could see the billowing smoke of the Twin Towers burning 22 years ago on September 11th, 2001. Many of us lost friends. THANKSGIVING DAY GAMES: Switching gears here, planning for the holiday season is always a challenge for our league, but we manage to do it with pride and seamless amazing commitment and dedication from our coaches. As we plan for our Thanksgiving Bowl Games in an exciting LIEFL Week #6, it looks like there will be a three BIG matchups in the LIEFL beginning at 9:00am between Coach Joey Pizz New York Giants (3-2) against Levi Vick's Dallas Cowboys (3-2), who remain in the playoff hunt in the NFC as we continue a commitment to Thanksgiving Dy Game tradition in the league. The second game will feature Coach Joe Bino's Indianapolis Colts (4-0) against league "loud-mouth and tough guy" Johnny-Freeport and his Baltimore Ravens (2-2) at 10:00am! Finally, the last game of the day will feature Coach Joey Pizz and his Minnesota Vikings (1-4) at Coach Johnny-Freeport's Detroit Lions (2-3) at 10:45. What would Thanksgiving be without the Lions frontman Dexter Bussey and the Cowboys Emmitt Smith playing. The LIEFL's loudest Coach, Johnny-Freeport said, "You can't take the Buzz in electric football out of me. With just two seasons remaining, I will miss the game when Billy O'C folds. I am gonna also miss the arguing, the taunting, and the guys. Who knows. I am retired and enjoying life at 55, and if someone on Long Island has a big money league, I am qualified to play in any league, but be ready for some beatings." A LOOK BACK: Last season's 2022 Thanksgiving Bowl Games, featured the brawling Cleveland Browns who beat the Chicago Bears 7-3, and in the second game, the Detroit Lions defeated the Baltimore Ravens 14-7! The Long Island Electric Football League brought back tradition, with one of the most electrifying players in the LIEFL, Dexter Bussey. The slow-starting Detroit Lions crushed the winless Baltimore Ravens. Bussey ran the ball 12 times for 83 yards with two touchdowns, including a 29-yard touchdown scamper to give the Detroit Lions their first win of the season over the winless Ravens. In the second game, the Cleveland Browns were able to contain the Chicago Bears. Maybe the real story of the day was Cleveland's defense. They held LIEFL All-Pro star return man Willie Gault to just 69-yards total all-purpose yards in the game. That was enough to give the Browns what they needed to edge the Bears 7-3! Cleveland running back Mike Pruitt finished the day with 47 yards rushing with one touchdown. Cleveland's front line kept the ball almost the entire first half. That's was that was all Browns needed to beat the Bears on Thanksgiving Day! In this season's Thanksgiving Bowl Games, the Giants-Cowboys, and Colts-Ravens games have playoff ramifications, with all four teams vying for a spot in the LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII Tournament in December. The Lions still have a small window of hope and an outside shot at making the NFC playoffs. There are 8 teams in the LIEFL who have lost four games. That is a record for us. This season has been about the prey and predator with so many close games which in turn have channeled teams to have fierce battles in every single game, as readers know by what they are reading. The trash talking has begun early. Coach Bino said, "I pay no attention to Freeport's talk. I will do all my talking on the field. His Ravens have lots of weaknesses, and with Joseph Addai, it's going to be a long day for them." The 6'4" Johnny-Freeport said, "It will be a nice Thanksgiving because it's time I teach all of these coaches in this league a lesson by giving the overrated Colts a beatdown. I am not only the fastest setup guy, I am the best at thinking on my feet. I still have a football mind just like when I played defensive end, stuffing offensive "punky" pretty-boy quarterbacks, running backs and offensive linemen. Bring it!" Coach Levi Vick said, "The talk never ends for this guy. He's a madman (Laughing), but one of the funniest guys I know." Desire at its best: UCLA'S KENNY WASHINGTON ...THE JACKIE ROBINSON OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL? VETERANS DAY SPECIAL. The Long Island Electric Football League takes great pride in cultivating and preserving history. Also, thank you to our veterans who have served our country. We promote all decent people not limited to our plastic athletes and the preservation of their names. Too often, the history of black players and the roadblocks and obstacles they faced are in some ways downplayed, but the irony of their history is how they contributed to their respective teams while battling racial inequality and equity. We can't forget the story of Chicago Bears Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo and their relationship either. It was the first time a white and black player became roommates. What does it take to recognize our similarities and our differences in understanding our human existence? Imagine being the first of anything, especially when it comes to racial integration in 1939. Here we are 84 years later, and we are still talking about the color barriers in America with terms like diversity, inclusion, and equity. LIEFL Commissioner, Professor of Communication, William O'Connell said, "There is a history of the first black player in professional football, but to think that as a culture people of color had to qualify to exist, is astonishing." Most of us know NFL history, but just in case ... Remember, in the ultimate display of tolerance, Jackie Robinson had it in his contract to not react to people even if they spat at him, but Robinson wasn't just a baseball player and frequent recipient of racism, he was more of a Superhuman who had to endure perhaps the most ignorant perceptual set of his era as a man of color! Robinson (Robinson's UCLA Football Jersey-Right) was a star at UCLA in football, basketball (as the leading scorer), track, and baseball. He still holds the record for the longest run from scrimmage (99-yards) at UCLA as a four-star athlete! But, if Robinson didn't turn great in his sport, what more racial discrimination would he have faced? Discrimination illustrates the importance of his greatness, and the spirit of the man. He awakened a culture to the importance of racial equality during one of the most trying times in history for young black men, and he did it quietly. Robinson was educated at one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the country at UCLA, not to mention. After the depression sports venues were on the rise and sports became more organized. By the early 1940s, sports organizations tried to entertain Americans. Then after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, disruption in sports schedules could not be avoided. Most professional and college athletes were eligible for military service, and those who were qualified soon signed up. On this veterans day November 11th, we duly note and salute Jackie Robinson's military service to the United States Army during WWII, and all veterans who have served this country. Jackie Robinson wasn't alone in combating the racial barriers of his time. His teammate at UCLA, Kenny Washington, is a guy you may not have heard of. Washington starred next to Robinson in both football and baseball at UCLA with a .300 batting average. Fast forward to UCLA Kenny Washington's professional football career. Washington is one of those "FIRSTS" in players who crossed the ignorant racial barriers which soured our nation in 1939. While Kenny Washington's injuries cost him his willingness to serve his country, he served in other ways. The History Channel covered a piece on Kenny Washington, the first black professional football player. The image of Kenny Washington (Photo Above) was taken at the height of his college career, when he wore number 13 on his chest. "Washington would play 580 minutes out of 600. The colors of the uniform have been recreated in consultation with UCLA. “In the 1930’s the UCLA jersey was a navy blue with gold lettering accents, and pants were gold as well,” says Emily Knox, Senior Art Director at UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame. “The shoes were black. The helmet is made from leather with a lighter brown shade.” Other images from the same period show Kenny Washington photographed with his fellow black teammates, Jackie Robinson and Woodrow "Woody" Strode. We know Jackie Robinson's stardom at UCLA and the barriers he broke, and what he had to overcome playing in Major League Baseball for the Dodgers. Washington and his comrades exude the athleticism and confidence of naturally talented young athletes. Yet each regularly faced racial taunts and discrimination. They could not play in Texas, for example, because hotels and restaurants would not serve them, but what the south didn't acknowledge was that these men were dignified. "The men were more than football players and athletes, said LIEFL Coach Paddy Brannigan. They were movers and shakers who were way ahead of their time, standing up to a culture filled with discrimination and racism, but they loved the game of football, and they knew that they could compete with anybody, and that is the beauty of their story. They are the trailblazers who paved the way for the athletes of today who might take their success for granted. I would be shocked if all these spoiled millionaire athletes even heard of Kenny Washington." Breaking down barriers. In 1939, the men-of-men were dealing with different issues during this era. After the Second World War ended, the NFL was compelled to abandon its discriminatory policies. Don't forget if you know history, 1945 began the Allied Bombing Campaign and the fall of Nazi Germany with 1,415,745 tons of bombs dropped. The NFL or professional league at the time, made great progress in integrating players of color who had to fight for their right to play professional football. There is a fine line between the argument, did professional football change to respect black players, or to make money off of talented black players? The LA Rams in 1945 were champions who newly relocated from Cleveland. Progress: The Rams were required to sign African American players or lose their lease on the LA Memorial Coliseum. On March 21st 1946, and by 1947, Washington became their marquee signing: the first black player to sign an NFL contract in the postwar era. (Strode followed two months later.) And so, Washington was not alone in crossing the racial barriers, but he was the first. He is part of a small group known today as "The Forgotten Four" of Marion Motley, teammate Woody Strode, and Bill Willis selected for the Ralph Hay Award. In the Long Island Electric Football League, our Los Angeles Rams celebrate many players of color with a historic lineup of Deacon Jones, Jackie Slater, Rosey Grier, Wendell Tyler, and "The Reverend" Isaac Bruce. With all that is going on in the World, today is a day to reflect and celebrate the historic lives of Kenny Washington, Jackie Robinson and Woodrow Strode, and the rest of these pioneers! Washington would eventually play three seasons on knees that had been surgically rebuilt, but he held his own in the 27 games he played, averaging over six yards per carry before his retirement in 1948. There was no championship title for these guys, and Kenny Washington did not repeat the stardom he had enjoyed at college level a decade earlier. He became a player who was roughhoused and targeted on the field, but his brave place in history is unmistakable. He surpassed the barriers of his time and went on to become an LAPD Police Officer and Hollywood actor ... We wonder if the NFL players of today even know who Kenny Washington and Woodrow Strode are. Washington died of heart and lung problems in Los Angeles in 1971 at the young age of 52. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2023 LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS (AFTER 5 WEEKS) LIEFL 7th REGULAR 7-GAME SEASON STANDINGS 2022 LIEFL CHAMPION: Kansas City Chiefs Matt Zoo York LIEFL AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Miami (7-3) 4 1 71 62 9 3-0 1-1 1-0 4-0 0-1 Buffalo (4-3) 4 1 118 92 16 3-0 1-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 New England (5-3) 3 2 58 71 7 2-0 1-2 0-2 2-2 1-0 New York (3-4) 1 4 76 103 10 1-2 0-2 0-2 1-3 0-1 TOTALS: AFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Los Angeles (6-2) 4 1 62 47 8 4-0 0-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 Denver (3-4) 4 1 76 55 10 2-0 2-1 1-1 3-1 1-0 Kansas City (8-3) 2 3 89 89 11 2-0 0-3 0-1 2-1 0-2 LV Raiders (3-4) 2 3 96 107 13 2-0 0-3 0-1 1-3 1-0 TOTALS: AFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Baltimore (3-4) 3 2 76 69 10 2-0 1-2 2-0 2-1 1-1 Pittsburgh (3-4) 2 3 90 104 12 2-0 0-2 1-1 1-3 1-0 Cincinnati (3-4) 2 3 76 76 10 2-0 0-3 1-2 1-3 1-0 Cleveland (4-4) 1 4 76 79 10 1-2 0-2 1-2 1-4 0-0 TOTALS: AFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Indianapolis (3-4) 4 1 89 69 12 3-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 Houston (3-4) 2 3 58 75 8 0-2 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 Jacksonville (3-4) 1 4 69 75 7 1-2 0-1 1-1 1-3 0-1 Tennessee (5-3) 1 4 51 69 6 1-2 0-2 0-1 1-3 0-1 TOTALS: NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE NFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Washington (3-5) 5 0 76 40 10 3-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 Dallas (2-5) 3 2 85 84 11 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-0 New York (7-3) 3 2 76 72 10 2-0 1-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 Philadelphia (3-4) 1 4 75 90 6 0-2 1-2 0-1 1-3 0-1 TOTALS: NFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Los Angeles (2-5) X 4 1 78 52 10 3-0 1-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 San Francisco (7-4) 1 4 52 64 7 1-1 0-3 1-1 1-2 0-2 Seattle (3-4) 1 4 83 100 11 1-2 0-2 0-1 1-3 0-1 Arizona (2-5) 1 4 69 80 9 1-1 0-3 0-1 1-4 0-0 TOTALS: NFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Green Bay (5-3) 4 1 89 73 11 2-0 2-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 Chicago (3-4) 3 2 103 97 15 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 Detroit (3-4) 2 3 81 82 11 2-1 0-2 0-2 1-3 1-0 Minnesota (4-5) 1 4 44 69 5 1-2 0-2 1-0 1-2 0-2 TOTALS: NFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Atlanta (5-3) 4 1 94 79 15 2-0 2-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 Carolina (5-3) 3 2 89 86 11 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-1 1-1 Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 2 97 92 13 2-2 2-0 0-2 2-2 1-0 New Orleans (1-6) 1 4 61 73 7 2-1 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-1 TOTALS: X-CLINCHED DIVISION TITLE & PLAYOFF SPOT LIEFL COACHES W L ALL TIME RECORDS AS OF 2022 ED VIGGS 14 6 (399-339)49ers, Chargers, Redskins, Packers LEVI VICK 7 7 (22-34) Cowboys, Patriots, Texans PADDY BRANNIGAN 9 6 (347-322) Steelers, Bears, Broncos JOEY PIZZ 8 12 (338-360) Jets, Vikings, Giants, Buccaneers JOHNNY FREEPORT 11 9 (225-280) Falcons, Lions, Ravens, Bengals MATT ZOO-YORK 7 12 (263-285) Eagles, Panthers, Chiefs, Browns BOBBY BIGGS 3 12 ROOKIE SEASON Jaguars, Seahawks and Saints KEVIN MAC 4 11 (334-354) Cardinals, Raiders, Titans JOE BINO 8 2 (ALTERNATE COACH) Dolphins, Bills, Colts, Rams COMPLETE FOR SEASON BILLY O’C 8 2 (420-301) Dolphins, Bills, Colts, Rams LIEFL WEEK #5 COMPLETED Player of the Week #5 LIEFL WEEK#5 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 1. 14 Raiders (2-2) at Dolphins (3-1)17 (MIA-Morris 9-127-2/49TD, Duper 3-164-0/72, LVR Casper 3-162-1/92) 2. 14 Falcons (3-1) at Texans (2-2)3 (HOU-Dayne 7-123-0/79) 3. 14 Chiefs (2-2) at Bears (2-2)17 (CHI-Payton9-113-2/41TD, Gault 3-138-0/50, KC-Holmes 5-120-2/58) 4. 10 Chargers (3-1) at Jaguars (1-3)7 (JAC-Taylor 9-195-1/82) 5. 7 Packers (4-0) at Giants (2-2)14 (NYG-Bradshaw 2-136-0 GB-Sharpe 2-124-0/81) 6. 3 Titans (1-3) at Bills (3-1)14 (BUF-Brown 2-104-0/55) 7. 0 Jets (1-3) at Redskins (4-0) 14 (WAS-Green 6-134-2/68) 8. 14 Cowboys (3-1) at Cardinals (0-4)21 (AZ-Gray 4-176-1/73TD, DAL-Smith 7-112-2/46) 9. 27 Eagles (0-4) at Seahawks (1-3) 21 (6:56 OT) (SEA-Lynch 10-288-3/100TD, PHI-Byars 11-103-2/28, Carmichael 4-298-2/2x100TDS) 10. 14 Broncos (3-1) at Vikings (1-3) 7 (MIN-Jefferson 3-145-0/50, McCaffery 2-100-2/54TD) 11. 16 Rams (3-1) at 49ers (1-3) 10 (5:03 OT) (SF-Rice 3-147-0/77, LAR-Bruce 4-220-1/92) 12. 17 Ravens (2-2) at Browns (1-3)14 (4:07 OT) (BAL-Mason 3-131-0/50, CLE-Pruitt 9-104-2/50TD) 13. 14 Bengals (2-2) at Steelers (1-3)17 (7:47 OT) (Pitt-Swann 4-239-1/100TD, CIN-Collinsworth 3-151-1/100TD) 14. 0 Saints (1-3) at Lions (1-3)7 (NO 100 YARD PLAYERS) 15. 7 Colts (4-0) at Patriots (2-2)10 (NE-Gronkowski 2-102-0/76) 16. 34 Panthers (2-2) at Buccaneers (3-1)28 (3:21 OT) (TB-Bell 4-160-3/65TD, Giles 4-240-1/100TD, CAR-Foster 9-216-4/60TD, Jones 6-289-1/69). Game of the Week: 34 Panthers (2-2) at Buccaneers (3-1)28 (3:21 OT)(TB-Bell 4-160-3/65TD, Giles 4-240-1/100TD, CAR-Foster 9-216-4/60TD, Jones 6-289-1/69). Player of the Week: CAR-DeShaun Foster for his 216-yard four touchdown performance against TAMPA BAY! THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED IN HUGE UPSET OVER SEAHAWKS 21-14! Eagles (0-4) - Seahawks (1-3) Coach Matt Zoo-York's Philadelphia Eagles have surprisingly not won a game this season. The Philadelphia Eagles have to be one of the most disappointing teams this year in the league. The worst thing that can happen to a team in this league is to lose home games, and for Philadelphia, they've created bad breaks for themselves. With Keith Byars and Harold Carmichael as offensive threats, there should be no excuses for having a high-scoring team. Having the Redskins-Giants and Cowboys on your list of teams to play though is a huge challenge. The Eagles have suffered the brunt of these teams in the NFC East. The East is stacked with great coaching and competition and winning the division usually comes down a phenomenal finish. The Seahawks have also had a disappointing season at (1-3), so both teams meet on common ground. Marshawn Lynch is due to explode and there couldn't be a better time than now to do that then today. Lynch is playing hard, ranked 5th in NFC all-purpose yards with 29 touches for 920 yards with seven touchdowns. Coach Bobby Biggs Seahawks have to take advantage of the Eagles in the running attack and that's where Lynch is so good but he can also destroy a team on special teams. Seattle has to step up and shut down Keith Byars, but that's not all. In order to have a chance making the playoffs this undersized 67-Big Men Seahawks team has to do what they're capable of doing, and that is scoring points. THE GAME: The Eagles have landed! You just can never tell who will be the spoiler of the LIEFL, but it started today in the game between Coach Matt Zoo-York's Philadelphia Eagles, who have to be one of the most disappointing teams this year in the league and the Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs Seattle Seahawks. The worst thing that can happen to a team in this league is to lose home games. With Keith Byars and Harold Carmichael on the Eagles, there should be no excuses for hard play. Having the Redskins-Giants and Cowboys on your list of teams to play is a huge challenge, and the Eagles have suffered the brunt of these teams in the NFC East. The Seahawks have also had a disappointing season. So both teams meet on common ground. Marshawn Lynch is due to explode and there couldn't be a better time than today. Lynch will look to take advantage of the Eagles in the running attack, and that's where the Seahawks are so good, but Lynch can also destroy a team on special teams. Seattle has to step up and shut down Keith Byars, but that's not all. In order to have a chance making the playoffs this team has to do what they're capable of doing, and that is scoring points. To open the game Marshawn Lynch ran back a 40-yard kickoff return. It only took Lynch two plays to run around the right side of the field for a 60-yard touchdown to give the Seahawks the opening possession lead 7-0! The speedy line of the Seahawks forced the Eagles to trap left and the door was opened for Lynch who blazed down the field for the score. Bobby Biggs was very happy with the play! But guess what? Harold Carmichael is back! On the next play of the game, Carmichael ran back an amazing 100-yard touchdown down the right lane of the field to tie the score with an imposing run, 7-7 game! What a run! We haven't seen Carmichael run like that since the last two games of the 2022 season! The battle in the trenches was terrific between these two teams. Seahawks lineman Cortez Kennedy and Philadelphia's LIEFL All-Pro Hugh Douglas went head-to-head going after each other in a great matchup. On the Seahawks next kick return Marshawn Lynch ran back 65 yards to the Eagles 35-yard line. Lynch inched his way up the field to the 11-yard line before the timer went off for the half. The first play of the second half saw the Seahawks blow a hole right to the left side of the three hole for Marshawn Lynch to go into the end zone from 11-yards away to score his second touchdown of the game with the Seahawks in the lead 14-7! On a blazing run on the ensuing kickoff Eagles Harold Carmichael ran back his second consecutive 100-yard touchdown of the game, to tie the score at 14-14, with 12:47 remaining in the game! Carmichael is red hot! The intensity was building! My goodness ... Marshawn Lynch answered Carmichael's touchdown on the ensuing kickoff with his own 100-yard kick return to up the ante in the game! Wow! Both of these teams are exploding on offense! The Seahawks lead 21-14 with just under four minutes to play in the game! When the Eagles got the ball back they worked on killing the clock as Harold Carmichael returned another big run of 54-yards setting up the Eagles March downfield from the 46-yard line of the Seahawks. Philadelphia drove the offense with runs of 16, 5, six, and finally on a 9-yard pass into the end zone with 10 seconds left in the game, Keith Byars scored on a game tying touchdown 21-21, sending this game into overtime! Surprise surprise! The winless Eagles never quit in any game this year they've been in every game. The Eagles won the coin toss in overtime! Coach Zoo was going crazy! The excitement of games like this can really destroy the ego of a man. Do some people take this game too serious? Bobby Biggs morale was damaged! Let this be a lesson that every coach in the league better not forget what days like this feels like. Biggs will come back stronger than ever with the hopes of at least getting one team into the playoffs this season. The Seahawks were that team, but they are on the back of an electric fence trying to fight their way out from being fried. What an overtime game against a revived Eagles team that came to play today. IN OVERTIME: The Philadelphia Eagles (1-4) won their first game of the season at a ripe time in overtime. They played like a playoff team moving the ball downfield after a 44-yard kick return by Harold Carmichael. Carmichael exploded for 298 all-purpose yards in the game, with two 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns! It was Keith Byars and the Eagles front line who did all the work after Carmichael gave Philadelphia great field position. Byars had runs of 28, and a 21-yard touchdown run to win the game in overtime at 6:56 by the score of 27-21 in the upset! Byars rushed for 103-yards in 11 carries and the Eagles produced 401-all purpose yards with four touchdowns. These are the Eagles we waited for all season. Bobby Biggs was in disbelief. He seemed to be very angry and in disbelief, but just like that ... his Seahawks were turned on their heads in the loss killing their hopes for any postseason play! We don't have quitters in our league, so Biggs will just have to suck it up. It does look like his Seahawks (1-4), are finished for the season because they appear close to being mathematically eliminated. Marshawn Lynch finished the day with a whopping ten all-purpose touches with 288-yards with three touchdowns, including a stunning 100-yard touchdown return and even with 305 yards on offense, Seattle couldn't get it done. The Seahawks had such high hopes this year, but in the hands of a new coach their destiny is unpredictable. Coach Zoo said, "Biggs is a terrific coach. It is just growing pains and learning the league, but I have no doubt he will be a beast. He seemed to really struggle with the fast setups and the ability to think on his feet in this game. I know that feeling because I went from winning a Super Bowl to losing lots of games this season. Coach Ed Viggs is the guy to beat." Biggs, now (3-11) had no comment. BRONCOS IMPROVE TO (4-1) WITH UPSET OVER VIKINGS IN TOUGH BRAWL 21-14! Broncos (3-1) Vikings (1-3) This is another one of those unpredictable matchups in the Long Island Electric Football League. Coach Paddy Brannigan's Denver Broncos lost to their division rival Los Angeles Chargers last week in a tough game, 21-14. Denver has become a powerhouse in the AFC West with the Chargers, but they're facing one of the best defenses in the game in the Minnesota Vikings, who have allowed 55 points. Right now the Washington Redskins are the #1 Defense with just 40-points allowed, or PA after five games. Broncos running back LIEFL All-Pro Terrell Davis has been consistent for three seasons now, but this season opponents have put a lot of pressure on Davis, limiting his yardage. As a result, Coach Brannigan has been connecting with receiver Ed McCaffrey who has been the playmaker on offense with two touchdowns and 104 yards before this game, balancing the Broncos offensive attack. Davis is ranked currently 8th in AFC all-purpose yards with 40 touches for 807-yards, with just four touchdowns, including a single 100-yard touchdown. Last season Davis finished second in the AFC in all-purpose yards with big numbers. Davis had 67 touches for 1708 yards, with ten touchdowns, four of them 100-yard kick returns! The real question is, are they ready for the postseason or are they looking too far ahead? Coach Joey Pizz' Minnesota Vikings surprised everyone last year after upsetting the Carolina Panthers in the LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament. The Vikings eliminated division rival Chicago Bears 14-7, in the final regular season game. Then, they took down the Panthers 31-14, in the NFC Wild Card Game. Finally, they were stopped by the New York Giants 38-35 in a war of a NFC Divisional Championship Game! Chuck Foreman was a hero for the Vikings in the playoffs for Minnesota. The biggest question for the Minnesota Vikings is Adrian Peterson. Peterson has lost a little of his edge and productivity as the Vikings have become a defensive team rather than impose their offense. Coach Joey Pizz says he's working on the issues as his Vikings play. Pizz said, "Unfortunately with all that is going on in the world I don't have time to practice, but let me say, electric football calms the nerves and brings lots of joy during dangerous times in the world." The Vikings have their backs against the wall in the NFC North, and it looks like they're going to have to rebuild once again. Where Minnesota needs changes, is at linebacker. They need to do a better job in the trenches in the middle and that's when Adrian Peterson will take flight. It is so strange that the Vikings have the same 11-men on defense who are so effective, but on offense, they underachieve. This should be a great defensive battle though today because Denver has a strong defense. THE GAME: The Vikings and Broncos clashed in a game balanced with high-octane offense and defense, and for Minnesota, Adrian Peterson launched his running game, while Vikings Coach Joey Pizz finally gave his receiver Justin Jefferson the chance to begin returning the football so that Peterson can focus on his running game. Minnesota's Justin Jefferson took the opening kickoff 50-yards right through the center of the Broncos defense. The Vikings went to work right away as the Broncos set up. In 28 seconds the Vikings were set. Adrian Peterson broke loose for an 8-yard run on first down and then on second down, he exploded for a 42-yard touchdown run into the endzone! It's the first time in a long time that we've see Peterson put his running legs on, 7-0, Vikings in the lead! LIEFL All-Pro Terrell Davis came right back! Davis ran back a 52-yard kick return on the Broncos opening drive, but the Vikings defense stopped Davis from that point on with Davis rushing for just 20 yards in the game. Minnesota's Carl Eller and Jared Allen led the way. Denver would turn to their star this year, Ed McCaffery. On Third down, Mac flew into the endzone on an electrifying 46 yard touchdown catch to tie the game 7-7! Justin Jefferson returned his second 50-yard kick of the game, giving Minnesota great field position, byt the Vikings would have to earn every speck of the field against the Broncos defense led by Paul Smith. Adrian Peterson would be shut down after rushing for 62-yards in the game, and it's all the scoring Minnesota would have left as the Broncos line and Ed McCaffrey would take over scoring his second touchdown of the game for an explosive 54-yard touchdown catch, to give Denver the lead for good, 14-7! The Broncos host the NFC's Chicago Bears (3-2) next week as the Broncos go to (4-1), tied with the LA Chargers for a battle in the AFC West! Terrell Davis 72 total yards, was held to under 100 all-purpose yards in the game. That says a lot about the Vikings (1-4) defense.Minnesota plays at Detroit next week in a great division rival matchup. THE RAMS ARE BACK WITH 16-10 OT WIN OVER 49ERS TO CLINCH NFC WEST! Rams (3-1) - 49ers (1-3) If ever there was a time to win a game, this is the game for the defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers. The Rams have a shot at clinching the NFC West today with a win over the 49ers. Seattle and Arizona are both out with (1-4) records. If the 49ers win they have a slight chance to make the NFC Playoffs, but right now the Rams, Washington, Dallas, the New York Giants, Green Bay, Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Carolina, and Detroit are in the NFC playoff picture. That is some lineup. As the Rams celebrate "Kenny Washington Day" they rose to the occasion against division rival and defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers. When it comes to these two opponents, the outcome is usually determined by two players LA's Isaac Bruce, and San Fran's Jerry Rice. The game can always go either way. The Rams have to backtrack to what they were three seasons ago, and the 49ers have lost the step with what appears to be an injury to plastic Jerry Rice. He has lost his touch. Rice was a sensation last year in the playoffs, but this year he has underperformed because last year's player base forget how to play, so Coach Ed Viggs dished the base. "I need my players to be at their best in this league, that is the bottom line, but Rice is off. This year Rice did not do his job, but that applies to my whole team, so if I can't this team moving in the right direction today, it will be tough to recover the season. Ricky Watters will have to step up and take on more responsibility to win this game. It's good that Arizona is (1-4), and Seattle is (1-4), which leaves us a small space to challenge the Rams for the NFC West." PLAYER BASES: Coach Viggs is extremely disappointed in the quality of the player bases of today, saying, " Some may disagree with me and that's fine, but I'm always interested in quality when it comes to true games accessories, not quantity. I think the best player bases ever made were in the 60s and early 70s. Proof of that is the amazing performers we still have 45 years later in our league. They have withstood the test of time. It's like everything else in the world, things have gone to junk and they don't make things the way they used to. I am a businessman. I don't mind paying whatever it costs for quality stuff. Even if they brought back some of the original specs for game boards of the seventies, I would buy three or four for the league if it was still running. I love Tudor Games, but Tudor went to some cheap lightweight player bases and we paid for lots of player bases until we could find even one who could perform in our league. Most of the guys who play this game around the world are working professionals who may very feel the same way as I do about the product. I'm not impressed by the other newer player bases either, and I would never pay what they ask for those bases. Again, it's not about the quantity it's about the quality. Whatever happened to the molds for those player bases I have no idea. Our league is not looking to make a name for itself, we know who we are. We are just trying to humbly add to the greatness of the hobby." THE GAME: On the opening kickoff coach Viggs decided to give Jerry Rice one more try and Rice ran back a 53-yard kick return to open the game. On first down in the trenches, 49ers running back Ricky Watters ran for a 17-yard first down on the first play of the game. Watters was stopped on the next two plays by a vicious LA Rams Fab-Five defense led by Deacon Jones, Jackie Slater, and Chris Long, forcing a third down pass to Dwight Clark who fell short of the first down on a 20-yard reception. The 49ers had to kick a field goal to take the lead 3-0! Rams sensation Isaac Bruce opened the game with a 92-yard powerhouse kick return, but the Rams struggled as well on offense. San Francisco landed their big boys right in the middle with Fred Dean, Charles Haley, and Randy Cross leading the way. That didn't stop Rams alternate Coach Bino as he threw a rocket to Isaac Bruce at the 18-yard line, with the Rams scoring the first touchdown of the game, 7-3 Rams, in the lead. Jerry Rice exploded on the next return for 77 yards. The 49ers could not run the football and as time was ticking away at 3:34 left in the game you have to wonder what's going through coach figs his mind as he tries to pull off a masterpiece. After losing 25-yards. On 3rd down, Roger Craig would break free at the 35-yard line and take it right into the end zone to give San Francisco the sudden lead 10-7. On the hurry up set up Isaac Bruce exploded 70 yards in field goal range. The Rams tied the game with a field goal 10-10 sending the game into overtime! Wow the Rams won the overtime going toss! This is going to settle the season right here for the defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers as the Rams take back their dominance of the NFC West. OVERTIME: Isaac Bruce ran back the kick return in overtime, but he was turned by Merlin Olsen at the Rams 40-yard line. The Rams decided to give the ball to Eric Dickerson who ran for 6-yards on first down and then Dickerson was stopped on second down. Coach Bino is an excellent passer so on third down Bino set a trap which allowed Rams receiver Ricky Proehl to break free from San Francisco's Roger Craig. Proehl bolted downfield for a 57-yard touchdown reception to give the Rams the win in overtime 16-10 upsetting the San Francisco 49ers on their home turf! It's all over for San Francisco in 5:03 of overtime. Coach Viggs has to figure out what changes need to be made for his defending NFC Champion 49ers. The Rams clinch the NFC West and they are headed back to the LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament! RAVENS KNOCK BROWNS FROM PLAYOFF SHOT WITH 17-14 UPSET OT WIN! Ravens (2-2) Browns (1-3) Coach Johnny-Freeport's Baltimore Ravens have played well this year. They are right on the edge of possibly winning the AFC North but the one roadblock is this team that they're playing today in Matt Zoo-York's Cleveland Browns. The Ravens have been in every game this season but running back Jamal Lewis has not played the way he has in the past because "Baltimore has designed a defense that competes rather than worrying about an offense that scores," said Zoo-York. Lewis has just 65 yards rushing on 15 touches versus his 9th ranked AFC performance of last season which landed him 39 touches for 487-yards with eight touchdowns. Here we are in Week #5, and Johnny-Freeport hasn't figured it out, but in all the chaos the Ravens are (2-2). Johnny-Freeport Chucker said, "Listen, Zoo should worry about his team scoring and not how I coach my team. I don't have to tell anyone my plans for the Ravens," but the Ravens have been focused on defense not thinking that they'd have issues on offense. Today is our day." Derrick Mason has been on fire in the league for Baltimore, ranking 10th in AFC all-purpose yards. Mason won the game last week in the Ravens 17-14 victory against the 49ers with an electrifying 100-yard touchdown run. He's been a beast this season with 10 touches, and lots of damage returning the ball, with 755-yards and five 100-yard touchdowns! Cleveland will have their hands full and it will take crucial time management to beat the Ravens. The other side of this important division game is that the Cleveland Browns have to make their move today in order to compete for the LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament. LIEFL All-Pro Linebacker Clay Matthews and rookie Ty Davis will be a key to this game. With the running game of Mike Pruitt and the special teams play of Jim Brown, Cleveland should pose a huge challenge to the Ravens in the trenches today. The steady and gritty Ravens led by the "Goose" Tony Siragusa, will be tough to beat on the inside, but so will the Browns, feared in the trenches by lineman Myles Garrett. The race to the finish line in the AFC North very interesting. The Browns made very few changes to their lineup. They played big in 2022, eventually losing to the Dolphins 38-34 in last year's AFC Wild Card Game. Making the playoffs opened the door to a hopeful 2023 for the Browns. The real question is how hungry are they for a playoff spot? THE GAME: Coach Johnny Freeport's Baltimore Ravens have played well this year. They are right on the edge of possibly winning the AFC North but the one roadblock is this team that they're playing today in Matt Zoo- York's Cleveland Browns. The Ravens running back Jamal Lewis has not played the way he as in the past, but Johnny Freeport believes he will contribute to the Ravens offense today because he thinks that the Ravens line can outplay the Browns based on the tough teams Baltimore has played. The Ravens laser-sharp defense is led by Tony "The Goose" Siragusa. Baltimore has been focused on defense not thinking that they'd have issues on offense. ... The Cleveland Browns made very few changes to their lineup. When the Browns loss to the Dolphins in last year's playoffs it opened the door to search for a linebacker who could compliment the play of LIEFL All-Pro Clay Matthews. They found Ty Davis who they drafted because they saw his player base potential. The real question is how hungry are the Browns for a playoff spot today? LIEFL All-Pro Clay Matthews will team up with Davis to crush the Ravens running game. With the running game of Mike Pruitt and the special teams play of Jim Brown, Cleveland should pose a huge challenge to the Ravens today. The steady and gritty Ravens led by Siragusa will be tough to beat on the inside. The race to the finish line in the AFC North should be very interesting. Browns superstar Jim Brown ran back a 46-yard kick return to open the game for Cleveland. The Browns put workhorse Mike Pruitt to work. Pruitt took over on seven carries totaling 54-yards as the Browns inched their way into Baltimore territory. Cleveland's offensive line pushed the Ravens to the limit with their backs against the wall until finally Mike Pruitt ran in a 12-yard touchdown to put Cleveland on the scoreboard first 7-0, Browns take the lead with 3:34 remaining in the half! Impressive start for Cleveland. The Baltimore Ravens fired right back. On their first possession, the Ravens took the ball downfield on the kickoff return by Derrick Mason, speeding 34-yards in their own territory. Ravens running back Jamal Lewis then ran the ball and was stopped in the trenches on his first two runs. Then on third down, Lewis exploded on a 21-yard run for the first down, and he had another big run of 22-yards for his second consecutive first downs. The Ravens moved the ball. Lewis was then met by that big defensive line of the Browns led by Lineman Myles Garrett and linebackers Ty Davis and Clay Matthews who stopped Lewis on the next few plays. But on third down again, Johnny Freeport connected on a great pass to tight end Mark Andrews who launched a 34-yard touchdown reception, tying the score at 7-7! Wow! The intensity was rising with Cleveland's Jim Brown exploding on the ensuing kickoff. Brown ran a 50-yard kick return to mid-field to begin the second half. The Browns handed the ball to reliable Mike Pruitt who barreled his way with a barrage of runs until finally he blew the doors open with a 50-yard touchdown run to give the Browns the 14-7 lead! Cleveland tried to work the clock, leaving Baltimore with under two minutes remaining in the game under intense pressure to score. Coach Johnny-Freeport says he thrives under pressure. It was LIEFL All-Pro Derrick Mason who came through BIG again! Mason gave the Ravens perfect field position at the 50-yard line, and one play later with seconds to go and the game Jamal Lewis took a 50-yard touchdown pass from Johnny-Freeport into the end zone to tie the game at 14-14, as the Browns ran out of time! WOW! My goodness, it is another intense LIEFL battle for position! What a turn of events in this crucial game for both of these teams as we go into overtime! The Ravens won the overtime coin-toss in overtime! Johnny Freeport went absolutely wild! This would be a hard one to swallow for Matt Zoo-York as a determined Derrick Mason blasted off again for a 47-yard kick return. It was Ravens running back Jamal Lewis who romped his way downfield with runs of 19, and 22-yards until the Ravens were close enough to the 12-yard line to kick the game winning field goal, beating the Cleveland Browns 17-14, at 4:07 in Overtime! What a darn Week #5 game which potentially puts the Browns playoff hopes in jeopardy. The story of the day was Jamal Lewis and Derrick Mason, who put this team in a great spot to compete for the division title! What a game! The Cleveland Browns in the games they have lost have been by a margin of just three-points in each of their losses. That is respectable, because not a single game was a blowout. Ravens Coach Johnny Freeport said, "These fools in this league think I am all talk. Good that is what I want them to think because no matter what, I am finding ways to win. How bout that Jamal Lewis though!!! I am proud that I could be a spoiler against the Browns. We beat them up today!" Is the force on the Baltimore Ravens side? Lewis contributed a hard earned 121 all-purpose yards with a huge 50-yard touchdown reception to tie the game and send it into overtime! Teams and coaches are beginning to crumble under pressure in Week #5, in another upset! Baltimore (3-2) is at the top of the AFC North. The Ravens have a huge game next week when they host Indianapolis Colts star Joseph Addai. Then they face the red hot Chargers in Week #7 for a run at the LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII Tournament. Cleveland (1-4) didn't expect this loss today, but reality dictates the day. They are done and Zoo-York has to go back to the basics! The Browns last two games are on the road at Pittsburgh, and then Arizona. The game below is such a key matchup! STEELERS TOUGH IT OUT BEATING BENGALS TO REGAIN EDGE IN AFC NORTH IN 17-14 OT THRILLER! Bengals (2-2) - Steelers (1-3) In the other half of the battle for the AFC North, it's a chance for the Steelers and Bengals to stay alive in the division as the Ravens advance closer to the title and the playoffs for their seventh time in ten seasons. Both the Bengals and Steelers are a work in progress. The Bengals just can't be ignored. It's evident that they are on the rise in the rankings. They haven't been steady in winning for some time, but Bengals Coach Johnny-Freeport insists his team is steady and ready at (2-2), saying, "Look, we have been on the rise this season and we have played all 2022 playoff teams. Don't ignore the fact that we beat Cleveland last week, and San Fran the week before. People see that San Fran and Cleveland are on the losing end of games, but they are excellent teams. It comes down to coaching. Two straight wins in this league by this team should tell you where we are at." Cincinnati's Ickey Woods has improved enough to contribute with 15 touches for 211 rushing yards with four touchdowns with his new player base, and the combination of Chad Ochocinco Johnson and Chris Collinsworth have a totaled 717 all-purpose yards with four touchdowns between the tandem. With Steelers linebackers Jack Lambert and Greg Lloyd in the middle, the challenge is real for the Bengals. For the Steelers, even if they win the next three games and end up (4-3), they would lose the division if the Ravens end up (4-3), because Baltimore beat Pittsburgh in Week #1, 21-14! What a predicament! The Steelers have played well this season with receiver Lynn Swann having an All-Pro season. Before the start of this game, Swann ranked 7th in AFC all-purpose yards with 16 touches for 932-yards, with six touchdowns, four of them 100-yard returns! He has been the difference in Pittsburgh's offense. "The Bus" Jerome Bettis is streaky, and the Steelers defense has struggled, giving up 90 points in four games. It's been a while since the Pittsburgh has made the playoffs. The last time they played in the postseason was against the New York Jets when the Steelers lost 34-31 in overtime in an unforgettable stinging upset during the 2016 season in the AFC Wild Card Game. But the Steelers have found a groove with Lynn Swann leading the way with his reliable play. Swann will cross the thousand yard mark for the first time in Pittsburgh's history at the position! THE GAME: Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann has been nothing less than impressive this season as he strives for his first 1,000 yard season. On the opening kickoff, Swann blazed 58-yards down the center of the field to set up running back Jerome Bettis and the Steelers running game. The Saints defense came to play, shutting down the Steelers running attack. Coach Paddy Brannigan's Steelers had a little extra to add by featuring Lynn Swann who exploded for a 43-yard first down in a third down situation. On the next play, a guy who hasn't seen much action for the Steelers, Rocky Bleier, ran a 5-yard play into the end zone to give the Steelers the lead 7-0! Chris Collinsworth on the ensuing kickoff and opening possession for the Bengals, Collinsworth ran back a 41-yard kick return into traffic where he was clobbered by Rocky Bleier, who just scored the touchdown on the last play for the Steelers! To begin the second half Cincinnati's Chad Ochocinco had a 24-yard first down in a third down situation. Bengals running back Ickey Woods exploded for an 18-yard first down and the Steelers defense put up a battle as Chris Collinsworth had a 10-yard first down, bringing the ball to the 11-yard line of the Steelers with 7:13 remaining in the game. After a few failed runs by the Bengals, Woods went nowhere, forcing a third-down play for Cincinnati with just four minutes left to go in the game with the clock ticking. Finally, with 2:29 remaining in the game it was Ickey Woods who broke Free out of the Cincinnati backfield and into the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown play on a great pass by Johnny-Freeport! It looks like this one's going to be a nail biting thriller across to cross the finish line! There's nothing better than two division rivals at war for a spot in the division! The game is tied Cincinnati 7 - Pittsburgh 7! What unreal excitement in this nail biting buildup. Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann ran back a stunning 100-yard kick return to put the Steelers ahead 14-7! With 45 seconds to go in the game Chris Collinsworth ran back a heroic 100-yard touchdown to tie the game and put the game in overtime in an absolutely incredible game! Wow! OVERTIME: The Steelers won the overtime coin toss! This is what division battle should be all about. The game should go right down to the last seconds of a game and this one for this division is historic. If the Steelers win this game they have a chance to take the advantage over Cincinnati in the playoff run for the division. Lynn Swann again returned the ball, this time for 38-yards in overtime with Chris Collinsworth making the stop! After Rocky Bleier's run on first down, Bleier was stopped so the Steelers turned the ball over to Jerome Bettis, who was stopped on second down. But on third down, Rocky Bleier broke open for a 24-yard reception for a first down, bringing the Steelers to the 19-yard line of Cincinnati. The Steelers ended the game right there in 7:45 of overtime, 17-14! What a wild finish! The Steelers (2-3) still have a fighting change in the AFC North as they host the Cleveland Browns (1-4) next week and then they are at the San Francisco 49ers (1-4) in the season finale while the Cincinnati Bengals lost their advantage in the playoff race. The Bengals (2-3) host Houston next week and in their final game of the season they are at the red-hot LA Rams! LIONS-SAINTS PLAY FIERCE DEFENSIVE BATTLE IN DETROIT 7-0 WIN! Saints (1-3) - Lions (1-3) This game between the Saints and Lions will be rookie coach Bobby Biggs toughest yet. He faces Coach Johnny-Freeport and Dexter Bussey, who regardless of Detroit's record, is a legendary force in this league. While the Lions have been pressed for answers, Johnny-Freeport has been combatant saying they have had bad breaks. "You think Bobby Biggs is going to beat my Lions with his record in the league? The guy has won, what, three games? His team is going to see just how angry my team is with our record, but when we win this game we still have a chance to make the playoffs. Biggs hasn't lived up to the billing Billy O'C bragged about. O'C isn't going to tell me about talent." "Biggs is an excellent coach who is learning the league, and he will deliver, and when he does he is going to bring that wrath on Johnny big time," said Freeport's best friend Paddy Brannigan. We don't know which is worse, the talk or the play of these two coaches. The buildup to this game has been silent for Coach Bobby Biggs. The Saints are beginning to show signs of making huge strides. They have five first round drafts from the February player base pool. New Orleans has been in every game this season, and they pulled off a huge win against the playoff contending Giants last week 24-21! The problem for the Saints is, they finish with three straight games on the road so all of this analysis could quickly target the play of Biggs again. Coach Joey Pizz, who has been a harsh critic of both Johnny-Freeport and Bobby Biggs said, "You can't hide in this league. You will be exposed. Biggs once bragged about what a great coach he is, and he still has refused to acknowledge the play of the coaches in this league. That's what I call delusional. If I joined a new league knowing I am a decent coach, and I was having my butt kicked week in and week out, I'd fess up to the solid play of the league." Bobby Biggs said, "You can't expect instant results in any league because you have to know what you're dealing with. I am not making up excuses. I was given underachieving teams in the league and I will make them winners." Between the Jaguars, Seahawks, and the Saints, Biggs best shot at any postseason games was with Seattle this season, but the Seahawks folded this week in their huge upset and embarrassing loss to the Eagles on the Seahawks own turf. It has been that kind of season. THE GAME: With the Saints and Lions battling to stay in playoff contention, this game should be interesting. One thing is for certain and that is you can feel the energy of the New Orleans Saints who are slowly improving with their five number one draft picks. Their defensive line is tough and you have to earn every yard against them. Detroit's LIEFL All-Pro running back Dexter Bussey took the opening kick off 48-yards, hit hard by New Orleans Saints back Reggie Bush, who made the stop. Bussey ran the ball twice on the first set of downs, but he was met by a hard hitting Saints defense who are not the same team we've seen in the past. This team is going to battle you on every play. Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs has the Saints on the move. On third down it was Detroit's Calvin Johnson who took a 24-yard first down to the 33 yard line of the Saints. But the New Orleans defense kicked in. On the Lions second time around on third down, it was speedy Calvin Johnson again who blazed across the middle of the field for a huge 62-yard touchdown play from Johnny-Freeport to give the Lions the lead 7-0, with 3:25 remaining and a half! The second half kicked off with some fierce defense by Detroit. Defensive tackle Lomas Brown made his third tackle of the game, giving Brown nine for the season, after Reggie Bush ran for a Saints 15-yard first down. This was an impressive battle between both defenses with the New Orleans at the 50-yard line after losing 12-yards to the Detroit defense with just 6:39 remaining in the game. Lomas Brown took on three Saints players while making the tackle on one play. The Lions attempted to score on their last drive but was stopped by the Saints defense in a stand of solidarity and pride. Although the Saints have only won one game they put up a fierce battle and wall against one of the the best running backs in the game. Neither team had a hundred yard player today, and that is a testament to the defensive game that this was with the Lions beating the Saints 7-0! Lions star Calvin Johnson, finished with 86-yards for the Lions with one touchdown, a 62-yard pass reception, and that would be the only score of the day. The New Orleans Saints (1-4) may be finished for the season, but they have made huge strides. As for the Detroit Lions (2-3), perhaps the best is yet to come after this well earned win! Detroit Coach Johnny-Freeport said, "The rookie is paying the price for his decisions on the field and he just keeps on losing." Coach Bobby Biggs, who stood right there while Freeport ran his mouth said, "I am going to take a pass on responding to his nonsense. I will get the last laugh, just watch! The goal now at this point of the season is to be a spoiler. That is just as important as being on the other end of the coin." PATRIOTS END COLTS UNBEATEN STREAK 10-7! Colts (4-0) - Patriots (2-2) This isn't just any day, it is Veterans day! We appreciate the service to our country from all of our veterans. This will be the toughest matchup yet for alternate Coach Joe Bino's undefeated Indianapolis Colts. Playing against the New England Patriots at New England will be a challenging task, because the Colts have been dominant. The Patriots will have to find a way to take away the offense opportunities from the Patriots. The Colts will have their hands full trying to stop LIEFL All-Pro Rob Gronkowski and a well-coached Patriots football team. Even though all the attention of the LIEFL AFC East usually goes to the Dolphins and Bills, the Patriots are in the playoff picture still. A win over Indianapolis would get the Patriots closer to their goal of participating in a second consecutive postseason for New England. So, they are not out of this race by any means, and a win in this game at home could change the minds of those people in the league who think Buffalo will make the LIEFL Super Bowl. Regardless of the outcome, the road to the playoffs for the Patriots will be a huge challenge with a game in Washington with the (5-0) Redskins next week. Then New England finishes at home in a game that could spoil Denver's playoff hopes. Indianapolis has dominated at home and on the road so far this season and they are only one of two teams still unbeaten with the other being the Washington Redskins (5-0). The Patriots will have their hands full with running back Joseph Addai, who seems to be unstoppable. The Patriots defense has to come up big today in the trenches. THE GAME: Going into this game we knew this would be an intense battle between the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots. Coach Levi Vick has been practicing with his Patriots all week he said. He changed the player base for Pats running back Laurence Maroney to make a maximum impact in the New England backfield. On the opening kickoff Rob Gronkowski was stuffed at the 26-yard line and pushed out of bounds by a stack of white jersey's. The Colts came out with some energy and Laurence Maroney performed for the Patriots He carried the ball six times for 27-yards on the first set of downs. On third down, it was New England receiver Randy Moss who broke free on a Levi Vick pass. Moss ran 26-yards to the 19-yard line to put the Patriots in scoring position for the first time in the game to end the first half! The Patriots started the second half at the 19-yard line of Indianapolis. After two more runs by Laurence Maroney the Colts defense came up huge forcing a fourth down. On the crucial third down play Levi Vick could not make the connection to a wide open Kevin Faulk in the end zone, forcing a fourth down. The Patriots couldn't chance it so they kicked a 19-yard field goal to take the lead in the game 3-0, with 10:21 remaining. That was a huge decision for Levi Vick, especially turning the ball over to Indianapolis Star running back Joseph Addai. The most important thing for New England was to keep the ball out of Addai's hands for as long as they could, and they did just that. On the ensuing kickoff Joseph Addai could only muster up 22-yards on the return. But two plays later Addai exploded on a 59-yard run downfield to the Patriots 25-yard line. One play later Addai darted 25 yards into the end zone to give the Indianapolis Colts the lead 7-3, with 4:34 left in the game! This game came right down to the final seconds. On the ensuing kickoff Rob Gronkowski ran a spectacular 76-yard kick return to the Colts 24-yard line just when the Patriots needed it most. On first down Laurence Maroney was crushed by Colts linebacker Robert Mathis who made his third big tackle of the game for the Colts with 1:46 remaining in the game and the clock ticking down. With just nine seconds left in the game, Randy Moss brilliantly broke free on the left side of the field for a 29-yard touchdown to give the Patriots the game winning touchdown over the previously unbeaten Colts, dealing Indianapolis their first loss of the season in a sensational game! Although the Colts played a brilliant defensive game, the resilient Patriots were bound to break through on one play against that Ironclad defense of the Colts. It was the play they needed to by freeing Randy Moss who won the game for New England! Wow! INCREDIBLE PANTHERS BUCS GAME FINISHES IN EPIC WIN FOR CAROLINA IN OT 34-28! Panthers (2-2) - Buccaneers (3-1) In the game of the week, the LIEFL featured the rival of rivals! If there was ever a time for Coach Joey Pizz Tampa Bay Buccaneers to rise to the occasion, today is the day. Matt Zoo-York's Carolina Panthers performed like champions, but so to did the Tampa Bay Bucs! Both teams are playing at peak levels. They both have lots of stars in this game and the battle can go either way, especially if the Panthers special teams takes over and matches Tampa Bay's Jimmie Giles play for play. We can't find many weaknesses in these two teams, and that is what makes this such an incredible matchup, on paper anyway! On the opening kick return, the exciting Jimmie Giles ran back a 60-yard run, and the battle in the trenches began. Bucs running back Ricky Bell, who's been on the rise in the past two games was stopped on first down. But on second down Bell ran a spectacular electrifying 40-yard touchdown run around the left side of the Carolina defense to give the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the lead, 7-0! Nobody said it was going to be easy in the final game on our schedule of week five. Carolina's Greg Jones answered right back with a runback of 40-yards on the Panthers first possession, crossing lines and clashing into Bucs tackle Paul Gruber, who made a hard hitting tackle on Jones. At this point every game that is played between division rivals is like a playoff game in the battle for the division. The Panthers wasted no time. It only took one play for DeShaun Foster to explode on the left side of the four hole for a 60-yard dart into the end zone to tie the game at 7-7, with 8:45 remaining and a half! On the ensuing kickoff Buccaneers star Jimmie Giles was clocked hard at the 35-yard line by Carolina tackle, Stan McClover! It was running back Ricky Bell with help from Bucs tackle Davin Joseph that Bell made a spectacular run towards the middle of the field turning 65-yards into the end zone for a touchdown in one of the nicest plays of the year for a back! You think the Bucs want this game? Score, 14-7 Tampa Bay, with 5:11 remaining in the half. This might be the best Tampa Bay team we've seen in a long time! They are putting on a show, and so is Carolina! There is something in the air in Tampa Bay as Mike Alstott went head to head with Greg Jones on the ensuing kick return, stopping Jones at the Panthers own 35-yard line. After being stopped on first down, Panthers running back DeShaun Foster took an electrifying 38-yard run into the end zone to tie the score in the second half 14-14 in this nail biter! Words could not replace the excitement! If you read our articles you know that the curse of the Buccaneers is something that buzzes around the league because last season they built a reputation as spoilers. They destroyed the Jets hopes and several other teams like the Rams, by beating them on their own turf at pivotal times in the season, spoiling their hopes for the postseason. Could this be the year of the Bucs or Panthers? Before we speak too soon let's see what they're both made of as Jimmie Giles ran back another kick return, this time for 45-yards, hit hard by Panthers lineman Kris Jenkins. This has to be one of the best battles of the LIEFL season as Ricky Bell broke free for his third touchdown run of the game for 55-yards, as the Buccaneers take the lead with 11:15 remaining in the game 21-14! Ricky Bell has 160-yards rushing on one of the best defenses in the league! Unbelievable! On the next kickoff Greg Jones ran a speedy 69-yard kick return and Jones was spun around in circle by his own man, but then he broke free and took off towards the middle of the field where Jones was chased down by speedy Tampa Bay lineman LeRoy Selmon who made a super tackle. What a game this is turned into. Panthers back DeShaun Foster from four yards out scored his third touchdown of the game to tie the score 21-21, with 6:47 remaining in the game! This game was so intense that the excitement was overwhelming! ... On an unbelievable kick return on the ensuing kickoff Jimmie Giles ran back a 100-yard touchdown to give the Buccaneers or 28-21 lead, with 5:03 remaining in the game! Greg Jones tackled Giles just as he touched the line for the end zone! The excitement is incredible on that play and in this game! Unreal! As if there were not enough excitement in the game, with time ticking down the Panthers got off one run by Greg Jones again. Then on second down, it was Greg Jones who took a 37-yard pass play into the end zone to tie the score 28-28, sending the game into overtime! Holy Cow! What a game! With the score tied 28-28, the Carolina Panthers won the coin toss in overtime. This may very well turn out to be the biggest heartbreak of Bucs Coach Pizz LIEFL career. Could this be the slaying of the curse of the Buccaneers? Call it a sword fight or whatever you like, but in this case the the Tampa Bay Buccaneers they lost the luck of the drawer on the coin toss this time. OVERTIME: On the kickoff and overtime Greg Jones ran back a 40-yard blast. In one of the best games of the year DeShaun Foster in overtime after two short runs, took a 56-yard touchdown around the right end of the Tampa Bay defense for the fourth time in the game to win the game 34-28 in 3:21 of overtime! This game is going to go down in history in the LIEFL record books! The Buccaneers are not out of it by any means but they're going to lose the advantage to the Carolina Panthers and both teams battled to the death! The teams are both (3-2), but the Panthers have the edge in the playoff spot. DeShaun Foster earned Week #5 Player of the Week rushing for 216-yards on nine carries with four breakout touchdown runs of 60, 38, 4 yards, and the game-winning run of 56-yards into the end zone! Both Foster and Greg Jones outplayed the Bucs by a small step. Jones totaled 6 touches for 289 all-purpose yards with one touchdown. What a game it was! Coach Matt Zoo-York turned on his championship skills in an epic game! The Panthers played their cards right with the remaining two games at home. Next week they play the game of the year for them against first place division rival Atlanta (4-1). Then they finish the season hosting the tough Houston Texans (2-3). What a Week#5 finish! LIEFL LEADERBOARD AFTER FIVE WEEKS AFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Holmes-KC 31-524-8/59 2. Simpson-BUF 29-486-10/52TD 3. Bell-NYJ 27-411-6/53 4. Addai-IND 32-369-8/50TD 5. Jackson-LVR 27-311-5/52TD 6. M. Pruitt-CLE 38-311-5/50TD 7. Davis-DEN 37-306-4/45TD 8. Morris-MIA 30-297-4/49TD 9. Henry-TEN 30-294-4/61TD 10. Tomlinson-LAC 29-295-4/46TD NFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Riggs-ATL 38-604-7/61TD 2. Foster-CAR 27-539-9/70TD 3. Smith-DAL 39-482-6/66TD 4. Middleton-GB 33-467-5/59TD 5. Payton-CHI 26-421-7/65TD 6. Lynch-SEA 26-359-8/63TD 7. Byars-PHI 31-341-6/65TD 8. Bell-TB 30-303-5/65TD 9. Watters-SF 38-299-3/50TD 10. Bush-NOS 34-295-5/50TD AFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Addai-IND 47-1186-11/100TD J. 2. Jay Brown-BUF 17-1185-6/6X100TD 3. Casper-LVR 22-1175-6/3X100TD 4. Swann-PIT 20-1171-7/5X100TDS 5. Taylor-JAC 50-1080-7/2X100TD 6. Dayne-HOU 44-952-5/100TD 7. Duper-MIA 17-950-3/3X100TD 8. Mason-BAL 13-886-5/5x100TD 9. Davis-DEN 47-879-4/100TD 10. Jim Brown-CLE 16-805-3/100TD NFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Riggs-ATL 44-1227-8/100TD 2. Lynch-SEA 41-1208-10/100TD 3. Bussey-DET 46-1160-8/4x100TDS 4. Giles-TB 20-1070-5/3X100TD 5. Gault-CHI 16-1010-6/4X100TD 6. Carmichael-PHI 16-945-2/2x100TDS 7. Green-WAS 36-937-6/3x100TD 8. Sharpe-GB 17-898-2/81 9. Bush-NO 48-884-6/100TD 10. Bradshaw-NYG 14-859-2/100TD AFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Jay Brown-BUF 17-1185-6/6X100TD 2. Casper-LVR 17-1052-3/3X100TD 3. Swann-PIT 15-1006-5/5X100TDS 4. Duper-MIA 16-935-3/3X100TD 5. Taylor-JAC 14-909-1/100TD 6. Mason-BAL 13-886-5/5x100TD 7. Hill-KC 15-785-2/2x100TD 8. Dayne-HOU 14-745-1/100TD 9. Addai-IND 12-737-1/100TD 10. Brown-CLE 12-714-1/100TD NFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Giles-TB 17-964-3/3x100TD 2. Gault-CHI 14-941-4/4X100TD 3. Carmichael-PHI 15-929-0/91 4. Bussey-DET 14-914-4/4x100TDS 5. Bradshaw-NYG 13-852- 3/3x100TDS 6. Sharpe-GC 15-824-0/81 7. Lynch-SEA 14-790-1/100TD 8. Bruce-LAR 13-710-1/100TD 9. Riggs-ATL 14-706-1/100TD 10. Jones-CAR 13-690-1/100TD AFC Receiving YARDS 1. McCaffery-DEN 4-204-4/55TD 2. Moss-NE 5-167-3/63TD 3. Swann-PITT 5-165-2/37TD 4. Griffin-HOU 3-153-3/57TD 5. Gonzalez-KC 3-152-1/68 NFC Receiving YARDS 1. Jones-AZ 5-192-5/50TD 2. Bavaro-NYG 4-139-1/48 3. Proehl-LAR 4-131-2/57TD 4. H. Moore-DET 3-129-2/50TD 5. Metcalf-AZ 4-127-1/65TD LIEFL WEEK#6 SCHEDULE 1. Falcons (4-1) at Panthers (3-2) 2. Chiefs (2-3) at Jets (1-4) 3. Raiders (2-3) at Packers (4-1) 4. Saints (1-4) at Titans (1-4) 5. Buccaneers (3-2) at Jaguars (1-4) 6. Texans (2-3) at Bengals (2-3) 7. Eagles (1-4) at Dolphins (4-1) 8. Bears (3-2) at Broncos (4-1) 9. Patriots (3-2) at Redskins (5-0) 10. Cardinals (1-4) at 49ers (1-4) 11. Bills (4-1) at Chargers (4-1) 12. Rams (4-1) at Seahawks (1-4) 13. Browns (1-4) at Steelers (2-3) 14. THANKSGIVING GAME 1: Vikings (1-4) at Lions (2-3) 15. THANKSGIVING GAME 2: Giants (3-2) at Cowboys (3-2) 16. THANKSGIVING GAME 3: Colts (4-1) at Ravens (3-2) Game of the Week: Player of the Week:

(Long Island Electric Football Week #5 Completed). November 7, 2023. Written by Levi Vick and Joey Pizz. The Long Island EFL has some epic division matchups this Week #5. In reflecting to our tiny reader base, when the LIEFL closes its doors in 2025, several teams will close-out with historic records to pass forward. Playing in the LIEFL was a terrific run, and all of our coaches gave committed to creating a great league with fierce competition. We pride ourselves on making our own best-practices and rules, and we intensely vetted 352 playmakers through the annual February draft in the league. In addition, we have enough years of football experience to decide what rules and regulations works best for us. Of course, playing for a $3200 dollar prize is great! This week in LIEFL inter-conference play, the Chicago Bears will battle the defending LIEFL Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs for the Bears 100th win in the league! The Buffalo Bills (3-1) remain the top offense in the league, and the Minnesota Vikings (1-3) have allowed the fewest points. We will soon learn the top seven playoff teams from each conference, but the playoff picture could bring many teams into the mix who have not qualified for the LIEFL playoffs in years. It is exciting and we'll bring you all the action. The NFC West will go to battle between the Rams (3-1) who play the 49ers (1-3), and it's do or die for the 49ers. The Rams can come closer to ensuring they win the division with a victory today. If the Ravens (2-2) upset the Browns (1-3) in the AFC North today they have a great shot at winning the division. Cleveland was banging on the door in 2022, but this season's draft has every team battling for life to make the postseason. And another great division rivalry in the AFC North is the Bengals (2-2) at the Steelers (1-3). Both teams have improved on both sides of the ball. Ickey Woods for Cincinnati and Lynn Swann for Pittsburgh are having an impressive season. Another huge pivot game is in the NFC South between the Panthers (2-2) at the first place Buccaneers (3-1). What a war that game is going to be! The Panthers tandem of stars Greg Jones and Deshaun Foster pack a nice one-two punch for Carolina, and watch out for Tampa Bay's Jimmie Giles. Giles is ranked 6th in NFC all-purpose yards with 16 touches for 830 yards with four touchdowns, two of them, 100-yard returns! He can sink a defense fast, but this game will be won on the line between Carolina's Kawaan Short and Tampa Bay's Leroy Selmon and Warren Sapp. Enjoy the ride with us! BEARS MAKE HISTORY WITH 100TH WIN OVER CHIEFS 17-14! BEARS BATTLE FOR HISTORY Kansas City Chiefs (2-2) at Chicago Bears (2-2) This is a classic AFC-NFC battle between two historic and legendary competitors. Defending LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Champion, Coach Matt Zoo-York’s Chiefs (2-2) will have their hands full with Coach Paddy Brannigan’s rising Bears (2-2) as Chicago chases their 100th career win in the LIEFL. The Bears have one of the most explosive offenses in the NFC and we already know what the Chiefs are capable of. It's the pivot point in the season and with both teams having tough schedules, so they can't afford to drop this game at this point in the season, but it's all about progress. Can the Chiefs make it back to the LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament after the magical season they had in 2022? Coach Matt Zoo-York, the tough South Bronx Native said, "Making back is not something I am thinking about at the moment. I Am playing one play at a time to exhaustion and I believe this Chiefs team is good, and each week a team should improve. We aren't there yet. The Bears are a good football team but I think I can find their weakness. Matt Zoo-York said, "This game is such an important game, so we have to bring out the big guns and win the game in the trenches against a great team and coach. This game is going to come down to the clock and like all games, how the players execute on the field." Coach Paddy Brannigan said, "I think that to win 100 games in any league is great. What is more scary is how fast time has passed. I remember the old player figures and how different the details were for each team. I love how lifelike we have made the league. These are proven teams who would be respected in any league. My Bears are having a great season because of the draft picks I won, and I have to show that they are capable of making the top seven in the NFC Playoff Bracket by beating this Kansas City team. I am relying heavily on Payton, Gault, and a tough Don Hampton, Wally Chambers, and Richard Dent with those Tudor TTC player bases, to get the job done in the trenches. We keep getting better, but the league gets better too. It won't be easy. I'll have to earn every inch of the field because Priest Holmes and Tyreek Hill are two of the most electrifying plastic players in the LIEFL who can destroy a team with their offense. Zoo knows how to move his team around. It will be a war." Chicago has the number one offense the NFC with 86 points and Kansas City has given up 72 points on defense in the AFC, and we already know what the Chiefs are capable of as the defending LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Champions. It's the pivot point in the season and with both teams having tough schedules they can't afford to drop this game. With Tyreek Hill from Kansas City matched against Willie Gault from Chicago, this ought to be a great game. Gault is having a year, ranked 4th in NFC all-purpose yards with 13 touches for a career high 872-yards with six touchdowns, including four 100-yard returns for touchdowns. With Tyreek Hill from Kansas City matched against Willie Gault from Chicago, this ought to be a great game. Gault is having a year, ranked 4th in NFC all-purpose yards with 13 touches for a career high 872 yards with six touchdowns, including four 100-yard returns for touchdowns. THE GAME: The Bears came out roaring against an excellent Chiefs team with intensity. Chicago's Willie Gault returned the football on the opening kick 50-yards. Surprisingly, the Bears front line anchored right into the trenches with two Walter Payton runs worth nine yards against a hefty Kansas City defense. One yard shy of the first down, running back Walter Payton exploded for a 41-yard touchdown run to give the Bears a 7-0 lead! Wow! Chicago brought their "A-GAME", what a run! On the Chiefs first possession, Kansas City's Tyreek Hill ran back a 41-yard setup on the kick return. Chiefs running back Priest Holmes did what he does best behind a massive front line led by Willie Lanier, Buck Buchanan and John Alt. Holmes ran 58-yards to the right-side line down to the Chicago one-yard line. One play later Chiefs Lineman Bobby Bell set a trap on William "Refrigerator" Perry, and Holmes slipped in for the touchdown to tie the game at 7-7, on a great run! (We never alter players for the photo. It is taken as the play is happening). In the second half it was Willie Gault returning the ball again. Gault did his job well, running back a 41-yard kick, and one play later Walter Payton was a beast. Payton ran for four yards behind that tough Chicago offensive line. The Bears showed playoff calibur football. It's no wonder they have why the number one offense in the NFC with the tenacity they're playing with. With a commanding 24-yard first down by Payton, Chicago's offensive line showed their stuff! Wow! On the next first down, Walter Payton exploded around the Left end for 35-yard touchdown scamper into the end zone to give the Bears the lead 14-7, over the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs, with 11:25 remaining in the game! Payton is having the best season in seven years! Tyreek Hill was crushed at the 39-yard line on the ensuing kickoff by Chicago tackle, Steve McMichael. But the Chiefs offensive line won the battle in the trenches on this set of downs with runs from LIEFL All-Pro running back Priest Holmes for six-yards, four yards, and then the whole right side opened, and Holmes exploded down the sideline 51-yards into the end zone to tie the score at 14-14, with just 4:54 remaining in the game! It's been a tremendous battle and almost a Super Bowl like atmosphere with lots of coaches at the game to see Matt Zoo-York's Chiefs and Paddy Brannigan's Chicago Bears. Brannigan has his Bears running game back. Chicago came storming right back on a 47-yard kick return by Willie Gault. After trying to advance the ball on two straight runs Paddy Brannigan made a long field goal attempt from 60 yards away, giving Chicago their 100th historic LIEFL win in dramatic fashion! Brannigan put it right through the middle of the upright to give the Bears their third win of the season over a formidable opponent 17-14, in a huge win for Chicago! Unbelievable! Sometimes double and triple coverage on Tyreek Hill. It makes Hill look like he's having issues but in reality, the league is catching up. Hill had two returns for 80-yards today. Priest Holmes had five touches for 120-yards and two breakout touchdowns for the Chiefs. But it was Walter Payton and Willie Gault the tandem who shined. Payton behind that amazing front line of the Bears really proved themselves today at 113 yards rushing on nine touches, plus two touchdown runs. Willie Gault gave the Bears the setups that they need with three touches and 138 yards on kick returns to give the Bears the victory in an excellent battle! Congratulations to Paddy Brannigan and the Bears! The Chiefs play with their backs against the wall now at (2-3) at the Jets next week and then they host Green Bay in the final game of the season. Chicago is at Denver next week and the they host the Seahawks for a shot at the LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII Tournament! DOLPHINS BEAT RAIDERS 17-14 IN OFFENSIVE CLASH! Raiders (2-2) - Dolphins (3-1) (Long Island Electric Football League Week #5 Completed). By Coach Levi Vick and Coach Kevin Mack. With Coach Kevin Mack’s Raiders coming into this game at (2-2), facing a tough Miami Dolphins team, LIEFL Alternate Coach Joe Bino said, “The Dolphins will take care of themselves. Not much coaching has to be done when you're playing with this team, especially when they are working on all cylinders. I have a quadruple threat on offense, with two amazing weapons on the corners between the Mark’s Brothers, Mark Clayton and Mark Duper, and then I got Larry Csonka if I needed him, but Mercury Morris is one of the best in the league. Duper is ranked 9th in the AFC with 12 touches for 717 all-purpose yards with three 100-yard touchdown runs. Last week Miami lost their first game of the season in a hard-fought battle, losing to Dallas 17-14. And the Raiders are coming off a tremendous win where Dave Casper had 302 all-purpose yards in a tough game against the Chicago Bears, 28-24 in Week #4! Casper is ranked 3rd in the AFC in all-purpose yards with 18 touches for 1013 yards with five touchdowns, including three 100-yard touchdowns for the season. On the opening kickoff Miami’s Mark Duper ran back a speedy 51-yard kick return into traffic with Raider’s tackle Howie Long making a hard hit on Duper. It only took one play for Miami to get in the end zone on an end around with a 49-yard explosive touchdown run by Mercury Morris to give the Dolphins the lead, 7-0. Las Vegas fired right back at Miami with Superstar LIEFL All-Pro Dave Casper returning the ball on a blazing run down the left side line for 92-yards! After Las Vegas' offense was pushed back by a nasty Dolphins defense a good 20-yards, Raiders coach Kevin Mack aired it out, connecting with Casper on a 30-yard touchdown play to tie the score at 7-7! What a play! Before the first half ended LIEFL All-Pro Mark Duper returned a speedy 72-yard kick, and after picking up five yards on a few runs, it was Mercury Morris again exploding on a 21-yard touchdown run into the end zone for his second of the game, 14-7, the Miami Dolphins regain the lead with the first half ending! The Raiders came for battle with Dave Casper again on the ensuing kickoff, returning the ball 40-yards. On the next three runs Las Vegas running back Bo Jackson picked up 30-yards, bringing the ball to the Dolphins 47-yard line after a huge loss delivered by the Dolphins defense. On second down, fullback Mark Van Eagan broke free on the right sideline running 47-yards on a pass connection by Kevin Mack to tie the score at 14-14, with 7:57 remaining in the game. Mack is a talented passer under pressure and his precision has kept the Raiders offense in games. LIEFL Alternate Coach Joe Bino (5-2) used his Dolphins weapons to kill the clock. Miami’s Mark Duper ran back his third return kick return of the game, this time for 41-yards. Bino ate up the clock by running four straight plays to his key guy, Dolphins running back Mercury Morris, who put on a 52-yard rushing clinic which brought the Dolphins to the 15-yard line as the ran the clock down, crushing the Raiders hopes for coming back to tie the game. It would be the Miami Dolphins who kicked the game winning field goal from the 15-yard line, 17-14 in dramatic fashion! Wow! GAME RECAP: The Dolphins played big against a hot Raiders team. The Dolphins running back Mercury Morris finished the game with nine rushes for 127-yards with two touchdowns, including a 49-yard launch! Mark Duper had three touches for 164 yards for Miami. Miami (4-1) will host Philadelphia next week in Week #6, and then then finish in a war at Buffalo in the final game of the season to decide the AFC East Division title. Raiders star Dave Casper had three touches for 162 all-purpose yards with a 30-yard touchdown reception. Las Vegas will have a rough go at Green Bay next week, and the Raiders finish against an unpredictable Detroit Lions team at home in their season finale. FALCONS DEFENSE SILENCES DAYNE AND TEXANS 14-3! Falcons (3-1) - Texans (2-2). Coach Johnny Freeport’s Falcons (3-1) can really use this game on the road against a team that is not going to back down. Coach Levi Vick’s Houston Texans (2-2) are an interesting story this season. They lost their opener to division rival Indianapolis 24-14 in a blowout. Then Vick went to work and started finding leftover player bases he felt could play. Vick said, “Really, you don’t know until the base is on the field in live action as to who can play or not, but I want this team to make the playoffs.” The changes made the difference with the Texans winning two consecutive games in the road. Levi Vick has his team playing at a different level on defense. The last time Houston made the playoffs in the LIEFL was 2018, losing to New England in the AFC Divisional Championship 28-21, but in 2017 they made it all the way to the AFC Championship Game where they walked away losing to the LIEFL Super Bowl Champion Buffalo Bills that year, 43-26! Players like Texans running back Ron Dayne don't come every day. This is one of the most explosive runners in the league, but the problem is he's streaky, so maybe the Texans will get things going on their home turf today. Regardless of the outcome of the game, the Texans are improving. We looked at the record books and it is possible that the Texans have not played the Falcons. We all know that Atlanta’s LIEFL All-Pro running back Gerald Riggs will be difficult to stop but Ron Dayne will match the energy and skill set if the Texans can put up a battle on the front line. THE GAME: The kickoff to Houston saw Ron Dayne taking the opening kickoff for the Texans 44-yards. The Falcons defense led by LIEFL All-Pro Nose Tackle Bill Fralic, stepped up and stopped the Texans running game and passing game forcing a fourth down which Houston could not convert, and they were forced to turn the ball over to Atlanta. From that point it took Atlanta five plays to get into the end zone because the Texans defense stopped one of the best backs in the game Gerald Riggs, holding Riggs to just 11-yards on the Falcons first set of downs. But on third down, Johnny-Freeport connected with his favorite target, Julio Jones on a crossing pattern, and Jones came away with a huge 27-yard touchdown score on a 27-yard catch beautifully thrown by Johnny Freeport to give Atlanta the 7-0 lead, ending the first half. That was Jones forth touchdown of the year. What a defensive battle this has turned into! Ron Dayne returned the next kick 79-yard kicks, and again both the passing and the running game for Houston was shut down by the Atlanta Falcons. The Texans could not complete a pass or run for a yard against this “Dirty Bird” Falcons defense. Houston kicked the field goal to make the score 7-3 with Atlanta in the lead. Gerald Riggs returned a speedy 57-yard kickoff on the next ensuing kick return. After running for a first down for 15 yards the Falcons lost 20 yards against this Texans defense which has been notable in the last three games. With 4:04 remaining in the game the Falcons and the coach Johnny Freeport worked on killing the clock, and with time running out Johnny found Julio Jones again who dashed 40-yards for his second touchdown of the game, and fifth of the season to give Atlanta the victory a crushing defeat over the Houston Texans 14-3, with a dominant performance! Atlanta travels to the Panthers next week in a huge game that could decide the NFC South, and the Texans are at the Bengals! CHARGERS BEAT JAGS 10-7 FOR 97TH WIN! Chargers (3-1) - Jaguars (1-3). The Los Angeles Chargers are also chasing history in the LIEFL. The powerhouse team is searching for win 97! After the Chargers went (3-4) in 2018, they never looked back. Since then, Los Angeles is (23-5) in regular season play, and they’ve qualified four straight times for the LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament, losing some incredible battles. The Chargers face one of their rivals in Buffalo next week in LA. One of the most disputed battles came in 2019, when the Bills beat the Chargers 49-48 after LA went (6-1). A huge argument that the clock had ran out of time was overruled by our League Rules Commissioner, giving Buffalo the win! Coach Ed Viggs was livid, but his Chargers (3-1) are on a roll now, and so are the Bills for next week's matchup. Viggs said one game at a time. Today, they face Bobby Biggs Jaguars (1-3). Jacksonville has to win this game to stay alive in contention to make the playoffs. It's been a rough road for Coach Biggs at (3-9). Biggs never quits and Viggs LA defense has been relentless. He’s the Belichick of the LIEFL. Opponents have to earn the trenches and passing game against Coach Viggs, and even though the Chargers have played great LaDainian Tomlinson has been double teamed by opponents who have learned how to play against him. We are not implying that Tomlinson has lost his thunder, but what we are saying is he's not having the year that he had for the last two or three or even four seasons. The numbers prove it. Viggs said he is going to go with Lance Alsworth on kick returns today and that will change the focus on Tomlinson. Alsworth’s 100-yard kick return won the game against division rival Denver. THE GAME: The opening kickoff by Jacksonville's Fred Taylor was explosive for 60-yards with Taylor almost breaking free from Los Angeles defenders, but he was hit hard by Chargers tackle Corey Clark. That was the only offense that the Jaguars could muster up on the first set of downs. After three runs, Jacksonville and Bobby Biggs went to the air only to have the quarterback be sacked for a huge 40-yard loss when Biggs lost his focus to a speedy Lance Alsworth who sacked the Jags quarterback by their own 18-yard line. What a disaster of a play. That set of downs went downhill from there. The Chargers took over! On their first possession LA could not score against the Jacksonville defense, and Jaguars LIEFL All-Pro Ronaldo Wynn did a great job putting the barricade up at nose tackle stopping LA running back LaDanian Tomlinson, and forcing the Chargers to kick a field goal as time ran out in the clock killing first half, Chargers take the lead, 3-0! Fred Taylor bolted on a 45-yard kick return to end the first half. The Jacksonville Jaguars turned things around in the second half on some great nifty running on the duo of Taylor and Alan Hearns at receiver. On third down, coach Biggs connected with Alan Hearns after the Jaguars lost 18 yards. Hearns exploded for the 62-yard first down, bringing the ball to the Los Angeles seven-yard line. One play later, Fred Taylor exploded around the left side into the end zone to give the Jaguars the lead on a fantastic blocking play by Ronaldo Wynn, 7-3 Jaguars take back the lead! With 10:07 left in the game the Chargers got the ball back! The Chargers offensive line took over after 37-yard kick return by Lance Alsworth. Alsworth played a great all-around game. Coach Viggs switched it up by making a brilliant move when he went to Alsworth. It was like magic. The Chargers found their mojo! Lineman Earl Faison took control on the line leading LaDainian Tomlinson who exploded for runs of 8, 15, 27, 1, and finally a 12-yard touchdown run into the end zone to give the Chargers the lead 10- 7, with the clock running at 1:13 and almost out of time. What a thriller in the clock killer! Jaguars All-Pro Fred Taylor ran back almost clinched the victory with one more kick for 82-yards, just shy of keeping the play inbounds at the Los Angeles 18-yard line where the Jags would run out of time, suffering their fourth loss of the season. Jacksonville is mathematically eliminated from the playoff picture. Bobby Biggs was crushed. You could see it in his face. Coach Viggs upsets another team on the road. Viggs has won 13 games this season as the leader in the LIEFL. The play-calling from coach Viggs was incredible, and Bobby Biggs loses his tenth game of the season. GIANTS END PACKERS WIN STREAK WITH 14-7 WIN! What a matchup this is between the undefeated Green Bay Packers (4-0) on the road versus Coach Joey Pizz' New York Giants (2-2). We've been waiting for this game since the summertime when we saw the first schedule put out. The thing is, we didn't know where these two teams would be at this point, but it seems Green Bay has a destiny. Packers Coach Ed Viggs has his team playing on all cylinders in every single game, and their defense is respected. The Pack only lost two games last year. They were upset by the San Francisco 49ers 38-35, in the NFC Divisional Game, and the Giants went all the way to the NFC Championship Game in 2022, losing to San Francisco 51-44! Before that, Big Blue last qualified in 2018, losing to the LA Rams in the NFC Divisional Championship Game, 34-31. THE GAME: With the Long Island Electric Football League Offensive Player of the Year Ahmad Bradshaw returning the opening kick for New York, Bradshaw exploded 63-yards, nearly clearing an open field for a hundred yard kick return before he was met by Packers tackle Colin Cole who made a huge hit at the Packers 38-yard line. Wow! After being stopped on first down, Giants running back Saquon Barkley ran a 37-yard blast into the end zone to give the Giants the lead 7-0 with 10:31 remaining! The power of the Giants outmatched the Packers on the opening drive! Coach Ed Viggs Green Bay Packers will regroup in his second straight game today, after his Chargers beat the Jaguars, 10-7. The Giants defensive rose to the matchup and hit hard in the trenches with New York's LIEFL All-Pro George Martin leading the way, but the Packers moved the ball down field slowly with the Giants pushing the Packers backs against the wall on 4th down. Coach Viggs hit Don Huston on a beautiful pop-pass for an 18-yard touchdown catch to tie the score at 7-7, with 12 minutes left in the game. In a game like this you can't expect huge kick returns but Ahmad Bradshaw ran back a 73- yard return. On first down Green Bay slammed the Giants running attack with four white jerseys around Saquon Barkley who lost 13 yards on the first run in the second half. What a set of downs for the New York Giants. This game would come down to managing the clock. The Packers were running out of time on Ed Viggs and Joey Pizz. After several more runs by the Giants, Pizz went up in the air, connecting with tight end Mark Bavaro on a 22-yard touchdown pass that gave the Giants the lead 14-7, with only a minute left in the game. In the hurry-up offense the fastest set up man in the league, Coach Viggs put the ball in the hands of one of the most clutch players in the game, Sterling Sharpe. On the Packers last possession they had a fighting chance with Sharpe to work his magic, but the tides turned today on the Green Bay Packers who fell just short of the upset, returning the ball 81-yards! It was a nailbiter between these two teams and they may see each other in the playoffs as the New York Giants (3-2) hand Coach Ed Viggs and his Packers their first defeat of the season 14-10! Viggs shook hands with Coach Joey Pizz, telling him fantastic game. The Giants held Green Bay running back Terdell Middleton, to just three rushes for 48 yards on the ground. It was Sterling Sharpe who had the great setups for Middleton, but the Giants defense rose to the occasion today with Giants tackle Osi Umenyiora leading the way with two tackles. Green Bay held Saquon Barkley to just 37-yards on five rushes, so it was a game of execution and the Giants with home field advantage struck first as they play at Dallas next week in their chance to upset the Cowboys. It won't get any easier as the Giants host one of two undefeated teams remaining in the LIEFL in Ed Viggs Washington Redskins (4-0). The only other unbeaten team is the Indianapolis Colts (4-0) as of this game. BILLS WIN THEIR 4TH GAME BEATING TITANS 14-3! Titans (1-3) - Bills (3-1) This year's Buffalo Bills team has opened eyes in the league, just like the Titans opened eyes last year by qualifying as one of seven conference teams to make the LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament playoffs. Unfortunately, for the Titans they've lost three out of four games which has Titans Coach Kevin Mac scratching his head for answers. Mac is trying to figure out what he can do differently in this game to hang with a ferocious Buffalo Bills football team. The Titans have to spark some offense against a challenging defense like the Buffalo Bills. Bills alternate Coach Joe Bino, has been a beast in his relentless offense attack with no mercy against opponents. Bino said, “Hey this is football, whether it’s electric football or whatever, I am a competitor. I am not into the emotional thing, I am just trying to win each game and whatever comes from it, I know I played my heart out and left my soul on the battlefield.” The Bills have found exactly what they need in return man Jay Brown. Brown has worked hard in his three seasons with Buffalo. When Coach Billy O’C believed in Brown, it opened the door for Brown to take over as their kick return specialist. Coach Bino said, “That’s a big move because I will never forget Simpson’s record setting LIEFL Super Bowl XIII game against a really tough Detroit Lions team in 2017.” In the Bills 49-35 victory, Simpson demolished the Lions with 21 touches and a historic 621 all-purpose yards with seven touchdowns! It wouldn’t have mattered who the Bills opponent was that year. They blew out every team in the tournament! OJ Simpson had an epic tournament, and Simpson was unstoppable. He seems back to that form this season with a high-octane motivated Electric Company front line plowing the way. That makes the Bills dangerous. Jay Brown is one of the best players in the league right now. With Brown productive, it eases the pressure on OJ Simpson who no longer has to run back kick returns. Simpson is a master of the inside game, and he knows exactly how to follow the tune of the Electric Company. THE GAME: On the opening kickoff Buffalo's Jay Brown returned the ball 55-yards right down the heart of the Titans defense, setting up OJ Simpson at the 45-yard line of Tennessee. Already the Bills had great field position. It took OJ Simpson four runs behind a wall of powerhouse blocking machine led by Buffalo’s LIEFL All-Pro Marcell Darius who paved the way for Simpson for the Bills first touchdown of the game. Simpson ran for 10 yards 24, 9, and then into the end zone on a 2-yard burst to draw first blood for Buffalo, 7-0! On the Titans first possession Brandon Jones ran back a beautiful 47-yard return down the center of the field. The Buffalo Bills defense played huge stopping Derrick Henry after his 10-yard game. They just closed the door on the Tennessee offense limiting Henry after that first gain. Henry couldn't break away from that defensive line of the Bills. Tennessee was forced to throw the football and they failed there as well. Buffalo Coach Joe Bino did a great job setting up his defense to stop the pass and the run. The Titans kicked a field goal from 62-yards away, dead center, to make the score 7-3, Buffalo in the lead with 12:25 remaining in the game. On the ensuing kickoff Jay Brown again took it straight through the middle, this time for 49-yards on another great setup for OJ Simpson and the Electric Company. The company blasted through the line and Simpson again spanned his way downfield on runs of 10, 38, and finally into the end zone for his second touchdown run of the game on a four-yard play, giving the Bills the lead 14-3, over 2022 playoff contender Tennessee Titans. That front line for Buffalo is extremely impressive. The AFC’s Number two ranked rusher OJ Simpson, just ran in his tenth touchdown of the year! With 5:15 remaining in the game the Titans would get the ball back again. On first down the Titans failed to make a reception and it went downhill from there as the Buffalo Bills eliminated the Tennessee Titans from this year's playoff picture. They ran out of time trying to get their offense going against a relentless Buffalo defense. The Titans went from qualifying for the 2022 playoffs last season, to receiving the crushing blow dealt by the almighty Buffalo Bills, 14-3! The entire game it was a Wall of Blue Buffalo Bills jersey's dominating a Titans team to the likes they have't experienced. This was no contest for Buffalo who is dominating the AFC. Could the Bills make a second run at the big show? The Bills are (4-1) and in a two-way tie with the Miami Dolphins (4-1) who they will meet in the final game of the season. They are one of the most dangerous and exciting teams in the LIEFL AFC East! Next week Buffalo has their biggest game of the season against the LA Chargers (4-1), and what will be a Segway to the postseason. The advantage goes to the Chargers at home, but the Bills can play on the road as well as anyone in the league! REDSKINS STAY PERFECT THROUGH HARD WORK IN 14-0 SLAMDOWN OVER JETS! Jets (1-3) - Redskins (4-0) The New York Jets have improved vastly, especially on defense, but so too, has the league all-around. Facing the undefeated Washington Redskins (4-0), who have been blistering this year against every team will needs a better-than-good effort by New York. Redskins Coach Ed Viggs is priming his team for the 2023 post season like no other team. It won't be easy for the Jets, but they seem to have some magic in them by keeping games close. It's unpredictable what the outcome of today's game will be but one thing we know is that the Redskins look better than they have in the last five seasons. Already a very good team, the Skins picked up four drafts that have elevated their performance not just on the line, but at linebacker. Having LIEFL All-Pro Tony Green at running back doesn't hurt. The Redskins strategic coach Ed Viggs said, “You can bet that these Redskins will be ready today. I’ve studied the Jets and I know who to watch out for. I love Le’Veon Bell and what he brings to our league. Just when you think you have him under control, he explodes on defenses. We have to prepare for the Jets threat at tight end Don Maynard who's had a very good season returning kicks.” Jets lineman Joe Klecko is having an All-Pro season for New York, but he might be overrun by Washington’s Dave Butts, Dexter Manley, and Charles Mann who are fierce at the inside game in the trenches. The question is, could this be the Redskins year? The last time the Redskins won the Super Bowl in this league was in 1984 in LIEFL Super Bowl VII, when the Redskins beat the Dolphins in overtime 34-31! Jets Coach Joey Pizz said, “This game isn't going to be a walk in the park for Viggs Redskins today. We're going to put up a fierce battle. We have to contend with the speed of Tony Green and the ferocious Frontline of the Redskins. But I think we can hang with them and keep it close and if we can drag the game into overtime, we have a shot of upsetting this team and saving our season.” Coach Viggs said, “Pizz is an awesome coach and I love the way the Jets play so we know this isn't going to be an easy game. My big guns have to do their job today like they've done in the last four games and just be consistent as we've been. We don't care about statistics, we care about winning, the “W’s”!” THE GAME: Before the game Viggs played the traditional Redskins tout song ... Hail to the Redskins!!! Coach Viggs and his Redskins wasted no time on the opening kickoff. It was all business for Viggs. Tony Green then blasted off a 68-yard electrifying return. Two plays later the Redskins took the lead, 7-0. What a set of downs for Washington. Green ran for a 17-yard first down, and then on the next play Green burst into the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown for a powerhouse Washington touchdown! The Jets fear no one but reality speaks otherwise against this LIEFL #2 All-Time ranked Washington team at (114-71). On the ensuing kickoff Jets tight end Don Maynard ran back of 50-yard kick return colliding head-on with hard hitting Redskins linebacker Lavar Arrington. The Jets battled on every play. At first the Washington defense stopped the Jets running game, and they were forced the Jets to pass on third down, but nobody was open for New York. That play forced a fourth down decision for Coach Pizz. Pizz decided to go for it on 4th down with six yards to go for the first. Boy did the Jets come up huge! That Jets front line exploded in the trenches on the next play with Jets running back Le'Veon Bell dashing 22 yards for the first down bringing the ball to the Redskins 25-yard line with 2:22 remaining in the half! Bell, in his third season is having a great year for the Jets! That was the best play of the game for New York! The Redskins would answer with their huge defense as Charlie Taylor caught Le'Veon Bell in the backfield on a huge loss and big play for Washington. The Jets, on 3rd down had a long way to go, stuck at their own 43-yard line with 42 yards to go for a first down with 13:26 remaining in the game. Coach Pizz missed an opportunity and struggled for the first down on a pass that sailed over the head of receiver Don Maynard. On 4th down the Redskins would come up huge again, with defensive lineman Dave Butts tackling Le'Veon Bell behind the line of scrimmage on 4th down resulting in a New York Jets turnover. The Redskins offense took over with 10:52 remaining in the game. Washington went right through the heart of the Jets defense and 23 yards later on two plays, Redskins star Tony Green and the Powerhouse Washington front line went in for the score, taking the lead 14-0, with 6:16 left to go in the game! It's been all Redskins football! Jets Returner Don Maynard went right through the middle of the field on a 44-yard kick return, hit hard by "The Diesel" John Riggins, who made the tackle. With the game winding down, on first down Le’Veon Bell was spun around in the opposite direction by a ferocious Redskins defense led by Dave Butts. Washington has been perfect! The Redskins (5-0), shut out the Jets (1-4), with a crushing blow 14-0, and the Skins remain unbeaten! No one wants to jinx the Redskins attempt to make history in their 5th win of the season, but nobody has gone undefeated in the seven-game LIEFL season format. Only two teams have ever gone (9-1) using the seven-game LIEFL format, the then Oakland Raiders, who won LIEFL Super Bowl XI in 2008, and the Green Bay Packers who won LIEFL Super Bowl XVI in 2020! The Washington Redskins hosts an aggressive New England Patriots team next week, and then they finish on the road against division rival New York Giants to closeout the 2023 season as they look for an opportunity to make LIEFL history. The New York Jets have been eliminated mathematically from the playoffs so the best they can do is be spoilers! CARDINALS BEAT COWBOYS IN FIRST SPOILER WIN OF SEASON! COWBOYS (3-1) CARDINALS (0-4) Coach Levi Vick's Dallas Cowboys have a chance to improve to four wins today with a victory over the Cardinals. Vick is in his third season coaching in the LIEFL, and he's played well this season. What has improved is his game preparation on both sides of the gridiron in addition to how he has managed the clock. It's clear that since his (0-10) start as a rookie coach in the LIEFL Levi Vick has done greater planning with a more strategic approach to his game. He has also become close with Coach Ed Viggs. Vick said, "It took me a while to get the hang of the fast pace in this league. I think this league has the best rules for the game because the long setup delays are totally eliminated and the rules force quick thinking and readiness in setups. We have all played in tournaments and love these rules of the LIEFL. To me, a coach feels a bigger part of the game as a one-stop league with no pivots after the catch, and countdowns to set-up, and other delays. The game moves fast. Dudes aren't falling over the place. The speed dial is perfect, it's great! There is uniformity to an organized, productive performing league. It took much transitioning to get used to the pace of the game. When Billy O'C retires the game and league I have my own 32 teams for my own league, or solitaire league." With the Dallas Cowboys anything can happen. When a team has players like Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin, and Terrell Owens it's hard to ignore that level of talent in preparing against Dallas. Vick just has to execute the plays and not fold in the final weeks. He full well understands that there is never a guaranteed victory in this league. Arizona Coach Kevin "Mack" Maloney has a bone to pick with the Cowboys, and he'll be playing for pride today with his winless Cardinals. Every game Mack's Cards have lost has been close games, and with no chance for the playoffs, the Cardinals cannot afford to go winless, but they would love to be spoilers to Dallas. Is Coach Mack in denial? "My teams are as good as anyone else in this league. I have made some very costly mistakes and in this league that will overrun you every time. I am embarrassed, but today we won't be, I promise you," said Coach Mack. The Cards shouldn't be mistaken for a weak team. Arizona lost in Week #1 to the Panthers 14-13, the Redskins in Week #2 17-14, and Seattle in Week #3, 17-14, all playoff contenders. Last week they took a beaten though by the Rams 21-7 in a game riddled by Mack's own mistakes against Coach Joe Bino. Mack said, "I made some big mistakes in that game and against a team like the Rams, one mistake can cost you a game." The schedule has been brutal and Arizona hasn't moved the football when the opportunity arises. Arizona is (23-26) since we began playing the seven game season format in 2008, and they have had two five win seasons in that time. What is missing for the Cards is the play of Mel Gray who was ranked 6th in the NFC with 25 touches last season for 1,335 all-purpose yards with six touchdowns, and that production is a key to the Arizona offense. This LIEFL season Gray has been figured out by opponents with just 11 touches for 541 all-purpose yards with just two touchdowns. THE GAME: The Cardinals came out fighting with a gritty performance! On a 36-yard kick opening return Mel Gray was hit hard by Cowboys Michael Irvin! The Arizona ran the football well as Otis "OJ" Anderson took off for 10-yards for the first down on the first run of the game. Anderson then ran for four more yards before exploding for a 49-yard touchdown run to give the Cardinals the lead 7-0! Arizona looks ready! On the opening kickoff for Dallas, LIEFL All-Pro Terrell Owens was clobbered at the 32-yard line, met by Mel Gray. The Cowboys wasted no time. They drove right down field with that explosive offensive line led by center Larry Allen. Allen and Company paved the way for an explosive Emmitt Smith. Smith had runs of back-to-back 10, 10, and then finally, Smith ran an electrifying 46-yard run to the 1 yard line. On the next play Emmitt Smith ran in the touchdown to tie the score 7-7, to end the first half! Wow! The second half was explosive for both teams. After Mel Gray returned a 41-yard kickoff, it was OJ Anderson who got to work with a 21-yard run and then an 8-yard run. On third down Coach Mack decided to air it out connecting with Larry Fitzgerald on a 37-yard touchdown pass reception to give the Cardinals the edge 14-7! Dallas impressed with Terrell Owens returning a speedy 56-yard kick return on the ensuing play. Two plays later, Emmitt Smith was in the end zone for his second touchdown of the game on a 43-yard touchdown run right through the center, and heart of the Cardinals defense to tie the score 14-14 with 312 left in the game! On Arizona's last kick return of the game Mel Gray was clobbered by Emmitt Smith for 26 yard kick return. Smith had a game! WIth less than a minute to go in the game, Arizona went to the hurry-up offense. Cardinals LIEFL All-Pro Mel Gray broke free on the right side of the line, bolting through the middle of the field to score the game-winning touchdown on a 73-yard reception play giving the Cardinals their first win of the year over a mighty Dallas Cowboys football team! The Cowboys flatlined on the play and they will have their backs against the wall in the NFC East which is unpredictable! What a game! Dallas (3-2) will regroup and host the New York Giants (3-2) next week to battle for the advantage and chance to qualify for the 2023 LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament in December. The Arizona Cardinals (1-4) ignited their offense today with Mel Gray winning the game, 21-14! Gray had four touches for 176-yards with a 73-yard touchdown!

2023 LONG ISLAND EFL SUPER BOWL XVIII BRACKET THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM ...WEEK #5 ROUNDUP: (Long Island Electric Football League Week #5). In the LIEFL Week Five can be a crazy week because it's also a prime time for teams who have been eliminated from the playoff picture to go all out and upset teams who are still in contention. That's usually the goal so with that said, it's hard not to reflect on the league's history of upsets. The intensity will be great in the final three games of the league. Long Island Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, Historian Andy Slawson predicts that in the AFC East it will be the Buffalo Bills clinching an AFC East title. Slawson said, "I don't even think we've seen the best of Buffalo yet. They are tournament type team who will be ready for the challenge if Bino plays his cards right, but truth be told, nobody coaches the Bills like Billy O'C. It's going to be a tug of war between Miami and New England in the East crossing the finish line. The Chargers are going to win the AFC West. They beat Denver already who has a chance to make the playoffs, but I don't even think Kansas City is going to make the playoffs. I think the Browns will win the AFC North even though they are (1-3) at the moment. Cincinnati's not strong enough, and the Ravens could go neck and neck with Cleveland, but the Steelers just aren't ready this year. They are one or two players short of their goal. In the AFC South I think Houston and Indianapolis will battle right to the end. Never count Texans Ron Dayne out, but he has to play well in the big games." Slawson predicted that in the NFC East, Washington is going to win the NFC East and Dallas will follow suit and again make the playoffs. Further, he said, "I still think that Seattle and Los Angeles, and San Francisco will all compete heavily in the final weeks, and Arizona has already been mathematically eliminated. It will be nice to see the Chicago Bears make the playoffs this year because they've been knocking on the door for three straight seasons, but reality the road to victory is going to go through Green Bay. The Packers will win that division and make the playoffs for the 11th time for the storied team. They might even end up in the NFC Championship Game with the Washington Redskins which will be an incredible battle. Finally, Atlanta is going to win the NFC South because I think they're better than Tampa Bay who will fold in the end. I think Carolina and Atlanta will go neck and neck, and both made the playoffs last season, but Carolina has been to the NFC Championship Game twice in five seasons, losing to the LA Rams both times." Super Bowl Prediction Buffalo Bills against Washington Redskins. "My winner I will pick on game day," said Slawson. Some Long Islanders think that they are the only ones' who play this game or who have knowledge of the game. Don't forget there are technically more than seven million people living on Long Island, and there are more people here than some small metropolitan cities in the United States. Plenty of competition! I am sure that there are many more avid players who don't even know about Tudor's revival. Coach Joey Pizz said, "My college group popularized the game!" 2016 While it wasn't a regular season set of games, the LIEFL New York Jets in 2016, played in a memorable 32-team throwback tournament here on Long Island with 16 different coaches, none of them from the LIEFL. Coach Joey Pizz said, "My 2016 Jets bring back memories of beating some rugged competition. We won a THROWBACK tournament against a huge group of ballers who had their own league. I went to Hofstra University with several of them. In that tournament, my Jets went 5-0, and we won the tournament!" Pizz was ecstatic. That season in the LIEFL, we thought for sure the Jets were going to be a top contender, and for the most part they played great, but they were (4-3) in the regular season, and they qualified for the LIEFL Super Bowl Tournament. Pizz continued, "In fact, Billy O'C and I tried to recruit the runner up of the competitive THROWBACK tournament when the LIEFL made a great comeback. The runner-up of the THROWBACK tournament, Willy Fierst, was just too occupied and really loved the idea of joining the league, but he told us that he wouldn't be able to make the commitment to a full season. In fact, LIEFL rookie coach Bobby Biggs had his own teams in that tournament, and he was blown out in the first game by Fierst, something like 28-6, and then his second team lost in a close one." The Jets took second place in the LIEFL AFC East that's 2016 season and played in the AFC Wild Card Game where they played huge, upsetting the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-31 in overtime! They went on to lose to a tough New England Patriots team 35-31, in the AFC Divisional Championship Game and that was as far as they would go. The Patriots lost too, to Johnny Freeport's Detroit Lions 42-17, in LIEFL Super Bowl XII. In fact, that's the farthest New England ever went in the LIEFL. Both the Jets and Patriots are the type of teams that can pull off upsets and unhinge a contender because they keep up with the competition. New England did last year in their upset over Miami in Week Five on Miami's home turf! If the Patriots take a game to overtime and win a coin-toss, they could break the better teams. Washington (4-0), San Francisco (1-3), Green Bay (4-0) and Los Angeles Chargers (3-1), are all coached by Ed Viggs. At (12-4) this season. Viggs said, "This is a week where I reflect prior to any games because I'm not going to allow my teams to fall into that trap, and in this league anybody can pull off an upset in any game, so we have to be mindful of the opponents strengths and weaknesses. These teams are all competitive. Every single team in this league is primed to win PERIOD! Just because a team hasn't won a game doesn't make them a bad team at all. The breaks are the breaks, mistakes cost games! That's what I've learned about the league in my years that we've built it. Coaches are constantly changing player bases until they find the right mix. My teams have been worked and reworked to exhaustion because I still care about winning. That's just me in life." Coach Bobby Biggs said, "I learned not to do so much chatter and instead try to put the best team on the field. Over the summer I said some things, but since then, I have worked to create teams that can win. It worked well last week when we upset the Giants with the Saints. I'm just trying to hone in on my skills figure each team out and how they perform, and study the coaches, but it takes a season to find my comfort zone. In my mind I know that I can compete with anyone. I just have to find the right group of guys on the field who can get me to the show." WEEK#5 SCHEDULE GAMES BEGIN TODAY 1. Raiders (2-2) at Dolphins (3-1) 2. Falcons (3-1) at Texans (2-2) 3. Chiefs (2-2) at Bears (2-2) 4. Chargers (3-1) at Jaguars (1-3) 5. Packers (4-0) at Giants (2-2) 6. Titans (1-3) at Bills (3-1) 7. Jets (1-3) at Redskins (4-0) 8. Cowboys (3-1) at Cardinals (0-4) 9. Eagles (0-4) at Seahawks (1-3) 10. Broncos (3-1) at Vikings (1-3) 11. Rams (3-1) at 49ers (1-3) 12. Ravens (2-2) at Browns (1-3) 13. Bengals (2-2) at Steelers (1-3) 14. Saints (1-3) at Lions (1-3) 15. Colts (4-0) at Patriots (2-2) 16. Panthers (2-2) at Buccaneers (3-1) Game of the Week: Player of the Week:

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NFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Los Angeles (2-5) 3 1 62 42 8 3-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 San Francisco (7-4) 1 3 42 48 6 1-0 0-3 1-0 1-1 0-2 Seattle (3-4) 1 3 62 73 8 1-1 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 Arizona (2-5) 0 4 48 66 6 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-4 0-0 TOTALS:

2023 LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIEFL 7th REGULAR 7-GAME SEASON STANDINGS AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Miami (7-3) 3 1 54 48 6 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-0 0-1 Buffalo (4-3) 3 1 104 89 14 2-0 1-1 2-0 3-1 0-0 New England (5-3) 2 2 48 64 6 1-0 1-2 0-2 1-2 1-0 New York (3-4) 1 3 76 89 10 1-2 0-1 0-2 1-3 0-0 TOTALS: AFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Los Angeles (6-2) 3 1 52 40 7 3-0 0-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 Denver (3-4) 3 1 62 48 8 2-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 0-0 Kansas City (8-3) 2 2 75 72 9 2-0 0-2 0-1 2-1 0-1 LV Raiders (3-4) 2 2 82 90 11 2-0 0-2 0-1 1-2 1-0 TOTALS: AFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Cincinnati (3-4) 2 2 62 59 8 2-0 0-2 1-1 1-2 1-0 Baltimore (3-4) 2 2 59 55 8 2-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 Cleveland (4-4) 1 3 62 62 8 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-3 0-0 Pittsburgh (3-4) 1 3 73 90 10 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-3 1-0 TOTALS: AFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Indianapolis (3-4) 4 0 82 59 11 3-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 1-0 Houston (3-4) 2 2 55 61 8 0-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 Jacksonville (3-4) 1 3 62 65 6 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-1 Tennessee (5-3) 1 3 48 55 6 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 TOTALS: 2022 LIEFL CHAMPION: Kansas City Chiefs Matt Zoo York NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE NFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Washington (3-5) 4 0 62 40 8 2-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 0-0 Dallas (2-5) 3 1 71 63 9 2-1 1-0 0-1 1-1 2-0 New York (7-3) 2 2 62 65 8 1-0 1-2 1-1 2-2 0-0 Philadelphia (3-4) 0 4 48 69 2 0-2 0-2 0-1 0-3 0-1 TOTALS: NFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Los Angeles (2-5) 3 1 62 42 8 3-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 San Francisco (7-4) 1 2 28 31 4 1-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 Seattle (3-4) 1 3 62 73 8 1-1 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 Arizona (2-5) 0 4 48 66 6 0-1 0-3 0-1 0-4 0-0 TOTALS: NFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Green Bay (5-3) 4 0 82 59 10 2-0 2-0 2-0 4-0 0-0 Chicago (3-4) 2 2 86 83 12 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 Minnesota (4-5) 1 3 37 55 4 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-2 0-1 Detroit (3-4) 1 3 75 82 10 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-3 1-0 TOTALS: NFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Tampa Bay (3-4) 3 1 69 58 9 2-1 2-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 Atlanta (5-3) 3 1 80 76 13 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 0-0 Carolina (5-3) 2 2 55 58 6 1-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 New Orleans (1-6) 1 3 61 66 7 2-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-1 TOTALS: LIEFL COACHES W L ALL TIME AS OF 2022 ED VIGGS 12 3 (399-339) LEVI VICK 7 5 (22-34) PADDY BRANNIGAN 6 6 (347-322) JOEY PIZZ 7 8 (338-360) JOHNNY FREEPORT 7 7 (225-280) MATT ZOO-YORK 5 10 (263-285) BOBBY BIGGS 3 9 ROOKIE SEASON KEVIN MAC 3 10 (334-354) JOE BINO 5 2 (ALTERNATE COACH) BILLY O’C 8 2 (420-301) LIEFL COMPLETE WEEK#4 RESULTS 1. 14 Browns (1-2) at Bengals (1-2)17 (CIN-Collinsworth 3-193-0/77, CLE-Brown 2-134-0/86) 2. 21 Giants (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 24 (NOS-Bush 8-309-2/100TD, NYG-Bradshaw 4-275-2/2x100TDS) 3. 14 Buccaneers (2-1) at Titans (1-2)10 (TEN-Henry 7-116-1/61TD, Jones 3-126-0/62, TB-Giles 4-165-1/43) 4. 10 Panthers (2-1) at Colts (3-0) 14 (IND-Addai 12-216-2/81) 5. 17 Packers (3-0) at Lions (1-2) 10 (GB-Sharpe 2-144-0/79, DET-Bussey 10-210-1/93) 6. 7 Steelers (1-2) at Chiefs (1-2)14 (KC-Hill3-200-1/100TD, PIT-Swann 2-111-0/57) 7. 24 Bears (2-1) at Raiders (1-2) 28 (LVR-Casper 5-302-2/100TD, CHI-Gault 4-379-3/3x100TD 8. 7 Vikings (1-2) at Falcons (2-1)14 (ATL-Riggs 11-179-0/52, MIN-Peterson 5-169-0/2X81) 9. 27 Texans (1-2) at Jaguars (1-2) 21 (3:54 OT) (JAC-Taylor 10-276-2/100TD, HOU-Dayne 11-337-3/100TD) 10. 7 Patriots (1-2) at Eagles (0-3)6 (PHI-Carmichael 3-187-0/91) 11. 7 Cardinals (0-3) at Rams (2-1) 21 (LAR-Bruce 3-163-1/55TD, AZ-Gray 3-115-0/63) 12. 14 Dolphins (3-0) at Cowboys (2-1)17 (DAL-Owens 4-162-1/47TD, MIA-Duper 2-124-0/74) 13. 14 Redskins (3-0) at Seahawks (1-2)10 (SEA-Lynch 7-162-1/89, WAS-Green 10-157-0/48) 14. 14 Bills (2-1) at Jets (1-2) 10 (NYJ-Walker 2-126-0/80, BUF-Brown 2-128-1/100TD) 15. 14 49ers (1-2) at Ravens (1-2)17 (BAL-Mason 3-241-1/100TD, SF-Rice 3-133-0/81) 16. 14 Broncos (3-0) at Chargers (2-1) 21 (LAC-Tomlinson 9-181-1/98, Alsworth 1-100-1/100TD, DEN-Davis 7-102-0/44, McCaffery 2-104-2/55TD) Game of the Week: 21 Giants (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 24 (NOS-Bush 8-309-2/100TD, NYG-Bradshaw 4-275-2/2x100TDS) Player of the Week: HOU-Ron Dayne 11-337-3/100TD vs Jacksonville BUSH AND SAINTS PACK BIG PUNCH IN 24-21 VICTORY OVER GIANTS! Written with honor and joy, by Levi Vick while coach Billy O’C is out for the remainder of the 2023 LIEFL season. Tell me how the write-up's are and what I can do different? (Long Island Electric Football League Week #4 Completed October 24, 2023). By now readers know that the Long Island Electric Football League is stacked with passionate coaches, complimented by a professionally structured and intricate detailed, and organized league. The league is defined by strict adherence to the rules, like your leagues. The LIEFL includes historic accurate statistics (See our League Page on Tudor), up-to-date standings, coaching records, all-time records, greatest games, and all-time record holders for regular season, playoffs, and LIEFL Super Bowl history, along with other great information about the way we think our league should be run. https://forum.tudorgames.com/leagues/6-long-island-efl-established-1972/ Keeping records helps us to benchmark, legitimize, and compete at a level that allows us to constantly evolve, progress and improve the standard of the league, but it takes much coordinated effort. With all of these components, it makes for such an exciting league, but it also is amazing to chase records while setting new records and achievements as we preserve the integrity of the league. Coach Ed Viggs said, “We believe that we might be one of the only leagues in the world that has such extensive and well-kept records all shared on the Tudor Forum. We haven’t seen otherwise! To us electric football has deep rooted meaning from our childhood, and somehow our commissioner had the savvy at a young age to keep meticulous records of our league. It is really a beautiful story for our shared hobby. He’s a class act with an entire bin filled with records.” Alternate coach Joe Bino said, “We are always chasing history, until we can’t play anymore. Each 11-man team consists of professionally detailed players and a roster which comprises of historic greats from every football generation. For us anyway, what matters is, it’s electric football at its best. There’s plenty of competition right here on Long Island. I played many outside coaches throughout the years, but we have reached great new heights in this league. With Billy O’C’s teams, there should be no excuses for me to try to take one of his teams to a Super Bowl and collect a payday. When O’C retires I want to try to join another league in New York.” The coaching commitment in the league is incredible. Coaches pay $200 in dues every year so that there is a $3200 dollar payout at the end of the season split between the Super Bowl winner and runner-up. At the end of last season, the loudest coach in the league, Coach Johnny Freeport, called to vote for abolishing the two-coach payout system, leaving the $3200 dollar payment to the Super Bowl winning coach. The LIEFL Commissioner is in favor of calling the vote to the floor before or after this year’s Super Bowl. So far, the BUZZZZZ around the LIEFL amongst coaches seems favorable to a one-coach payout system. Johnny-Freeport said, “It is ridiculous that the loser of the biggest game in the league, gets a payout. Too bad, YOU lost man, you don't deserve to be rewarded in any way. It is hard enough to get my team to a Super Bowl and if I get there I deserve the whole pie, not just a piece! This is all Billy O’C’s liberal doing because he thinks it is fair that a coach who couldn’t win the big game should be rewarded. I wouldn’t play anywhere unless there is a nice pay out to the winner. That’s what motivates me more … I don’t just play for fun, I play for money. It just makes for some fierce-minded competition. I am winning this year!” Last year’s Super Bowl winning coach Matt Zoo-York, the South Bronx Native said, “I am all in favor of taking home the big prize of $3200, so I will be voting in favor of a one coach pay out. Billy O’C is proposing a $300 dues fee in the last season, which I am also in favor of. That would be a $5,000 dollar payout for the BIG GAME. Three thousand from the league and two thousand from the sponsor. We are pretty sure there aren’t many leagues around the world playing for money. I don’t need a trophy, I want the money. It makes a huge difference.” Coach Kevin Mac said, “Our sponsor matches the other half of the dues and has for the past seven years. Imagine if we had 32 coaches? That would be roughly a $10,000 dollar pay pool. Maybe our commissioner can make that dream happen in our final year. He’s moving down to his home in Florida. I continue to try to make my teams a force in the league, but the competition is tough, and I won't quit because I love the hobby.” Johnny Freeport’s best friend Coach Paddy Brannigan said, “We strictly use the 67-Big Men, and all teams must meet league standards. We don’t allow weighed down players, use of dice, sticks, passing aides or anything other than the natural player bases made to perform at a high level through an LIEFL draft. That is more for great Solitaire leagues, which is so cool. In this league a Super Bowl winning coach deserves nothing less than the entire $3200 dollar payout.” Coach Joey Pizz said, “The organization of the fast-paced LIEFL is one of the factors that keeps us coaches coming back for more. There are few delays and all quick-thinking football mind's' racing against the clock on setups and mindful aggressive football. We all played organized football, including in college, so we know the game. I was a fullback, so we don’t need a lesson or lecture in how to play the game of football. Pete Porcelli was a brief coach for the Arena Albany team during the Antonio Brown nonsense this year, and he is the Rules guy for the LIEFL. We have deep rooted football guys in this league. Pete is a tremendous guy who played at Emporia State and Long Islands' CW Post!" Week #4 is one of the most important weeks in our league because it's a pivotal point after crossing the halfway mark of a seven-game season, and the focal point of what shapes the playoff run. The intensity will be on the rise between emotional coaches chasing $3,200 to be part of the big game, LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII! The last six LIEFL seasons have come down to the wire with more than 24 teams in contention right up to the final game of the season. Some of our 2022 playoff teams were both decided and eliminated in the final game of the season! We reached out to Coach Billy O'C who is done for the 2023 LIEFL season. O'C said, "The benchmark to great electric football in any league is always wins versus losses, but it's also about progress in the league and how competitive the teams are when they transform through the draft. The draft is obviously the prime factor designed to give all coaches the opportunity to transform and strengthen a team, so much that from one season to the next, it is unpredictable in terms of the outcome each season. In my opinion, every team in this league is built to compete. There are stars on every team and it comes down to coaching." Anything can happen in the Super Bowl Tournament. The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers were both Wild Card teams who made it to the 2022 Super Bowl all because of the draft. It's Kaizen Philosophy at its best, the belief that continuous, incremental improvement adds up to substantial change over time! We don't keep anybody on the team who can't perform up to the standard we set. That’s the amazing part about any league with a draft, it reaches a new standard every year with a pool of thousands of player bases to choose from. This week’s games. WEEK #4 ACTION: PLAYER OF THE WEEK HOUSTON'S RON DAYNE! Texans running back Ron Dayne, erupted in Week #4 action with 11 touches for 337 All-Purpose yards with three touchdowns, including a 100-yard kick return in Houston's (2-2) second straight win on the road beating Jacksonville (1-3), 27-21, in overtime! The Texans are "red-hot" in the AFC South! Long Island EFL GAME OF THE WEEK: SAINTS UPSET GIANTS 24-21! Giants (2-1) at Saints (0-3) GIANTS SAINTS PRE-GAME After the season the New York Giants (2-1) had last year winning seven games that's hard to top in any fiercely competitive League. The one thing about the New York Giants being the number 9th All-Time LIEFL ranked team in this league at (92-77) is that coach Joey Pizz always has his team ready to play against the best-of-best. New York kicked off the season winning the Hall of Fame Game beating the Miami Dolphins 23-17, in overtime. The biggest surprise for the Giants was asking the question … Why they got beat up by a team they beat three times last year in the Redskins, who are unbeaten this season? Look no further than the draft because the Washington Redskins brought in three key linemen that they won in the draft and that's been the difference. The Redskins have only allowed 30 points, and the Giants who were the number one offense in the game last year have not lost their offense, but they’ve met stiffer competition. It's the defense that needs to step up for the Giants, which they did last week when they beat Philadelphia on the road 14-7. Big Blue linebacker Lawrence Taylor had two tackles in that game, but he also made big plays when the Giants needed it most against a high-powered Eagles offense. New York running back Shaquon Barkley rushed for 58 rushing yards and Ahmad Bradshaw, the LIEFL MVP last season had 139 all-purpose yards. A few weeks back coach Joey Pizz made a few comments about both Bobby Biggs and Johnny-Freeport talking about their trash talk. Today on the road against coach Bobby Biggs and his New Orleans Saints, Pizz will have the chance to take it to Biggs unbeaten Saints. It's time to live up to his words. Biggs, who's only won two games out of nine so far, refuses to make any statements about the league and the competition. Billy OC loves Bobby Biggs and he thinks he's going to win a Super Bowl very soon, O’C said. Pizz said, “We’ll just see about that.” Just because the New Orleans Saints haven’t won a game doesn’t mean it will be a walk in the park for the Giants in this league. The Saints are very competitive. Saints running back Reggie Bush is a Top Ten guy in NFC rushing and all-purpose yards, so it won’t be easy for New York on the road. THE GAME: In the LIEFL Game of the Week for Week #4, the New Orleans Saints, if for nothing else, played for pride against a worthy New York Giants football team who just came off a huge win against division rival on the road in Philadelphia in Week #3. Credit Coach Bobby Biggs, who may not see eye-to-eye on things with Giants coach Joey Pizz, but Biggs beat Pizz fair-and-square in a thriller! Last week Pizz expressed his attitude toward what he called the “two bigmouths of the league” in Coach Bobby Biggs, now (3-7), and Johnny Freeport. It would be Biggs who has the upper hand now after backing up his talk with a huge win over the Giants! Granted the Saints had home field advantage, but the Texans beat New Orleans on the Saints home turf last week, 14-13! Maybe Pizz was too confident? Reggie Bush returned a 40-yard kickoff to open the game, but the Saints couldn't get anything going on the ground. The Giants Big Blue defense was hitting hard with David Diehl making two swift tackles. It was clear that Bobby Biggs and the Saints were going to work on killing the clock to keep the ball out of Ahmad Bradshaw and Shaquon Barkley's hands, but it wasn't those two who did the damage. New Orleans played great damage control in the game. Saints’ receiver Marcus Colston came up big catching a 61-yard pass play on the right side of the field for a touchdown to give the Saints the lead, 7-0. For New York it was Ahmad Bradshaw running straight ahead into a wall of New Orleans Saints on the Giants first kickoff possession bullying his way 45 yards. Shaquon Barkley ran the ball several times and on a big 33-yard run Barkley set up a pass play to Odell Beckham Jr. Beckham caught a beauty from Pizz for a 40-yard touchdown catch down the left sideline on blown coverage by Reggie Bush, tying the score 7-7, as the first half ended. Reggie Bush returned the next kick 60-yards to start the second half, but the Saints couldn't get anything going on the run or the pass. After two failed runs the Giants defense came up huge stopping New Orleans on 3rd down when Bobby Biggs could not connect with a wide-open Reggie Bush 20 yards away. New Orleans had to settle for the field goal to make the score 10-7, Saints in the lead. One thing's for sure, the Giants defense with David Diehl came up huge. Diehl made his fourth tackle of the game! And on the Giants ensuing kickoff Ahmad Bradshaw ran back an electrifying 100-yard touchdown return to put the Giants ahead 14-10, with just over 8 minutes to go in the game. It was Bradshaw’s second 100-yard touchdown of the season. Give Bobby Biggs Saints credit, especially Reggie Bush. Bush returned a 44-yard kick return after the Giants scored, and one play later on first down, Bush exploded on a 57-yard touchdown run downfield to put New Orleans ahead, 17-14. What a run! After losing to the Texans last week 14-13, the Saints are trying to avoid the same disaster with 5:20 left to go in the game! Wow! On the Giants next kick return it was Ahmad Bradshaw, last year's LIEFL Player of the Year, who ran back an explosive second consecutive 100-yard touchdown, his second of the game to give the Giants the lead, 21-17, and the Saints will get the ball back with 3:50 left to go in the game with time running out on Bobby Biggs Unbelievable! With 2:18 left to go in the game Reggie Bush exploded for his own stunning 100-yard kick return to give the Saints the lead in a thriller, 24-21 over the New York Giants! What a run for Bush! Bobby Biggs was going wild as the Saints pushed their game to the limit! With just 48 seconds left in the game, Ahmad Bradshaw was hit hard at the 30-yard line by Jeremy Shockey, killing the Giants (2-2) chance to tie the game. New York had one pass play left coach Joey Pizz connected with tight end Mark Bavaro on a 45-yard pass play, but Bavaro got tripped up at the 30-yard line and he turned out of bounds! The previously unbeaten Saints (1-3) and LIEFL rookie coach Bobby Biggs, played a magical game against a worthy opponent, winning their first game of the 2023 season, 24-21! Biggs was ecstatic! Coach Joey Pizz was dejected, and the loss will pose problems for the Giants even though they won last week on the road. Pizz said, “Sometimes you get too confident, and it looks like that might be the case when I took the lead, I thought my Giants had it in the bag, but credit Bobby Biggs. He never quit and he played a great game. That was great competition!” Bobby Biggs silenced the LIEFL critics today with his win and he also got revenge on Joey Pizz, who spoke about the “loud mouths in the league” and Biggs just wasn't having it! What a game! Biggs said, “I am just getting warmed up in this league and thanks to Billy O’C, I am on the hunt to win. LIEFL this and that, just watch what Bobby Biggs brings, that’s what I am saying. We beat an excellent team, but they can be beaten and so can all the other plastic men in this league. The only thing I am still adapting to is the fast pace of the games, the coaches, and the clock.” New Orleans Reggie Bush exploded for a season high 8 touches for 309 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns! New York Giants LIEFL All-Pro Ahmad Bradshaw was sensational with four touches for 275 yards with two 100-yard touchdowns! Biggs has Bush motivated! On any given day in the LIEFL! BENGALS MAKE STATEMENT AGAINST BROWNS IN 17-14 WAR! Browns (1-2) at Bengals (1-2) BROWNS PREGAME: The Cincinnati Bengals (1-2) finally won a game last week, but not just against anybody. They beat the NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers at home last week, 14-7. The big story was Bengals running back Ickey Woods, who has a brand-new player base left over from the draft. Woods rushed for 90 yards against an elite 49ers defense, and that's saying a lot. Much of the slicing and dicing Woods did was on his own. Like Houdini, Woods played like an escape artist running end-arounds and through the heart of an offensive line led by Bengals lineman Anthony Munoz. The set-up man on special teams is crucial to the running and passing game, and in this league, teams must be consistent. But that's not all. Cincinnati thought they had something special in Chris Collinsworth because Collinsworth had two great games in week one and two, but last week he slipped a bit with just 71-yards on kick returns when they needed his effort to set up Ickey Woods. When you’re a plastic figure, you are easily disposable. Ah, the life of electric football. Compete or be beat! Chris Collinsworth has 319 all-purpose yards on just five touches with two 100-yard touchdown runs. Those are big numbers. Collingsworth is averaging 63 yards per touch, that is why Collinsworth is so exciting to watch. But last week because of his performance coach Johnny-Freeport and his Bengals will go with Chad Ochocinco Johnson again if Collinsworth faulters. THE GAME: As they lined up on the field both coaches had their words with Johnny- Freeport talking about what he thinks is an overrated defense. Matt Zoo-York is no stranger to the badgering. Zoo let Freeport say whatever he wanted, and then he did his talking on the field. Well, that didn’t quite happen the way Zoo-York anticipated as Johnny Freeport’s Cincinnati Bengals came to play and reclaim the AFC North! Cincinnati Running back Ickey Woods could get nothing going for the Bengals, but lucky for an 85-yard kick return by Chris Collinsworth the Bengals found a way to get into the end zone on a 45-yard touchdown pass to Chad Ochocinco to give the Bengals the lead 7-0! When Ocho is involved in the game the Bengals play well. “Why not use the lethal combination of Ocho-Worth said Freeport?” It was the Browns’ turn. Running back Jim Brown had an explosive 86-yard kick return to open the game on Cleveland's first drive. Running back Mike Pruitt had nowhere to run but on 3rd down Zoo-York connected with Browns tight end Kellen Winslow Jr., who took a 23-yard rocket into the end zone to tie the score at 7-7, as the first half ended! On the ensuing kickoff Chris Collinsworth returned to stellar form with a 31-yard kick return. Two plays later Ickey Woods picked up where he left off last week as he bounced around the right side and ran 69-yards downfield to give the Bengals the lead 14-7, with 8:30 remaining in the game. The buildup to a great finish was growing. Cleveland's Jim Brown ran back 48-yards on the Browns next kickoff. And in three plays Cleveland running back Mike Pruitt ran for six, four, and finally a 42-yard blazing touchdown run cutting through the left side of the field to tie the score at 14-14, with 6:10 remaining in the game. Wow! On Cincinnati's last drive Chris Collinsworth came up huge with a 77-yard kick return with Johnny Freeport pointing in Matt Zoo York's face saying, “Yeah, time to get you back for that loss on the last game of the season pal.” Matt Zoo-York said, “It’s not over yet.” But it truly was! Cleveland was out of time and Collinsworth kick return gave the Bengals the opportunity to win the game 17-14, on a 27-yard field goal! What a game! BUCS UPSET TITANS WITH 14-10 ROAD VICTORY! Buccaneers (2-1) at Titans (1-2) BUCS TITANS PRE-GAME: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers love ruffling feathers! They started out on fire this year with all of the changes through the draft, but they've also been a team on the rise. The Buccaneers started the season off with a 31-28, overtime win against the Detroit Lions in a spectacular game. Jimmie Giles was a beast in that game with 382 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns. Giles has not let up. The Buccaneers went on to beat the Vikings in Week #2, 10-3, but then last week they lost their toughest game to division rival Atlanta, 17-14 in overtime. Ricky Bell had 70-yards rushing in the game, which showed that Tampa Bay is working on their running game, and his new player base performed well. Each week it has been a huge battle with the margin of victory usually because of coaching mistakes or miscalculations because of the clock or set up speed which requires quick thinking football minds. Coach Joey Pizz has worked hard with these Bucs, who made the playoffs in 2016, after making a run at a Super Bowl, losing 28-24 to Seattle in the NFC Divisional Championship Game. The Bucs haven’t made it back. It was the first time Tampa Bay saw the playoffs since 1982. It's too early to count the Buccaneers out just because of one loss. They have to prove that they're a resilient team today, and that they can win on the road. The Tennessee Titans are an outstanding football team. They've come a long way and they have been very consistent. There is a big question mark next to the Titans because of their loss to Denver last week at home, 10-7. No one can afford to lose a home game in the LIEFL. The Titans did beat the Ravens, but they lost to Jacksonville, so the real question is are they ready to compete against Tampa Bay this week and face the wrath of the offensive powerhouse Buffalo Bills and AFC leaders Jay Brown and OJ Simpson next week? Titans running back and last year’s Rookie of the Year, Derrick Henry rushed for only 28-yards last week against a very challenging Denver Broncos defense. Henry has 168-yards rushing this season with three touchdowns, including a 58-yard scamper. Kick return specialist Brandon Jones has been consistent, but they need more from him. Jones has 10 touches for 469-yards with one touchdown. THE GAME: It was a powerful first half of football between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Tennessee Titans. Tennessee came out ready to use the sword but Brandon Jones the key return Man for Tennessee was stopped at the 25-yard line. LIEFL Rookie of the Year in 2022 Derrick Henry carried the ball five times before the Bucs defense kicked in. Eventually the Titans were forced to pass and with nobody open, they were forced to kick a field-goal on fourth down to give the Titans the lead 3-0. On Tampa Bay’s first possession, Jimmie Giles ran back a 40-yard speedy return, but he was hit hard by ensuing kickoff and the opening drive for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Giles was crushed at the 40-yard line by Tennessee defender Eron Kinney, setting up Ricky Bell and the Bucs running game. The Titans defense played tough, and Tampa Bay was pushed back on several plays. On third down Jimmie Giles broke free for a 40-yard touchdown play to give the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the lead 7-3, with the first half ending. The Titans fired right back and suddenly the Tennessee offense came alive after a nice Brandon Jones 39-yard kick return. On first down, Derrick Henry took it around the left side of the field 61-yards into the end zone to give the Titans a tight 10-7 lead! This was the turning point of the game … TIME. Tampa Bay ran the clock down leaving less than a minute to score for the Titans. When Tampa Bay returned the football, they drove down field killing the clock on the Titans. It took the Bucs four plays for Ricky Bell to score on a 15-yard touchdown run to give the Bucs (3-1) a huge 14-10 victory on the road! Jimmie Giles finished the day with four touches for 165-yards with a huge 40-yard touchdown reception. Things are shaping up for Tampa Bay who host Carolina in the biggest game of the year for them as they battle for the NFC South. The playoff picture may invite teams who have not seen the playoffs in the league in some time. The winners of last season who qualified for the LIEFL playoffs are the losers of this year's intense season with some fierce competition. The Titans could not get the job done at home. It appears the playoff contending Titans of 2022, put their chances for the playoffs this year in jeopardy. Coach Kevin Mac’s Tennessee (1-3) travels to the high-octane Buffalo Bills in Week #5 which will test their will. ADDAI KEEPS COLTS UNBEATEN AGAINST TOUGH PANTHERS 14-10! Panthers (2-1) at Colts (3-0) PANTHERS-COLTS PREGAME: The sign of a good League is a league that has a different champion every year. That's usually the result of a good draft system. Of all the games on the schedule, this one is one of the most interesting between the Carolina Panthers (2-1) and the Indianapolis Colts who are undefeated (3-0). The Colts have to get out to an early start, but can they meet the standard of the Carolina Panthers who've been in the mix as an elite team for the past three seasons? Carolina's DeShaun Foster is a running back indeed. Foster ranks 5th in NFC rushing with 16 touches for 267-yards, with four touchdowns. His biggest game was against the Green Bay Packers fierce defense. He had 121 yards rushing in that game with two touchdowns, so this game won’t be easy for the Colts. In fact, it might be their toughest opponent yet. Between Foster and kick returner Greg Jones the Panthers are lethal. Carolina has been knocking at the door for three consecutive seasons. The Colts have been exciting this year, and they have one of the best players in the game at running back in Joseph Addai. Addai is ranked 4th in AFC rushing 2nd in all-purpose yards, and 4th in kick-returns. The Panthers have their hands full! The game in the trenches is where this game is going to be interesting but since the Colts get the football first alternate Coach Joe Bino, who is filling in for Coach Billy O’C feels confident that his Colts will unleash an offensive firestorm that these Panthers have not seen this year. Bino said, “My job is to confuse the enemy and I never really liked the Panthers, so that motivates me. All we must do is be consistent. I've been working with the Colts, and I haven't even unleashed my receivers yet. Marvin Harrison and Raymond Barry can really destroy a team but there's been no need for them at this point. I can assure you that my Indianapolis Colts are a badass team. The Panthers have lots of weaknesses, so my goal is to put my linebackers to work and fight through Carolina’s weaknesses.” THE GAME: The opening kickoff was exciting. Indianapolis Colts and LIEFL All-Pro Joseph Addai ran back an 81-yard opening kick return. After being held up at the line by a tough Carolina defense led by LIEFL All-Pro lineman Kawaan Short, on three running plays, the Colts were forced to pass so Coach Joe Bino threw a rocket to Addai who was waiting in the end zone on 4th down to make a 15-yard touchdown catch! Indianapolis takes the lead 7-0. Carolina’s Greg Jones has blazing speed and he proved that on his 44-yard kick return met by lineman Quenton Nelson, who made a hard hit on Jones. The Carolina Panthers offense kicked right in, and it only took two plays for their star running back to DeShaun Foster to take a 56-yard touchdown run around the right corner of the field with great blocking to tie the score at 7-7. Foster is one of the most explosive backs in the LIEFL. This game is very fast paced with Joseph Addai touching the ball 13 times, but the Panthers forced the pass. With the score tied 7-7, the Colts tried to establish the run again in the second half, but it was really the passing game that won the game for the Colts as alternate coach Joey Bino connected with Addai again, this time for a 60-yard bomb to bring the ball to the 5-yard line where Addai would catch another pass to put the Colts ahead 14-7, with time running out on the Panthers! Addai does it all! The Panthers tried to manage the clock and Coach Kevin Mac watched the time tick down after a 42-yard kick returned by Greg Jones. The Panthers had little time left and coach Mac connected with Jeff King for a 16-yard play, but the Panthers could only kick a field goal as they ran out of time losing a hard-fought battle to the undefeated Colts (4-0), 14-10! The Colts travel to New England next week and the Panthers are at Tampa Bay in a huge division showdown! VIGGS UNBEATEN PACKERS DELIVER 17-10 LOSS TO BUSSEY AND JOHNNY-FREEPORTS LIONS! Packers (3-0) at Lions (1-2) PACKERS-LIONS PRE-GAME: Coach Ed Viggs unbeaten Green Bay Packers (3-0) and coach Johnny Freeport’s battle-hardened Detroit Lions (1-2) are a tremendous division matchup. This is going to be the breaking point for the Lions in the season and they must get the job done today. Having three straight home games can boost a team’s confidence and launch them into the playoffs where anything can happen, especially when you have one of the top players in the LIEFL, Dexter Bussey. The Lions must be the aggressor in this rematch of the Snow Bowl! This time the game is on the Lions home turf! The Packers defense has to rise to the occasion and tame the roar of the Lions with big plays because Dexter Bussey is a playmaker, and he won’t back down in a big game like this. Coach Johnny Freeport will have his Lions ready to roar! To stay undefeated in the first three weeks is a statement. The Packers just have to do what they do well. They've put together a fierce running game behind their setup man Sterling Sharpe, who can do it all. Sharpe might be the key to the game on set-ups. Green Bay running back Terdell Middleton is having an All-Pro season. He has opened eyes and he’s been super as the number two back in the NFC behind league leader, Atlanta’s Gerald Riggs. Middleton has 22 rushes for 363 yards with three touchdowns. That tells the story about the Packers running game, and Sharpe is ranked 6th in NFC all-purpose yards with 13 touches for 630 yards with two touchdowns! We all know that Dexter Bussey is one of the most explosive players in the LIEFL. Detroit lost on the road last week to Minnesota 17-14, but in Week #2, the Lions defeated the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs 23-17, in overtime, so at best they have been a team rebuilding through the draft. This week the Lions have a chance to gain their confidence back and build momentum to make the playoffs. We predict Viggs will try to take this one to overtime with the hope that they win the OT coin toss. Detroit can still unleash more offensive firepower with receivers Herman Moore and Calvin Johnson. The front line of the Lions has improved dramatically through the draft, and they won't be pushed around by the Packers. This is a different Detroit team but so are the Green Bay Packers. THE GAME: The Green Bay Packers came out prepared for a defensive battle today after Detroit running back Dexter Bussey’s 51-yard kick return to open the game. Bussey was silenced in the rushing game. The Lions surprisingly were stuffed by the Packers defense and held to a field goal on their first drive to give the Lions the lead 3-0. Coach Ed Viggs of course had his Packers ready with a 65-yard stunning return by Sterling Sharpe on Green Bay’s first possession. Three plays later after a 29-yard run, and then finally on a 6-yard run by the NFC’s #2 rusher Terdell Middleton, he broke free to give Green Bay the lead, 7-3. The second half was explosive. Dexter Bussey returned a 93-yard kick return to the 7-yard line of the Packers. On the next play Bussey stormed into the endzone for the touchdown, and the Lions regained the lead 10-7. That lead didn't last long because this time Green Bay’s Sterling Sharpe ran back an electrifying 79-yard kick return on the ensuing kickoff. The Packers established the running game again, giving the ball to Terdell Middleton who exploded for a 3, 11, and finally, a 70-yard touchdown run to put the Packers ahead 14-10, with 7:31 remaining in the game. The Packers brought their warriors on defense and are playing on all cylinders. Could this be an upset in the making? Coach Viggs Packers on defense matched every ounce of the Detroit Lions offense on Detroit’s next possession. After a 39-yard kick return by Dexter Bussey, the Lions failed to get the running game back. In fact, Detroit lost 15-yards. The Lions got stuffed again and on third down. Dexter Bussey broke free on third down and caught a 20-yd pass play, but they were still 8-yards short of the first down. Bussey on 4th down was stuffed for the second time in the game by Green Bay tackle Colin Cole. That left just 15 seconds in the game. Green Bay got the ball back and kicked a field goal to win the game in a huge upset 17-10 over the Lions. Coach Viggs did his usual fist-pump when he won a big game. It's unbelievable! Johnny Freeport had no words, and his Lions season will be a huge obstacle to get into the playoffs as the Packers won their second game in a row on the road beating every team in their path. Green Bay beat New Orleans in the opener 17-14, then they beat Carolina 24-21, Chicago 24-21, and today as the Pack remains undefeated. Coach Paddy Brannigan was at the game saying, “It's hard to explain what we just watched. It seems like the Packers clearly have Johnny Freeport and his Detroit Lions number.” The Lions now fall back to (1-3) as they will have to fight hard to chance the playoffs. Detroit is a better team than they were last year, but everybody else in the league has improved along with them, including the Packers. Could the Packers make another run at the Super Bowl? Coach Viggs knows how to win plain and simple. Somehow his Packers defense shut down Dexter Bussey. That's a complex task and while Bussey had 210 all-purpose yards, the biggest number of the day was that the Packers held Bussey to just one touchdown, and that was the story of the day, although Bussey did break 1,000 all-purpose yards on the season. Bussey and Gerald Riggs of Atlanta are the first two to break the 1,000 yards mark this season. Green Bay’s Sterling Sharpe set Terdell Middleton up perfectly with two huge kick returns of 65 and 79 yards and that was enough for Green Bay to beat the Lions 17-10, in the upset! It was a big day for Terdell Middleton once again who picked up two more touchdowns with runs of six and seven yards into the end zone. Middleton ended the day with six touches for 56 rushing yards with two touchdowns, which was the difference in the game. Coach Viggs said, “After the game I come out here focused and I know what my Packers are capable of. I proved that when we beat the Dolphins in the Super Bowl a few years back. We've only gotten stronger, so I expect this team to make a run whether we're undefeated isn't so much a big deal, but what is a big deal is that we're beating teams on the road and if you don't have a game plan it's never going to work out the way you want it to in this league. There's some great competition here, great coaching, and Johnny Freeport is one of the most passionate players you're ever going to find in the game. He’s a big boy.” At best, the Lions might have a long shot to be a Wild Card team in the playoffs. They missed the playoffs in 2022 with a (3-4) record. The Packers are in championship caliber form, but coaches know to be careful calling Green Bay a subpar team, especially after Coach Viggs showed his level of play, upsetting Miami 52-49, in the 2020 Super Bowl XVI! Green Bay has it all, and with Terdell Middleton healthy, the NEW Pack is back! STEELERS OUTMUSCLED BY CHIEFS 14-7! Steelers (1-2) at Chiefs (1-2) STEELERS CHIEFS PRE-GAME This is another tremendous game on the schedule between the rising Pittsburgh Steelers (1-2) and the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs (1-2). The story for the Steelers has been Lynn Swann. Swann is ranked 3rd in AFC all-purpose yards with 14 touches for an impressive 821 yards with six touchdowns, four of them 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns. He’s dangerous! Pittsburgh’s Jerome “The Bus” Bettis played outstanding in the first three games running behind a highly motivated Pittsburgh Steelers STEEL CURTAIN of a front line. Put nothing past these Steelers. They can take a game into overtime and steal a win! That's what they need to do here on the road against coach Matt Zoo-York’s Kansas City Chiefs. Zoo has something else in mind for Pittsburgh. The Chiefs have lost a small step in the draft, and we will see if they have the will and determination to return to the playoffs and dominate. Zoo will feed the Steelers all they can handle with the AFC’s leading back, Priest Holmes. Holmes has 19 rushes for 339-yards with five touchdowns! Setup man Tyreek Hill and Holmes are two of the best players in the LIEFL. That one- two combination of these two players must be the determining factor in today's game at Kansas City. The Chiefs with linebackers Bobby Bell and Derrick Thomas can't go wrong on the inside and linemen Buck Buchanan and Willie Lanier will make for a long day if the Steelers can't put up some numbers on offense. Tyreek Hill has to step up his game this week because the Steelers are in the Top five offensively in the AFC. The Chiefs lost the heartbreaker 7-6 to their division rival the Los Angeles Chargers last week, so let’s see if they can rebound in Week#4! THE GAME: Tension filled the air when Matt Zoo-York’s Chiefs and Paddy Brannigan’s Steelers took the field. On an electrifying opening kickoff Chiefs playmaker Tyreek Hill blasted off for a 100-yard kick return to start the game for the Chiefs, 7-0! Wow! Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann returned a sizzling fast 57-yard kick return giving the offense great field position. But running back Jerome “The Bus” Bettis was stopped three times on the run, and then Pittsburgh was stuffed on the pass, faulting in a Steelers turnover. The ball back went back to a motivated high-octane Chiefs offense. Just before the half, Tyreek Hill almost broke free for his second 100-yard touchdown of the game when he was turned by his own teammate forcing him out-of-bounds. It was time for the leading AFC running back to take charge, Priest Holmes. Holmes ran 36-yards on his first run. And on his second run he was in the end zone with a 9-yard touchdown run to give the Chiefs the lead, 14-0! Wow, the Chiefs are expanding their offensive attack! The Steelers quickly ran the ball back 54 yards on a blazing Lynn Swann kick return, but Swann ran into a sea of red jerseys. Moving forward on first down, the Steelers got clobbered on offense and they lost yards on every play. Jerome Bettis was buried by the Chiefs fierce defense led by linemen Buck Buchanan and Willie Lanier. It is frustrating rebuilding a team, but Brannigan is willing to go through the pain until he gets it right. On second down for the Steelers Bettis was turned around at the 30-yard line and Coach Brannigan thought that Bettis turned back up field, but he was clobbered by Kansas City linebacker Derrick Thomas. The Steelers on these poor plays found themselves at their own 8-yard line in dangerous territory. On 3rd down, Steelers receiver John Stallworth broke free on the left side of the field, and he took it 70 yards down field for the first down on an amazing play by the Steelers. On the next play coach Brannigan decided to pass. He found a wide-open John Stallworth again. This time Stallworth was open in the end zone, and Brannigan when in for the kill connecting with the wide receiver for the touchdown! Pittsburgh was in reach 14-7, but the Chiefs had the lead with time running out! Brannigan was doing his best to keep the ball out of Tyreek Hill's hands so that Kansas City wouldn’t score again. The Steelers were pushed around by a big offensive and defensive line for the Kansas City Chiefs on the next several plays as KC killed the clock by running the football. Lynn Swann gave the Steelers a fighting chance with his second 54-yard kick return of the game but again the Steelers couldn't get anything going on the offense in the running game. Pittsburgh would run out of time with promising hope as they go to (1-3) in their loss to the defending Super Bowl XVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs, 14-7! Kansas City is now (2-2), and today they looked terrific, but like every team in this league, it won’t be easy making this year’s postseason with their schedule. Tyreek Hill had a super performance tonight with 200 all-purpose yards with that blazing 100-yard return to kickoff the game. Coach Branigan said of his Steelers, “We're a work in progress. I've seen some signs of productivity in this team and Coach Zoo played a great game today. His Chiefs are tough as nails.” Zoo York said, “I was impressed by the Steelers and I'm sure Brannigan's going to build a better defense and that's what you need to start sometimes.” If Pittsburgh can limit productivity on the opposition's offense with a great defense, then Lynn Swann and Jerome Bettis should be able to do the rest. Tyreek Hill finished the day as the player of the game with 200 yards with a 100-yard touchdown! Next week KC plays Chicago on the road, and Pittsburgh hosts division rivals Cincinnati and Cleveland which will decide their fate in their next two games. The Steelers have a lot of improvements to make after the Chiefs have exposed their weaknesses. CASPER MAKES LIEFL HISTORY AS RAIDERS BEAT BEARS IN 28-24 THRILLER! Bears (2-1) at Raiders (1-2) BEARS RAIDERS PRE-GAME This is a huge game for the Chicago Bears (2-1). After memorializing the loss of Dick Butkus last week in their loss to Green Bay, the Bears have a chance to make LIEFL history today! If they win, it will be the Bears 100th team win putting them in a league of elites. The only other 100-win teams in the LIEFL are Miami, Green Bay, and Denver. All but Denver have won the LIEFL Super Bowl. It will be up to Bears setup specialist Willie Gault to unleash the Bears offense today. Gault has been blazing this season, ranking 9th in NFC all-purpose yards with nine touches for 493-yards, and three touchdowns, plus a 100-yard return! Running back Walter Payton has been a beast this season bullying his way through opponents with 15 rushes for 307 yards, with five big touchdowns, including a game winning 65-yard run in overtime against the Dirty Birds Atlanta Falcons in Week #1. We haven’t seen Payton play like this in five years. He is ranked 3rd in NFC rushing. It was his game against the Packers that opened eyes. Green Bay Coach Ed Viggs said, “When Payton rushed for 176 yards against us last week, I knew that this team made major improvements. They are the team to beat.” Chicago has to play a perfect game to beat the Raiders, and Las Vegas must launch their running game for a second week straight and stay consistent. Raiders running back Bo Jackson’s performance in the Raiders 27-21 win over the Jets last week was long overdue. Jackson rushed for 139 yards, and he had three touchdowns. If he can play like that today, it will be a great game. Raiders LIEFL Superman and 4th ranked all-purpose yard player this season, Dave Casper is on fire with 711 all-purpose yards, with three touchdowns, two of them 100-yard kick returns. If you’ve been following the LIEFL, Casper is the biggest part of the Raiders offensive success. If the Bears can beat the Raiders on the road with the challenging schedule ahead with games against Kansas City, Denver, and Seattle, the Bears may make the playoffs. We will see if they rise to the challenge. It would be the first time since the 2000 season that Chicago has made the playoffs. They beat Miami in LIEFL Super Bowl X, 45-38, in overtime! Twenty-three years of not being in the playoffs is a long time, but Chicago has scored 62 points this season, but because of the drafts they picked up, they are playing on a different level for coach Paddy Brannigan. THE GAME: It was a chance to make history for the Bears, who are chasing their 100th win, but they fell just short in a spectacular game between the AFC West Raiders! Instead, Dave Casper would make his own history today, breaking 1,000 yards for his seventh straight thousand-yard season, totaling 8,384 total all-purpose yards with 36 career touchdowns! Congratulations to Coach Kevin Mac, Dave Casper, and his Raiders! On the opening kickoff for Las Vegas, Dave Casper was clobbered on the opening by his Nemesis Willie Gault who stopped Casper at the Raiders 39-yard line. On first down Las Vegas running back Bo Jackson picked up where he left off last week running for 43-yards until he was tackled hard by Chicago’s defensive lineman, Don Hampton. And man did the Raiders play hard on offense on their first set of downs with Bo Jackson and Las Vegas front three of Gene Upshaw, Lyle Alzado, and Otis Sistrunk, who paved the way for a Raiders touchdown from the four-yard line, 7-0, Raiders take the lead. Bo Jackson put together 59 yards rushing on the Raiders first drive. Willie Gault returned a 79-yard opening drive for Chicago, enough to set up Walter Payton, but the Bears Frontline got demolished by an angry Las Vegas front which led to a field goal by the Chicago Bears just before the half ended, 7-3 Raiders in the lead. Payton was shut down and that would put pressure on Gault. When the Raiders got the ball back Dave Casper ran a speedy 64-yard kick return but this time on their first set of downs the Bears stuffed the Raiders run, and Walter Payton was held to just one yard rushing. On 3rd down Dave Casper hooked open on the left side of the field dashing down field for a 41-yard touchdown catch to give the Raiders the advantage 14-3, with just 8 minutes remaining in the game! Las Vegas impresses! On the ensuing kickoff Willie Gault showed his worth, firing back with a blazing 100-yard touchdown return to turn this into a game, 14-10, Raiders! On the next possession for Las Vegas, Dave Casper gave the Raiders great field position running the ball all the way to the Chicago 42-yard line. What a battle between Gault and Casper, two sensations in the league. One play later for Las Vegas, Bo Jackson was spun around and headed in the direction of the middle of the field, escaping for a 42-yard touchdown run for the Raiders! What a play! Raiders 21-Chicago 10! With three minutes left in the game, the game was far from over. It was the Bears turn. Willie Gault inched down the left side line and just ran back his second stunning, consecutive 100-yard touchdown run of the game to make the score 21-17, Las Vegas still has the four-point lead! Wow! What a game for Gault who has 279 all-purpose yards in the game thus far! No way! Through a stack of black jerseys, Dave Casper just ran back his own 100-yard kick return, an inch from the right sideline cutting through the middle of the field and into traffic to give the Raiders the advantage 28-17 on an electrifying run with these coaches going crazy! We just can't believe it! Even after the Raiders adjusted on special teams, Willie Gault did it again! Gault sliced and diced from the middle of the field to the right side of the field to run in his third consecutive 100-yard touchdown as time ran out in the game. What a football game this was with the Raiders beating the Bears 28-24, in a stunning spectacular Electric football game! The coaches really enjoyed this game. It was like a playoff atmosphere and even though it started out slow, what a game it turned out to be with the Raiders winning their second of the season and the Bears dropping their second in a row. Willie Gault and Dave Casper put on a show! Gault finished the day with four touches for a whopping 379 all-purpose yards with three spectacular 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns! Gault goes into the LIEFL record books! The Raiders almost looked like their (9-1) 2008 Super Bowl XI team in this game with one of the most exciting players in the game Dave Casper. Casper had five touches for 302 all-purpose yards with a 41-yard touchdown reception and a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown! Bo Jackson rushed for 101 yards on seven carries, and Jackson had two touchdowns, one of them a 42-yard explosion. It is Jackson’s second consecutive 100-yard rushing game! Wow! There are lots of challenges ahead for Las Vegas. The Raiders (2-2) face two beasts in Week 5 and 6. They play Miami next week, and then they play at unbeaten Green Bay in Week #6. Chicago hosts Kansas City next week, then they are at Denver in Week #6, before the Bears host Seattle in the season finale! FALCONS WIN THE WAR AGAINST VIKINGS 14-7! Vikings (1-2) at Falcons (2-1) VIKINGS FALCONS PRE-GAME We have featured the Atlanta Falcons quite a bit in our weekly summaries. Last week's upset over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers gives our readers a nice insight into who these Atlanta ‘Dirty Bird’ Falcons really are. The Man of steel for the Falcons is Gerald Riggs. Riggs had 140 rushing yards with two touchdowns in the season opener against Chicago. Then he set a new seven-game season single game rushing record in the league with 239-yards rushing with four touchdowns against Philadelphia. And then last week he had 95 yards rushing against the unbeaten Tampa Bay Buccaneers before Atlanta pulled off the upset against the Bucs. Gerald Riggs is the number one ranked Rusher in the entire league with 474-yards rushing on 22 carries, with seven rushing touchdowns. But that's not all Riggs has accomplished this season. He has 547 kick-return yards on 11 touches with one touchdown, making him the first player last week to have 1,000 yards for the 2023 season. Riggs is on track to break his own all-purpose record of 2339 yards set in 2019. It won't be easy for coach Johnny Freeport and his Falcons today even at home. They have one more home game after this against Jacksonville but the next two are on the road at Houston and Carolina, both highly competitive teams just like everybody else in this league. Week to week you never know who's going to rise to the occasion and this week Gerald Riggs has to rise to the occasion to keep this team alive! Coach Joey Pizz has worked hard with these Vikings. The defense is led by tackle and LIEFL All-Pro Carl Eller who has five tackles for the season. But the biggest missing link for this Minnesota electric football team is Adrian Peterson who is still looking for his first touchdown run of the season. Last week we saw Justin Jefferson, the rookie, step up with a 48-yard touchdown catch which helped the Vikings edge a tough Detroit Lions team, 17-14. Minnesota's defense has been tough. They've only allowed 41 points, ranking them in the top five NFC defenses. THE GAME: The Falcons started the game with LIEFL super playmaker Gerald Riggs smashing hard into Vikings defender Chris Carter at the Falcons own 35-yard line. The huge offensive line of the Falcons came to play today, but so did the “Purple-People Eater” defense of Minnesota. With Riggs rushing 39-yards on the first five carries coach Johnny Freeport connected with Julio Jones on a beautiful inside pass for the touchdown from 30-yards away, 7-0 Falcons in the lead! Adrian Peterson ran back the Vikings first play 81-yards. The Falcons “Dirty Birds” defense came to life and stopped Peterson on three straight runs, and on 4th down Coach Joey Pizz hit Justin Jefferson who ran 11-yards, but Jefferson’s yards after the catch was zero! Minnesota fell short of the first down, and the Falcons stuffed the Vikings offense. The second half flew by with Atlanta’s Gerald Riggs opening the second half with a 52-yard run after the Vikings were shut down on their last set of downs. Riggs ran for another first down 13 yards to bring the ball to the Vikings 19-yard line with 8:26 remaining in the game. After stopping Gerald Riggs on two straight runs, brining Atlanta back to the 35 yard line, the Falcons went to the air again. Coach Johnny-Freeport hit his favorite receiver Julio Jones once more, and Jones took it 35 yards into the end zone to make the score 14-0 Falcons with 4:19 left to go in the game! What a finish this would turn out to be. Minnesota never quit. Adrian Peterson ran back his second 81-yard kick return of the game and with very little time left coach Joey Pizz connected with Justin Jefferson, this time from 19-yards away to give Minnesota their first touchdown of the game, making the score Falcons 14 Vikings 7. On the Falcons ensuing kickoff, Gerald Riggs ran back a 40-yard kick return and that is how the game ended with Atlanta winning their third game of the season. Coach Pizz had to eat his words again with some of the talk he had about Coaches Bobby Biggs and Johnny Freeport. Johnny said, “Must be tough to be you Pizz. You are losing your touch kid.” Pizz said, “It was a great battle and just because I lost doesn’t mean I changed my mind about how I feel about Johnny and Bobby. We will get both of them back when it counts most, or Viggs will beat them in the playoffs and send Johnny home whining again when he collapses in the playoffs.” The Vikings defense played hard, and they kept the toughest back in the LIEFL Gerald Riggs, from scoring a touchdown, but he still had nine carries for 104 yards, giving Riggs a league leading 578 rushing yards for the season, with seven touchdowns. This Vikings defense is one of the best! Overall, Riggs had 11 touches for 179 all-purpose yards, but the big number for the Vikings was holding Riggs scoreless. Vikings tackle Jared Allen played a huge game today with four tackles, but it wasn't enough. It was Julio Jones who did all the damage for Atlanta, and it shows the balance that the Falcons have. Jones caught two passes for 70-yards, but he had two damaging touchdowns! Atlanta has won three in a row, but they hit the road at Houston and division rival Carolina in the next two games! Minnesota hosts Denver next week then they head to Detroit for a division battle in Week #6. The bad news for the Vikings is Adrian Peterson has yet to score a touchdown for Minnesota and he has not reached the 100-yard rushing mark. That tells coach Pizz the work he needs to focus on for 2024. TEXANS UNLEASH OVERTIME WIN BEATING JAGS 27-21 IN DIVISION THRILLER! Texans (1-2) at Jaguars (1-2) TEXANS JAGUARS PRE-GAME Levi Vick’s Houston Texans and coach Bobby Biggs Jacksonville Jaguars are both (1-2). This game is a great division matchup. Bobby Biggs has to find his mojo against a coach who knows a little bit about how hard it may be to play in a new league and make fast adjustments. Coach Joey Pizz said, “Vick started off (0-10) in his rookie year in the LIEFL but he took the Dallas Cowboys to the playoffs for the first time in 20-years! Dallas may have lost to Washington in the NFC Wild Card Game 45-37, but the league recognized that THE COWBOYS WERE BACK!” One of these teams has to make their move and try to overtake the division leading unbeaten Indianapolis Colts, but that won't be an easy task. For the Texans LIEFL All-Pro Ron Dayne, who is one of the best backs in the league, has had a quiet season thus far. The biggest surprise for the Texans is that Dayne is not even in the Top-10 in any category, where in the past he was usually in the top five throughout the season. These Texans have been a work-in-progress. This week may be his week to unleash his offensive skills against a tough Jaguars defense. Ron Dayne has just 110-yards rushing with two touchdowns compared to last season’s numbers. He was explosive with 72 all-purpose touches for 1590-yards with an impressive 15 touchdowns, including two 100-yard touchdown runs! It's hard to figure out Houston considering they got blown out by the Colts in Week #1, 24-14, but they showed their resilience in weeks two and three. They lost to Miami 3-0, but then they beat the Saints on the New Orleans home turf, embarrassing rookie coach Bobby Biggs last week in the final seconds of the game, 14-13. The Jaguars are a team trying to find their place. With Fred Taylor there's no reason why this team shouldn't be in the post-season. The only place where the Jaguars need to improve is in the running game. Fred Taylor is ranked 6th in AFC all-purpose yards with 31 touches for 609 yards with four touchdowns, including a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown. He's also ranked 6th as a kick returner with eight kick returns for 522 yards with 100-yard touchdown. That's not all, the Jaguars have an outstanding line led by LIEFL All Pro Reynaldo Wynn. Tony Boselli has been the anchor this season, and we all know that tackles Charles Spencer and Rob Meier are two of the best tackles in the league. Jacksonville has to put it together this week after falling short in Week #3, losing to the respected NFC South Carolina Panthers, 10-7. THE GAME: The fireworks started early in this game between the Jaguars and the Texans. Jaguars running back LIEFL All-Pro Freddie Taylor, opened the game with a spectacular 100-yard kick return to give the Jaguars a 7-0 lead! The answer to that touchdown by Taylor in this division rivalry was a LIEFL All-Pro Ron Dayne explosion for his own 100-yard touchdown explosion to tie the score at 7-7. The Jaguars came storming right back with another Freddie Taylor kick return, this time 50 yards, at midfield. On first down, Taylor exploded for a 15-yard run, then a 5-yard run, and finally a 30-yard run behind lineman Tony Boselli for the touchdown to give the Jaguars the lead 14-7, with the first half coming to a close! Houston’s Ron Dayne returned to 40 yd kick return on the ensuing kickoff followed by a 35-yard run, and then the Jaguars defense kicked in and stopped Dayne on two straight runs, pushing the Texans back to the Jaguars 43-yard line for a loss of 18-yards! On the next play for the Texans tight end Ryan Griffin broke free at the 43-yard line catching a beautiful pass right towards the center of the field to tie the game at 14-14 with 12:22 remaining in the game! It's war! Levi Vick is determined! Jags running back Freddie Taylor ran back another 50-yard run on the next kick return followed by a 26-yard run, and then Jacksonville receiver Jimmy Smith caught a 30-yard touchdown pass with time running out to give the Jaguars the lead, 21-14! Wow! What a stunning turn of events on the next kick return Texans running back Ron Dayne ran back a 55-Yard kick return to set up Andre Johnson who connected on a pass from Levi Vick for a 38-yard pass play to bring the ball to the Jaguars 7-yard line. One play later Ron Dayne tied the game with a 7-yard touchdown pass to bring the game into overtime with the score tied, 21-21! As luck would have it the Texans won the overtime coin toss, and they have a shot at winning this game on the road for the second week in a row! Vick sure does have his Texans playing well finding a way to get the job done. In overtime Ron Dayne exploded for a 45-yard kick return. On the next play Dayne cut to the left side of the field for a 48-yard run to the seven-yard line of the Jaguars. On the last play of the game, it was Ron Dayne who scored on another 7-yard touchdown pass to win the game in dramatic fashion! The Texans have had two very strong performances in back-to-back weeks beating division rival Jacksonville 27-21, in the upset over the Jaguars on the road, and New Orleans 14-13, stunning the league! Coach Bobby Biggs is (3-8) on the season in his rookie year as his Jaguars lose at home. When the enemy wins on a coaches home turf, adjustments have to be made. But Biggs gives credit when credit-is-due. The game came down to the coin toss in overtime and Houston Texans Ron Dayne executing on offense. Dayne broke out finishing the game with 11 touches for an explosive 337 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns, including a 100-yard Touchdown run, in the Texans win, earning Player of the Week for Week #4. Biggs finally spoke saying, “Damn that Dayne is a great player, PERIOD!” Levi Vick awakened the LIEFL today, and he came to win for the second week on the road with these Texans. If Houston continues on this path they may somehow find a way to make the playoffs! Bobby Biggs and his Jaguars still have a fighting chance with two home games remaining in the 2023 season. Next week Jacksonville plays the tough Los Angeles Chargers, then the red hot Tampa Bay Buccaneers, both at home until they face the Atlanta Falcons at Atlanta to finish the season. PATRIOTS SILENCE EAGLES 7-6! Patriots (1-2) at Eagles (0-3) PATRIOTS EAGLES PRE-GAME The New England Patriots are deceiving at (1-2). At (5-5) former two-time Nassau County Baller and champion Coach Levi Vick, is finding ways to win in the LIEFL, especially on the road. His Patriots shocked the league last season, winning the AFC East and upsetting a host of teams along the way, including beating the Dolphins at Miami, to win the AFC East. LIEFL Hall of Fame Sports Historian Andrew Slawson said, “That's why New England can’t be taken lightly. Look who’ve they competed with and who stayed in every game.” Vick says he’s confident that New England will make a turnaround, but the first three weeks have been stacked with incredibly tough opponents. Having the Miami Dolphins, the Los Angeles Chargers, and the Buffalo Bills as your first three opponents is a huge challenge for any team in the LIEFL. The Patriots edged the Chargers 10-7, in Week #2, but all three opponents the Pats have faced thus far, made the playoffs last year. That is a true test. Patriots’ lineman John Hannah has anchored the front line, but the Patriots need to get Kevin Faulk more involved in the game. Faulk has been a key receiver out of the backfield for the past two seasons. In their schedule, New England still has coach Matt Zoo-York’s winless Philadelphia Eagles to deal with along with the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts, the Washington Redskins and their season finale at home against Denver. It will be a miracle if the Patriots make the playoffs, but it would also show just how good this Patriots team is. They virtually have a minimal running game and Laurence Maroney has just 61-yards in three games with only one touchdown on the ground game. Even Rob Gronkowski has been figured out on his kick returns. Gronk has 496 all-purpose yards with two 100-yard kick returns for touchdown runs. Receiver Randy Moss has been the most dangerous player on the outside receiver game with three catches for 112-yards with two touchdowns, including a 63-yard touchdown play. Coach Matt Zoo-York is dazed about his Eagles. Zoo said, “They are the best (0-3) team I’ve ever seen. The schedule has been brutal. We lost to the Falcons in Week #2, and that killed us. Our offense has played well but the defense must play better. Coach Pizz played a great game last week against us. We lost last week in a huge upset against the Giants, 14-7, so I am trying to get us back on track to save the season. I hate losing!” Eagles Running back Keith Byars has done his usual damage with 16 touches for 238 rushing yards, with four touchdowns. The Eagles need to land and battle using their offensive weapon and running game that Keith Byars brings. Byars needs to erupt and have a big day against a defense of New England who have allowed 48 points. Leading the way on defense this season for the Eagles is Jerome Brown who has four tackles. Brown is having an All-Pro year. Brown must rally the rest of the Eagles front line to improve their blocking game for Keith Byars and the running game because when the line does their job, Byars and Philadelphia have one of the most explosive backs in the LIEFL beside Gerald Riggs and Dexter Bussey. THE GAME: The Philadelphia Eagles started out with a bang but got shut down quick with their running game. Eagles returner Harold Carmichael ran back the opening kickoff 80 yards to setup the Eagles running attack. But the Philadelphia front line went ghost with the Patriots shutting down the Eagles offense. Philadelphia running back Keith Byars was completely shut out. Byars had four rushes, but he didn’t rush for a single yard against a dominant New England defense. Philadelphia scored a field goal on their first drive making the score 3-0. On New England’s first possession, the Eagles defense crashed Patriots return man Rob Gronkowski, who returned the ball just 37 yards. The Patriots struggled in the first half and Laurence Maroney was held to 20 rushing yards on four carries, so Patriots Coach Levi Vick went with Kevin Faulk in the second half, and Faulk delivered the only touchdown of the game with a 13-yard score, giving the Patriots a 7-3 lead. He finished the game with five touches for 60 all-purpose yards with one touchdown! The Eagles answered with their second field goal as the clock ran out with New England (2-2) winning their second game of the season against the surprise story of the NFC, the winless Eagles (0-4). Eagles Coach Matt Zoo-York (5-10), walked away very frustrated with his team, losing his 10th game coaching this season after a stellar 2022 season where he went (19-14) with a LIEFL Super Bowl Title and $1800 dollars. The Eagles have to play for pride from point on and they are at Seattle next week. Zoo said, "Those are the breaks. Credit coach Vick for his win. The Patriots are a gritty team. I never thought this team would be where we are at right now, but I will never quit on them because I love the team. I just need to replace some of my linemen." It looks like Philadelphia may be rebuilding by receiving the top drafts in February's LIEFL draft. The resilient Patriots host the undefeated Indianapolis Colts next week in what will be their turning point of the 2023 season. RAMS CRUSH ZONA 21-7 ON TEAMWORK! Cardinals (0-3) at Rams (2-1) CARDINALS RAMS The Arizona Cardinals record is deceiving at (0-3). It's hard to figure out why they haven't performed to their capability. Between Arizona’s star players, OJ Anderson and Mel Gray, the offense is anchored by LIEFL NFC Pro-Bowl Starter Conrad Doebler and Dan Dierdorf who plays a big game on the inside. So, the question becomes what's the problem? Arizona has been in every game, so close that the game against Carolina and Washington and Seattle were all within three-points as the deciding factor in those games. LIEFL All-Pro return man Mel Gray has had a slow start with only 426 all-purpose yards on eight tries, with just two touchdowns. Gray was a staple of the Cardinals offense in 2022, with 25 touches for 1335 all-purpose yards with six touchdowns, including two 100-yard runs! That is the issue for Arizona. The team has had some bad breaks with a brutal schedule, but they have to be ready for the Los Angeles Rams. Since Billy O’C won’t be coming back this season, Coach Joe Bino, our alternate coach, will take his place. Bino will be just fine, and he always has a trick or two up his sleeve as a quality coach. He's more than capable of taking any of Billy O’C's teams to the playoffs, just like Levi Vick has done a great job writing these posts. League Commissioner and coach, Billy O’C is really going to miss an opportunity to play in a Super Bowl Game with his Dolphins if they go that far. In that case, depending on where he is at with his B A T B O Y documentary, he might consider playing in a Super Bowl if the Dolphins make it. More than likely though the type of guy O’C is if they make it Bino will be playing that game. The Rams have been under the microscope as the favorite to make the playoffs in the NFC West and they played three quality games. They had the hardest time with the Giants who just lost to the New Orleans Saints. The Saints were the underdog in that game, but they overcame obstacles in the game and surprised the Giants with a 24-21 win! This Rams team is loaded with firepower on offense. They can go to Ricky Proehl, Eric Dickerson, Isaac Bruce, and then you have the diversified Wendell Tyler who can do it all! Anytime you have two division rivals going at it we never know who's going to show up to play. Will it be the Rams of old who won two LIEFL back-to-back Super Bowls within the last five years or will the draft have that much of an impact that the Rams take a hiatus from the playoffs with the fierce competition as we get closer to Week#6 and Week #7. The Rams did not qualify for the playoffs last season and nor did the Cardinals. Coach Bino said, “Well I'm here to assure and ensure that this Rams team is going to make it back to the show, and I they will be a big part of the NFC playoff picture. I need to get this team going on all cylinders not just the running game. With Rams receivers Ricky Proehl and Isaac Bruce, we can be a very explosive team and that's what we have to focus on. Today's game plan is to put as much pressure as possible on Kevin Mack’s Cardinals.” THE GAME: This game opened with Rams return man the Rev., Isaac Bruce taking the opening kick return down the center of the field for a 57-yard run back. The Arizona defense kicked in fast holding Rams running back Wendell Tyler to zero yards. On 3rd down the Los Angeles line kicked in as Coach Joe Bino connected with Isaac Bruce who broke free on the left side of the field for a 55-yard electrifying touchdown catch to give the Rams the lead, 7-0! Bino, a racecar driver and entrepreneur went wild! Arizona got the better of LA against the Fab-Five defense of the Rams. Zona’s Mel Gray returned to 41-yard kick return on the Cardinals first possession. The Rams came up huge on defense though in this line battle in the trenches, stuffing OJ Anderson and forcing a third down pass play. Zona receiver Larry Fitzgerald broke free on the right side of the Rams defense for a 75-yard touchdown scamper to even the score 7-7, with the first half coming to an end. After a 51-yard kick return by Isaac Bruce the Rams were stopped on the first two plays from scrimmage on huge plays by the Zona defense for a loss by Cards Mel Gray and Conrad Doebler. Arizona forced a 4th down passing play for the Rams. For the first time this season, Rams running back Eric Dickerson took a 53-yard pass play into the end zone to give the Rams the lead 14-7 with 9:07 remaining in the game! Wow, what a play! In a turn of events while Coach Kevin Mac’s Arizona Cardinals played good defensively, they could not move the football on offense on their next set of downs after 63-yard kick return by Mel Gray, the Cardinals failed to get a first down resulting in the turnover to the Rams. With less than a 1:30 to go in the game Wendell Tyler torched the right side of the field for a 47-yard touchdown run to give the Rams a 21-7 victory in stunning fashion for Coach Joe Bino! Los Angeles balanced their attack equally amongst the receivers in the backfield, and it ended up being the key to the game. Coach Bino and the Rams (3-1) won their third game of the season. LIEFL All-Pro Isaac Bruce had 163 yards in the game on three touches with a 55-yard touchdown reception. For the Cardinals Mel Gray had three touches for 115 yards and Larry Fitzgerald had an amazing 75-yard touchdown catch but the Cardinals (0-4), remain windless. Gray has had a sluggish year. Los Angeles won't have it easy in the upcoming weeks, facing division rivals San Francisco and then Seattle and Marshawn Lynch on the road. The Rams will have to rise to the occasion and battle for their division, but it makes for great competition and electric football, and this division may be settled in the final week of the season. Arizona will have to play for pride and wait until next year unless something happens in the division where everyone loses three or four games, but the Cardinals would have to win there next three. Arizona plays the Dallas Cowboys at home next week, then San Francisco on the road, with their last game hosting the Cleveland Browns. VIGGS REDSKINS STAY UNBEATEN WITH WIN OVER SEAHAWKS! Redskins (3-0) Seahawks (1-2) REDSKINS SEAHAWKS PRE-GAME Ed Viggs Washington Redskins have their biggest challenger of their undefeated season against Coach Bobby Biggs Seattle Seahawks. Biggs is beginning to show his worth after his big win over the Giants this week with his Saints. Playing a hot team with the best coach in the league may prove too much for the rookie coach. If anyone can beat coach Ed Viggs Skins, Seattle with LIEFL All-Pro running back Marshawn Lynch has a chance. Lynch has played well with 22 touches for 758 all-purpose yards with six touchdowns, including 201 yards rushing in the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, but Viggs always has a master plan and with that front line of the Redskins, this will be a war! Viggs Redskins have won 113 games in this league. While Redskins star Tony Green has 8 touches for 520 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns, including three 100-yard touchdowns, the Redskins have struggled with the running game. Green has just 91 yards rushing this season. Viggs said, “All that counts is the W’s, not the rushing yards. We’ll just see about that today. I am getting more players involved in the offense here. Charlie Taylor has been explosive with three receptions for 123 yards with two touchdowns last week against the Cowboys on their home turf. The more weapons the better, it’s not all about Tony Green. We are coming for Seattle in every way.” Washington has been to the playoffs nine times in this league. They won LIEFL Super Bowl VII in 1984 against Miami in OT 34-31, in one of our greatest games played between Viggs and Billy O'C. Rookie coach Bobby Biggs said, “I want to face the best coach in the league,” but can Biggs take advantage of the home field edge? This is the turning point of the season for the Seattle Seahawks. THE GAME: Coach Ed Viggs Washington Redskins arrived at this field with a blistering defense, but the Seattle Seahawks were just one step short of matching that energy. The Redskins held the Seahawks to just three points on the opening drive. Marshawn Lynch rushed for just 20 yards while Washington Redskins tackle Joe Jacoby making three of the first five tackles of the game! With the score 3-0, the Seahawks defense came up big to start the second half also making the Redskins earn every step of the field in this playoff like battle! Tony Green returned a 48-yard kick return on the opening possession for Washington. After picking up 19-yards on the ground game, the Redskins Coach Viggs aired it out to receiver Art Monk, who was wide open for a 25-yard touchdown play to give the Redskins the lead on the road 7-3, ending the first half! The Seahawks battled back. On Seattle's next possession, Marshawn Lynch ran back an 89-yard kick return only to be turned to the left side of the field and out of bounds. On the next play Lynch ran in for the touchdown from 11 yards away to give the Seahawks the lead, 10-7! One thing is for certain the Redskins are for real! The Washington front line is filled with powerhouses led by Dave Butts, Charles Mann, and Dexter Manley. The Redskins marched down field with a 46-yard kick return by Tony Green. Green complimented that drive with an 18-yard run, and then a 17-yard run, until finally he was the Seahawks defense stopped him. With just seconds left to go in the game, coach Viggs connected with his favorite receiver Art Monk again on a pop pass and the speedy Monk put on the afterburners running down the right side of the field for 19-yards into the end zone, scoring his second touchdown of the game! The Redskins delivered a stunning and damaging heartbreaking loss to Seattle, 14-10! Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs dropped his 9th game of the season, and it was another stellar performance for Coach Ed Viggs as Viggs sees his league leading 11th win of the season. Viggs preparation and study of football is at the top in the league. Coaches aren't ribbing Biggs like they did when Levi Vick was a rookie in the league. Viggs said, "Bobby Biggs is a great coach. That doesn't mean that I don't want to beat him and dominate the league. The LIEFL is a super league, but some of the guys are really anti-social interpersonally. They get loud when they don't win, but otherwise they are quite." Washington (4-0), remains unbeaten! One fact remains, these are not the Redskins from last year that's for sure! Coach Ed Viggs has this team playing on all cylinders and they will be a tough team to beat down the stretch! Washington has the comfort of playing at home hosting the Jets next week and then the Patriots before finishing the season against the Giants in New York. We have not had an undefeated team in the seven-game season format. The Seahawks(1-3) still have an outside shot for the postseason hosting Philadelphia, then the LA Rams and finally, the Chicago Bears on the road which may be the determining factor! COWBOYS REIN IN MIAMI 17-14 DELIVERING FIRST LOSS OF SEASON! Dolphins (3-0) at Cowboys (2-1) DOLPHINS COWBOYS PRE-GAME The undefeated Miami Dolphins and the Dallas Cowboys is a huge game for both teams. To stay in the race in the NFC East Dallas has to win this game at home and Coach Levi Vick says when you play Miami you have to be able to get the special teams game going because the Dolphins defense is fierce. “I think our offense is great and we will be competitive, but the key is to get on the board first and kill the clock and keep the ball out of Duper and Clayton's hands,” said Vick. Mercury Morris has been non-existent this season for the Dolphins, so they need to get him in the game and get him going. Bino said, “We'll see. Playing back-to-back games is not easy. I have a headache from the planning, but I think I have something in the works against the Cowboys. The Cowboys have a triple threat with Terrell Owens, Michael Irvin, and Emmitt Smith. “I think our guys on the line match up with them well,” said Bino. You always have to watch out for Emmitt Smith but really, the guy that we have to stop is Terrell Owens.” Owens is ranked 8th in NFC All-Purpose yards with 10 touches for 495 yards with one touchdown. The Cowboys have worn their popular white jerseys nearly every game this year. Coach Levi Vick says that it gives his team good luck and they're going out here today to surprise the Dolphins, Vick said. Dallas can play, especially that front line made up of Larry Allen, Ed “Too-Tall” Jones, and Leon Lett. Miami will have a hard time with Randy White at tackle, but Dallas will be challenged by Jason Taylor. Taylor is the key to the offense rolling for Miami. Mark Duper has been a force in the AFC. Duper is ranked 7th in all-purpose yards with nine touches for 578-yards with three big 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns. And when Duper slips up Mark Clayton will be there. Both are lethal. THE GAME: Coach Levi Vick had his Cowboys ready for the opening kickoff and Terrell Owens runback was plastered at the 34-yard line by Miami’s Mercury Morris! The Cowboys offensive line manhandled the Dolphins on the first play with an Emmitt Smith 66-yard explosion into the end zone untouched by a tough Miami Dolphins defense, 7-0 Dallas in the lead! Where was alternate Coach Joe Bino’s lineman? Coach Joe Bino answered and came right back with a Mark Duper 50-yard kick return on the Dolphins first possession. The Dolphins have been limited on the ground this season, but they put up the wins. Mercury Morris ran for 17 total yards on the first set of downs, and on third down Bino found a wide-open Mark Clayton who was just a short step ahead of Tony Dorsett who was picked and blocked by Dolphins LIEFL All-Pro Mark Duper, to make way for the Mark's brothers tandem. Clayton launched with his speed, taking the ball 43-yards up field into the end zone to tie the game at 7-7, with 2:26 remaining in a half! This is a great war! The Cowboys came roaring right back with a 38-yard kick return for Terrell Owens. After four straight runs by the Cowboys, Dallas crossed midfield into Dolphin’s territory and Levi Vick connected on a rocket to Terrell Owens who blazed 47-yards for the score, giving the Cowboys the lead,14-7 with 8 minutes left to go in the game. Miami’s Mark Duper returned a gritty kick return on the ensuing kickoff 74-yards to the Dallas 26-yard line. On first down Mercury Morris exploded 26 yards into the end zone to tie the score 14-14, with less than 5 minutes left to go in the game! On the ensuing kickoff, Terrell Owens exploded for a 43-yard kick return on the Cowboys final possession. With less than two-minutes left to go in the game, it was Emmitt Smith again for the Cowboys who ran a 7-yard run, killing the clock on the Dolphins. On second down, with 20 seconds remaining in the game, the Dallas Cowboys killed the clock, beating the unbeaten Miami Dolphins 17-14, on a 50-yard field goal in glorious fashion in week 4! It was a great matchup and great game with Miami playing right to the last second of the game on the road losing their first game of the season. At (3-1) the Cowboys are in great position for another playoff run under this coach Levi Vick. It won't be easy. They play host to the winless Arizona Cardinals next week in Week #5, and then they head to New York to play the contending Giants. Vick said, "Just because the Cardinals haven't won a game, doesn't mean they are a walk-over. It's anyone's game and they are playing for pride." Dallas plays their final game on the road at the hot Tampa Bay Buccaneers! The Dolphins are in great position to make the playoffs for the forth consecutive season in their run to make more history chasing their seventh title. Miami hosts the Las Vegas Raiders and then Philadelphia Eagles, before they play Buffalo at Buffalo in the season finale! BILLS JAY BROWN BEATS JETS 14-10 WITH 100-YARD RETURN! Bills (2-1) Jets (1-2) BILLS JETS PRE-GAME From the start of their season the Buffalo Bills have been on the radar as one of the top teams in the AFC. They opened the season with a loss to Kansas City 38-35, and BOOM! … that opened eyes! Between the combination of OJ Simpson’s explosive running and the sensation of Jay Brown, who leads the AFC in all-purpose yards, these Bills and the “Electric Company” are on the radar of every team. Simpson ranks #2 in AFC rushing with 17 touches for 318 yards with seven touchdowns for the former LIEFL Super Bowl XIII MVP! Brown is the 2nd Leading all-purpose player in the entire LIEFL with 13 touches for 953 yards with five touchdowns, all 100-yard returns! In just his third year in the league Bills #1 LIEFL draft pick Jay Brown is chasing Philadelphia’s Harold Camichael’s LIEFL record of eleven-100-yard touchdown returns set in 2019. That season Carmichael had 26 kick returns for 1786 kick return yards with 13 total touchdowns, eleven were 100-yard returns. In a competitive league, that is an enormous feat. Coach Joey Pizz and his Jets have played very hard this year. They've been involved in two overtime losses which could have gone either way with the flip of a coin in Dallas when they lost to the Cowboys 34-28, in almost 10 minutes of overtime. Then last week, the Jets lost to the Raiders 27-21, in overtime. This isn't the same as the New York Jets from last year. New York made several changes from the draft. The big news is running back Le'Veon Bell and the Jets running game. Although they didn't move the ball last week against the Raiders, Bell is dangerous. He had 145-yards rushing with three touchdowns against Dallas in Week #1 and in Week #2, against Jacksonville, Bell exploded for 140 more yards. He's the number three rusher in the AFC behind Buffalo’s OJ Simpson. The Jets Frontline played well, and the biggest surprise of the season is tight end Don Maynard. Maynard has seven touches for 427 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns including three 100-yard returns for touchdowns. The Jets are competing hard in the AFC East, but they have a huge mountain to climb with games against the undefeated Redskins, the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, in their last game of the season! THE GAME: It's important to emphasize before the game starts just how important it is for both division rivals to win. This could make or break one of these teams’ playoff hopes. The Jets at home must win this game. The Buffalo Bills, being the number one offense in the league, has to show some defense today against a tough Jets running game led by rising star Le’Veon Bell. Bills Coach Joe Bino hopes to shut down Bell, and they're going to have to pay very close attention to Don Maynard who's been explosive this season, and Wesley Walker who will most certainly see action in the game. The Jets have their hands full between OJ Simpson and Jay Brown. Bino has coached very well in Billy OC's absence. He's a much better passer than O’C, which means his teams have a strong ability to execute because of his success in the passing game. On the opening kickoff, Jets return specialist Don Maynard was crushed at the 30-yard line by Buffalo’s Jim Braxton. Buffalo is a hard-hitting team, led by a front line of stacked All-Pro’s Marcell Dareus and Bruce Smith. That Bills front line didn't stop the Jets running game. With their backs against the wall the Jets rose to the occasion. Le'Veon Bell exploded for a 53-yard first down to the 17-yard line of Buffalo. Two plays later Bell ran in a 17-yard touchdown run to give the Jets the lead 7-0, in an electrifying game! The Jets returned the favor with a huge hit on the Bills first kick return by star return specialist Jay Brown. Brown was clobbered at the 28-yard line with a head-on collision by Joe Klecko. Buffalo wasted no time and OJ Simpson had runs of 31, 23, 5, 2, and finally 10 yards into the end zone to tie the game at 7-7! Simpson and the Bills look like a serious contender! On the next series, the Jets switched it up a bit and gave the ball back to Wesley Walker who ran back in 80-yard kick return, and out of nowhere Preston Brown made a huge tackle to save the Bills from the Jets scoring a touchdown! The Buffalo Bills held the Jets to a field goal from 42-yards away to give New York the lead, 10-7 over the Buffalo Bills! Unbelievable! On the bills next possession Jay Brown ran back his sixth 100-yard touchdown run of the season to give Buffalo the lead 14-10, with six minutes left to go in the game! The Jets did not quit. Wesley Walker ran back of 46-yard kick return and the Jets passed twice gaining 15 yards, but unfortunately the clock ran out of time in a dramatic game with the Buffalo Bills coming from behind to win their third game of the season, hurting the Jets and Joey Pizz goal to make the playoffs. What a game it was. Le'Veon Bell was solid, rushing for 80-yards on six touches with one touchdown, and Bell totaled 95-all-purpose yards on the day with eight touches. Wesley Walker is back. Walker exploded with 126-yards in the game, including a huge 80-yard kick return, but it wasn't enough for the Jets and Coach Joey Pizz who ran out of time. Buffalo playmaker Jay Brown was the hero of the day for the Bills with his 100-yard kick return, which was enough to seal the victory for Buffalo! Brown finished the game with two touches for 128 yards with that 100-yard touchdown return, breaking the 1,000-yard mark for the first time in his career. What an exciting player! To think that Jay Brown had just six touches for 345 yards with two touchdowns in 2022, shows his amazing growth and improvement as a PRIME TIME addition to the Electric Company! Buffalo (3-1), hosts the Tennessee Titans (1-3) next week, and then they face the high-octane LA Chargers at Los Angeles in a Week #6 war, before concluding their season possibly for the AFC East Division title against Miami (3-1). The Jets won’t have it easy. Their season is on the verge of being unhinged. New York hits the road against Coach Ed Viggs unbeaten powerhouse Washington Redskins (4-0) in Week #5, and then the Jets host the defending LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs before ending the 2023 season at Philadelphia to play the Eagles! JOHNNY FREEPORTS RAVENS UPSET VIGGS 49ERS ON MASON 100-YARD TD, 17-14! 49ers (1-2)-Ravens (1-2) 49ERS RAVENS PRE-GAME Let's face it, men are born for games. Every manchild knows that play is nobler than work. He knows too that the worth or merit of a game is not inherent in the game itself but rather in value of that which is put at hazard. Sure, your leagues probably feel this way that some people just have a mind for football. That describes LIEFL's Coach Ed Viggs. He is a great competitor who keeps coaches honest with his historic play. Coach Paddy Brannigan said, "Viggs is the benchmark and the guy we chase to beat. I have played countless coaches, but none like the Master of preparation. It's hard to explain what he does with an 11-man team, and I 've played him hundreds of times, mostly on the losing end. Even studying his play I thought I had him figured out, but then he comes up with huge plays that change the way a coach has to play him." A little more on Coach Viggs. Viggs played on two Long Island Rutgers Cup winning championship teams. The Bayshore High School team was (19-1) in the two seasons so it will be natural and a comfortable fit for Viggs would do the same in Electric football with his football mind as a former quarterback, safety, and slot receiver in addition to being an excellent lacrosse player in college. It wouldn't matter if it was a bad day, Viggs loves the game, and he comes organized strategically ready to play with a game plan. It's why he's had so much success in this league. We trust he would have the same success in other leagues and has. Other coaches respect his vision and silent but deadly approach to the game. He seems to always figure things out very fast as the game is moving and he makes the adjustments quickly to both sides of the ball. As for his San Francisco 49ers, they went from NFC Champions to a team battling from behind trying to save their 2023 season. The 49ers have a brutal schedule, beating Seattle in the season opener, but losing two straight on the road to revived Dallas and Cincinnati teams. Coach Ed Viggs said, “I need to get this team going before it’s too late and I need to see Jerry Rice play like he did last season so that we get better field position for Watters. Rickey Watters will take it from there, and I need to get Dwight Clark more involved in the game at tight end. We can’t have a late engine start in an LIEFL season because by then, it is too late. I want this team in the post-season, but they must perform. They won seven games last season, no excuses.” Jerry Rice is at the bottom half of NFC in all-purpose yards currently ranked 16th in the NFC, with just seven touches for 264 all-purpose yards with just one touchdown. That is the difference in the 49ers. Last season Rice ranked about the same, 14th in the NFC with 20 touches for 996 all-purpose yards with three touchdowns, two receiving and one 100-yard return. But in the playoffs, Rice launched the 49ers to the Super Bowl. He was a completely different player in San Francisco’s run to LIEFL Super Bowl XVII with over 1,000 all-purpose yards in the post-season. THE GAME: Coach Johnny Freeport's Ravens have a chance to take charge of the AFC North by winning this game. Let’s see how they match up against the defending NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers. San Fran needs to explode today in order to keep up with the NFC West leading LA Rams (3-1). This is the turning point in the season where teams have to rise to the occasion. The Rams have some structural weaknesses, but San Francisco has Coach Ed Viggs who Baltimore has to contend with. Viggs seems to pull off miracles, and today he faces a must-win situation. San Francisco still has a shot at making the playoffs and the league has seen some brutal schedules this year which has made it ultra-competitive. The buzzwords around the league are intense, determined, and battle to the end. The Baltimore Ravens came out to play. LIEFL All-Pro Derrick Mason returned a strong 56-yard kick return to open the game for the Ravens, but the San Francisco defense held Ravens running back Jamal Lewis to just four yards in the first half. It was Mark Andrews who took a 56-yard touchdown play into the end zone to give Baltimore the 7-0 lead! San Francisco's Jerry Rice could only muster 21-yards on the opening possession for the 49ers. It was all Ricky Watters from there. Watters exploded on first down with a 59-yard run coupled by two more runs from four yards, and then Watters exploded for a 16-yard touchdown scant to tie the game, 7-7! On Baltimore's second possession Derrick Mason run back 85-yards, but the Ravens offense could not capitalize on this tough 49ers defense who limited Baltimore to just a field goal from 22-yards away to give the Ravens the edge 10-7, with 7:51 remaining in the game. On the 49ers ensuing kickoff Jerry Rice weaved through lanes for 81-yards on the kick return to the 19-yard line of Baltimore. What a play! Two plays later it was San Francisco running back Ricky Watters doing the work. Watters ran for his second touchdown of the game, this time from 19-yards to give the 49ers the lead, 14-10 with just 4 minutes to go in the game. On ensuing kickoff for the Ravens, Derrick Mason exploded for a 100-yard kick return, silencing the 49ers defense, giving Baltimore the lead for good, 17-14 with 3 minutes left to go in the game and what a game it is! Derrick Mason's 100-yard kick return won the game for the Baltimore Ravens who played fantastic against Coach Viggs 49ers! Coach Johnny Freeport is uncontrollable with enthusiasm. "You ain't so bad Viggs, and I have more where that came from Pretty-Boy." No answer from Viggs, just laughs. Like a kid, Johnny Freeport's trash talking continued the whole way out to coach Viggs, but what a game it was for the Ravens who pulled off a big big win, making it difficult for the 49ers to contend for the playoffs. A disappointed coach Viggs look dejected. The 49ers (1-3) have three straight home games to their advantage to close the season, so they are not out of the playoff picture, but it will be a challenge. They play division rival LA Rams, and then the winless Arizona Cardinals who might be the toughest (0-4) team in the league. San Francisco will finish with a huge challenge hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers and Lynn Swann. Imagine San Francisco went from the NFC champions to being torn up fighting a determined Ravens football team. The story of the day for the Ravens was Derrick Mason who was a beast! Mason finished the game with three touches for 241 all-purpose yards, with the huge 100-yard TD runback that won the game for Baltimore! The Ravens have a tough road ahead. They are at Cleveland next week, and then they host the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts before concluding at the high-octane LA Chargers at Los Angeles. ALSWORTH WINS GAME FOR CHARGERS WHO SEND BRONCOS THEIR FIRST LOSS 21-14! Broncos (3-0) Chargers (2-1) BRONCOS CHARGERS PRE-GAME It looks like the war for the AFC West is going to go through Los Angeles. The Denver Broncos have surprised the league this year and coming into this game undefeated adds an enormous amount of pressure for coach Kevin Mac. The biggest challenge for Denver will be LA lineman, Earl Faison. Faison has been dominant in the trenches for the Broncos. As for Denver’s offense, Terrell Davis has to have a BIG day on the road when the Broncos get the football. Davis has been busy. He ranks 5th in AFC rushing with 26 touches for 272-yards with four touchdowns and 33 all-purpose touches for 705-yards, ranking Davis 5th overall in the AFC. This won't be just any game for the Denver Broncos on the road at Los Angeles to play the Chargers. The Broncos need to put up a defense that can stop LaDainian Tomlinson in a big way. Tomlinson is currently ranked 6th in AFC rushing with LAC 15 touches for 189-yards with just two rushing touchdowns. He has had a bit of an off year, but the Chargers are (2-1). Coach Viggs has been toying with the idea of letting Kellen Winslow return kicks. This might not be the game to do that against a huge division rival like the Broncos, but Viggs always has confidence in his players when it comes to performing. LaDainian Tomlinson has been the AFC's best runner for the past two seasons but this season he has slipped a bit. Tomlinson had 83 touches for 1624 all-purpose yards with 13 touchdowns in 2022! As the league evolves, the running backs face new challenges. Coach Viggs loves to blitz his linebackers and that'll be tough for Mac to deal with. That is why Denver's special teams’ unit is so important to this game because that's where Terrell Davis is at his best. THE GAME: A determined Coach Ed Viggs Chargers came out to stomp the Denver Broncos on the opening drive as LaDainian Tomlinson returned the ball 98-yards to the two-yard line, and two plays later Tomlinson scored to give the Los Angeles the lead, 7-0. Would the Denver Broncos be ready to beat this proven Chargers team? Denver's Terrell Davis returned the first possession for the Broncos 44-yards. The L A D E F E N S E led by powerhouse Earl Faison brought some crushing blows to stop Davis on three runs. On 4th down, Patty Brannigan threw a beautiful pass to receiver Ed McCaffrey, who took it 55 yards downfield to tie the game at 7-7! What an exciting game between these two teams. To close the first half it was LaDainian Tomlinson again who ran the ball back for a big 42-yard run. On first down Tomlinson ran 28-yards for a first down. The second half began with LaDainian Tomlinson bullying his way for another Chargers first down on their first play of the second half. After an 11-yard run the Chargers were met by a defiant Broncos defense led by Paul Smith, and the Los Angeles was forced to pass. But leave it to coach Viggs. Viggs pulled a quarterback sneak into the e nd zone to give the Chargers the 14-7 lead! What a play with 7:00 minutes left to go in the game! Without Terrell Davis at full speed, the rusty Broncos showed that Davis is not the whole team. With time running out Davis ran for 12 yards on two carries after he returned the football for 40-yards. And it was Ed McCaffrey again who broke free tearing up the grid on a beautiful pass by Paddy Brannigan, his second of the game to McCaffrey! This time McCaffrey took it 49-yards into the end zone to tie the score at 14-14! LA Coach Viggs, the master of the clock managed the last Chargers drive brilliantly. With 44 seconds remaining Viggs set up the kick return but instead of giving it to Tomlinson for some reason he gave it to Lance Alsworth who hit Denver with the element of surprise, returning a blazing 100-yard return for a Los Angeles Chargers touchdown, delivering Denver their first loss of the season, 21-14, and Viggs is (12-3)! To add insult to injury, the Chargers take back first place from the Denver Broncos (3-1) in a war! What an unbelievable game and what a way to end Week #4! Two out of the LA Chargers next three games are at home so that puts LA in incredible position for yet another playoff run! The Chargers have a war next week against one of their top rivals and arch enemy Buffalo Bills (3-1). Why arch enemy? The Bills seem to have the Chargers number. In 2018, after losing to the LA Rams in LIEFL Super Bowl XIV 31-28, the Chargers lost in the AFC Divisional Championship Game to Buffalo 49-48 in a thriller! So, Coach Viggs is determined to make the big plays against a much better than previous Bills team whose front line is stacked with stars, and with the season OJ Simpson is having along with Jay Brown, it will be a game on everyone's radar in the LIEFL! The real question is can alternate LIEFL Coach Joe Bino do the honor of handling a game the way Coach Bill O'C would when he coached Buffalo? What an awesome week of electric Football! LIEFL LEADERBOARD AFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Holmes-KC 26-404-6/59 2. Simpson-BUF 22-389-8/52TD 3. Bell-NYJ 20-385-6/53 4. Davis-DEN 31-286-4/45TD 5. Addai-IND 29-285-7/50TD 6. Henry-TEN 27-284-4/61TD 7. Jackson-LVR 23-281-5/52TD 8. Tomlinson-LAC 22-230-3/46TD 9. Woods-CIN 15-211-4/69TD 10. M. Pruitt-CLE 26-207-3/42TD NFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Riggs-ATL 31-578-7/61TD 2. Middleton-GB 28-419-5/59TD 3. Smith-DAL 32-370-4/66TD 4. Foster-CAR 18-323-5/70TD 5. Payton-CHI 17-308-5/65TD 6. Watters-SF 31-282-3/50TD 7. Bush-NOS 27-278-5/50TD 8. Lynch-SEA 17-276-6/63TD 9. Byars-PHI 20-238-4/65TD 10. Barkley-NYG 26-199-3/44TD 11. Bussey-DET 24-199-3/70TD AFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Addai-IND 43-1102-10/100TD 2. J. Brown-BUF 15-1081-6/6X100TD 3. Casper-LVR 18-1013-5/3X100TD 4. Swann-PIT 16-932-6/4X100TDS 5. Taylor-JAC41-885-6/2X100TD 6. Dayne-HOU 37-829-5/100TD 7. Davis-DEN 40-807-4/100TD 8. Mason-BAL 7-755-5/5x100TD 9. Duper-MIA 12-717-3/3X100TD 10. Brown-CLE14-709-3/100TD NFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Riggs-ATL 44-1227-8/100TD 2. Bussey-DET 39-1099-8/4x100TDS 3. Lynch-SEA 29-920-7/63TD 4. Gault-CHI 13-872-6/4X100TD 5. Bush-NO 39-830-6/100TD 6. Giles-TB 16-830-4/2X100TD 7. Green-WAS 30-803-4/3x100TD. 8. Sharpe-GB 15-774-2/81 9. Bradshaw-NYG 12-733-2/100TD 10. Owens-DAL 14-657-2/82 AFC Kick Return YARDS 1. J. Brown-BUF 15-1081-6/6X100TD 2. Casper-LVR 14-920-3/3X100TD 3. Swann-PIT 12-810-4/4X100TDS 4. Mason-BAL 7-755-5/5x100TD 5. Addai-IND 12-737-1/100TD 6. Taylor-JAC 11-722-1/100TD 7. Hill-KC 13-705-2/2x100TD 8. Duper-MIA 11-702-3/3X100TD 9. Dayne-HOU 12-622-1/100TD 10. Brown-CLE 10-618-1/100TD NFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Bussey-DET 13-866-4/4x100TDS 2. Gault-CHI 11-803-4/4X100TD 3. Bradshaw-NYG 11-726- 3/3x100TDS 4. Giles-TB 13-724-2/2x100TD 5. Sharpe-GC 13-700-0/81 6. Riggs-ATL 13-649-1/100TD 7. Carmichael-PHI 11-621-0/91 8. Green-WAS 10-614-3/3x100TD. 9. Lynch-SEA 11-585-0/65 10. Owens-DAL 12-572-0/82 AFC Receiving YARDS 1. Griffin-HOU 3-153-3/57TD 2. Gonzalez-KC 3-152-1/68 3. Swann-PITT 4-122-2/37TD 4. Moss-NE 3-112-2/63TD 5. McCaffery-DEN 2-104-2/55TD NFC Receiving YARDS 1. Metcalf-AZ 4-127-1/65TD 2. Jones-ATL 3-125-3/50TD 3. Taylor-WAS 3-123-2/29TD. 4. D. Moore-TB 3-116-2/45TD 5. J. Giles-TB 3-106-2/50TD 6. Tyler-LAR 3-106-1/33TD UPCOMING WEEK #5 SCHEDULE OCTOBER 28, 2023 1. Raiders (2-2) at Dolphins (3-1) 2. Falcons (3-1) at Texans (2-2) 3. Chiefs (2-2) at Bears (2-2) 4. Chargers (3-1) at Jaguars (1-3) 5. Packers (4-0) at Giants (2-2) 6. Titans (1-3) at Bills (3-1) 7. Jets (1-3) at Redskins (4-0) 8. Cowboys (3-1) at Cardinals (0-4) 9. Eagles (4-0) at Seahawks (1-3) 10. Broncos (3-1) at Vikings (1-3) 11. Rams (3-1) at 49ers (1-3) 12. Ravens (2-2) at Browns (1-3) 13. Bengals (2-2) at Steelers (1-3) 14. Saints (1-3) at Lions (1-3) 15. Colts (4-0) at Patriots (2-2) 16. Panthers (2-2) at Buccaneers (3-1) Game of the Week: Player of the Week:

2023 LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIEFL 7th REGULAR 7-GAME SEASON STANDINGS AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Miami (7-3) 3 0 40 31 4 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 Buffalo (4-3) 2 1 90 79 12 2-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 New York (3-4) 1 2 66 75 9 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 New England (5-3) 1 2 41 48 5 1-0 0-2 0-2 1-2 0-0 TOTALS: AFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Denver (3-4) 3 0 48 27 6 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 Los Angeles (6-2) 2 1 31 26 4 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 Kansas City (8-3) 1 2 61 65 7 1-0 0-2 0-1 1-1 0-1 LV Raiders (3-4) 1 2 54 66 7 1-0 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 TOTALS: AFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Cleveland (4-4) 1 2 48 45 6 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-2 0-0 Baltimore (3-4) 1 2 42 41 6 1-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 Pittsburgh (3-4) 1 2 66 76 9 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 1-0 Cincinnati (3-4) 1 2 45 45 6 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 1-0 TOTALS: AFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Indianapolis (3-4) 3 0 68 49 9 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 Jacksonville (3-4) 1 2 41 38 3 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 Tennessee (5-3) 1 2 38 41 5 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 Houston (3-4) 1 2 28 40 4 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 TOTALS: 2022 LIEFL CHAMPION: Kansas City Chiefs Matt Zoo York NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE NFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Washington (3-5) 3 0 48 30 6 2-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 Dallas (2-5) 2 1 54 49 7 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 New York (7-3) 2 1 41 41 5 1-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 0-0 Philadelphia (3-4) 0 3 42 62 2 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-3 0-0 TOTALS: NFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Los Angeles (2-5) 2 1 41 35 5 2-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 San Francisco (7-4) 1 2 28 31 4 1-0 0-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 Seattle (3-4) 1 2 52 59 7 1-0 0-2 0-1 1-1 0-1 Arizona (2-5) 0 3 41 45 5 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-3 0-0 TOTALS: NFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Green Bay (5-3) 3 0 65 49 8 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 Chicago (3-4) 2 1 62 55 9 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 Minnesota (4-5) 1 2 30 41 3 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 Detroit (3-4) 1 2 65 65 9 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 1-0 TOTALS: NFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Atlanta (5-3) 2 1 66 69 11 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 Tampa Bay (3-4) 2 1 55 48 7 2-1 1-0 0-1 2-1 0-0 Carolina (5-3) 2 1 45 44 5 0-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 New Orleans (1-6) 0 3 37 45 4 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 TOTALS: WEEK #3 SCHEDULE OCTOBER 1- October 12, 2023 1. 20 Dolphins (2-0) at Browns (1-1) 17 (6:48 OT) (CLE-Brown 3-200-1/100TD, MIA-Duper 3-179-1/100TD) 2. 14 Giants (1-1) at Eagles (0-2) 7 (PHI-Carmichael 3-116-0/57, NYG-Bradshaw 3-146-0/79) 3. 17 Patriots (1-1) at Bills (1-1) 21(BUF-Simpson 8-131-3/41, J. Brown 4-241-0/98, NE-Gronkowski 3-262-2/2 x100TDS) 4. 14 Redskins (2-0) at Cowboys (2-0)10 (WAS-Green 6-111-0/60, Taylor 3-123-2/29TD) 5. 21 Jets (1-1) at Raiders (0-2) 27 (LVR-Casper 5-267-1/100TD, Jackson 8-139-3/52TD, NYJ-Maynard 5-289-3/2x100TD) 6. 7 49ers (1-1) at Bengals (0-2) 14 (SF Rice 3-134-0/50) 7. 6 Chiefs (1-1) at Chargers (1-1) 7 (LAC-Tomlinson 10-148-1/57) 8. 14 Cardinals (0-2) at Seahawks (0-2)17 (SEA-Lynch 8-196-1/60, AZ-Gray 2-156-1/100TD). 9. 10 Broncos (2-0) at Titans (1-1) 7 (DEN-Davis 11-183-1/60 TEN-Jones 2-122-0/88) 10. 24 Packers (2-0) at Bears (2-0) 21 (:34 OT) (GB-Middleton 5-133-2/59TD, Sharpe 5-235-01/67, CHI-Payton 7-176-3/60TD, Gault 3-124-0/47). 11. 21 Steelers (1-1) at Colts (2-0) 27 (4:37 OT) (IND-Addai 16-385-3/75, PITT-Swann 5-260-2/100TD) 12. 14 Lions (1-1) at Vikings (0-2)17 (MIN-Peterson 3-188-0/84, DET-Bussey 10-198-2/70TD) 13. 7 Ravens (1-1) at Rams (1-1)10 (NONE) 14. 7 Jaguars (1-1) at Panthers (1-1)10 (CAR-Jones 2-101-0/56) 15. 17 Falcons (1-1) at Buccaneers (2-0)14 (7:09 OT) (ATL-Riggs9-243-1/53) 16. 14 Texans (0-2) at Saints (0-2) 13 (NOS-Bush 10-177-1/57TD, HOU-Dayne 8-197-1/57) Game of the Week: 24 Packers (2-0) at Bears (2-0) 21 (:34 OT) (GB-Middleton 5-133-2/59TD, Sharpe 5-235-01/67, CHI-Payton 7-176-3/60TD, Gault 3-124-0/47). Player of the Week: IND-Addai 16-385-3/75 VIKINGS WIN FIRST OF SEASON EDGING LIONS 17-14! Written By Levi Vick. (Long Island Electric Football League Week #3 Completed). Week #3 ended with a number of undefeated teams. Miami in the AFC East, Washington in the NFC East, Denver in the NFC West, Indianapolis in the NFC South, and Green Bay in the NFC North, are all unbeaten at (3-0). Starting out (0-2) the Minnesota Vikings did not expect to be winless at this point in week three of the LIEFL season. The Vikings offense has to get busy, and that means now, or their season will be lost. Vikings coach Joey Pizz said, “I am concerned about his team considering we were one of the top defenses last season and we are still one of the top defenses, but Adrian Peterson has been limited to just 250 all-purpose yards and my guy hasn't scored a touchdown. I hope this game will motivate the team to light the fire. Historically, we are always slow starters, but we can't afford to be in a seven-game season.You have to win at least four, even five to get into the playoffs in this league which means winning on the road." Facing the Lions and the leading all-purpose player in the NFC LIEFL All-Pro Dexter Bussey, Minnesota will be tested heavily and early. Bussey’s kick return play is exceptional. He has eight touches for 615 yards with four 100-yd touchdown returns to lead the NFC. With his blazing speed and the way Bussey is playing, coach Johnny-Freeport is hopeful that this team will make the playoffs again. Detroit is (12-10) in the past three seasons making the playoffs just once. If you've been reading about our league, in 2020 the Lions lost in a very controversial NFC Divisional Championship Game to the Green Bay Packers, which we called the Snow Bowl I, 31-26 to the Packers. It's the first time we ever played a snow game in this league. Johnny-Freeport lost his protest even though everyone in the league agreed and voted that the game could be played with our first ever snow game. It was an awesome game that he has not forgotten! Detroit will have to play big against the slow starting Vikings and Adrian Peterson today. Considering the Lions defeated Kansas City at home in Week #2, 23-17, in overtime the Lions will be fighting to win one on the road in a vicious Purple-People Eater environment! Watch out for Vikings John Randle, and Carl Eller on defense for Minnesota, but are they up for the task of stopping Bussey? The Lions have been consistent and have battled hard this season with two overtime games. Detroit lost to the undefeated Tampa Bay Bucs 31-28, but their front line has improved immensely. The Lions picked up several new player bases in the draft which have elevated their gameplay. THE GAME: With a little more than a minute left to go in the game with the score tied 14-14, the Minnesota Vikings won their first game of the season beating a fierce Detroit Lions team 17-14. LIEFL All-Pro Dexter Bussey played hard! Bussey in the loss, exploded for a 70-yard touchdown run from scrimmage, the longest of the season. But it was the two defenses that kept the game from a high-scoring outcome. The Lions defense has improved. They shut down Vikings star player Adrian Peterson and held him to just 20 yards on just five carries. These two defenses are the kind of defenses between the Vikings and Lions that could prove to be the deciding factor at the end of the season come playoff time in late November. Dexter Bussey finished the game with eight rushes for 130 yards, with two touchdowns! Coach Johnny-Freeport had a hard time with the loss, and he would lose his next game today as well, walking away a two-time loser. Justin Jefferson finally broke out for Minnesota. Jefferson had a key 48-yard touchdown reception to give Minnesota the lead in the second half. Adrian Peterson finished with 180 all-purpose yards, including an 84-yard kick return which sealed the deal in a challenging matchup between two fierce teams. The battle between Detroit’s Lomas Brown and Minnesota’s Carl Eller at tackle was exciting to watch. Brown had two tackles and Eller had one, and they both Rose to the occasion in an exciting fast-paced game, enough to silence Johnny Freeport. What a game! The Vikings and Lions both have tough schedules ahead. Minnesota plays has a huge Week #4 game at Atlanta next week. Good luck trying to stop LIEFL Hall of Fame running back Gerald Riggs, but if any team can hold back Riggs, it might be the Vikings. The Lions have a favorable schedule. They face the undefeated Green Bay Packers (3-0) next week iat Detroit, and then the Lions stay home to play New Orleans and the Vikings again. RAMS PULL OFF GRITTY 10-7 WIN OVER RAVENS! Billy O’C’s two-time LIEFL Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Rams are coming off a tough loss to the Giants in Week #2, 21-17. And like everybody else in the league, their schedule will not get any easier. Los Angeles still packs a nice one-two punch between Wendell Tyler and Isaac Bruce. Bruce had 166 yards last week in New York and Tyler rushed for 61 yards with a touchdown. The Rams must expand THEIR OFFENSE this week against the tough Ravens defense and alternate coach Joe Bino will be at the helm. Tony Siragusa “The Goose”, has four tackles and he’s been dominant in the trenches, but he faces the FAB-5 line of Los Angeles led by Merlin Olsen and Rosey Greer at tackle. Billy O’C is finished for the season. Bino said, “I love the Rams and this week is special because I get to play against the loudest coach in the league and I am going to embarrass him.” Coach Johnny-Freeport's Ravens played well in Weeks 1 and 2. Five-time LIEFL All-Pro D e r r i c k Mason, had two excellent performances in Week 1 and 2. Mason had a big game against Tennessee with 235 all-purpose yards and two 100-yard touchdowns! The Ravens beat Pittsburgh and Week #1, 21-14, for their 40th all-time win, and they lost a close one to Tennessee 17-14, last week. Now's the Time for the Ravens to make their move in their division with Pittsburgh on the rise and last year’s AFC North Division Champ Cleveland, beating the door down. Johnny-Freeport said, “Bino is half a coach. He is a few steps beneath the competition in the league, and he doesn’t play enough to hold up a team like the Rams. I am winning this North Division this year and the Ravens are back. I am a loud and proud player who doesn't care what you or anyone else in the league thinks!” The Los Angeles Rams pulled off a gritty 10-7 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, but it wasn't easy. This game was a defensive battle between two ironclad front lines which held running back Wendell Tyler of Los Angeles to just 21 yards on 10 carries, but it would be Tyler who was the deciding factor in the game. It didn't work out well for the Ravens either Jamaal Lewis only had 14 yards on the ground, and the most yards on the day was by Isaac Bruce who had 92 kick return yards. The touchdown of the day for the Rams came on a 33-yard pass connection to Wendell Tyler around the right side of the field. And for the Ravens it was Mark Ingram who took his first touchdown of the year into the endzone on a 54-yard speedy play to tie the game in the second half, but with seconds to go the Rams played it smart and Coach Joe Bino kicked a field goal to silence Johnny Freeport 10-7! What a game! The Rams (2-1) are one up on the rest of the division in the NFC West and they play Arizona (0-3) at home next week and then San Francisco at San Fran in a showdown. Their woes won't end there. The Rams will be at Seattle (1-2), then finish the season at home against Cincinnati (0-3) so Los Angeles will have to build and play big to contend. It won't be any easier for the AFC North Baltimore Ravens (1-2), although every team in their division is (1-2). San Francisco (1-2) plays at Baltimore in Week #4, then the Ravens face division rival Cleveland next week in what may be the deciding factor in their contention for the 2023 playoffs. PANTHERS BEAT JAGUARS IN HEAVY DEFENSIVE BATTLE 10-7! This game between the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1) and Carolina Panthers (1-1), although from different conferences, is a great matchup between two tough defensive teams who are on a collision course. Both teams, especially the Jaguars, have upped their defense. Carolina is a proven winner who SEEM so close to making the big show in the LIEFL. They never quit! The Panthers feature DeShaun Foster who's always at the top of the food chain when it comes to running the football for Carolina, and they have a spectacular return Man and Greg Jones who's more of a specialist, but who can unleash an explosive offense combination between Jones and Foster. The Jaguars have Freddie Taylor who's been consistent for the last six seasons. Taylor always finishes in the top 10. The Jaguars have two special tackles and Rob Meier and Charles Spencer. After a 45-yard kick return by Greg Jones the Panthers went to work and they would break through the right side of the Jacksonville defensive line until they met Jaguars tackle Charles Spencer and Tony Bocelli who made three out of their first four tackles for the Jaguars. Finally Foster broke free for a 30-yard first down, bringing the ball to the Jaguars 13-yard line. It was one play later that Foster, instead of going to the right side slipped through the left side of the Jaguars line and into the end zone to make the score 7-0, with 3:37 remaining in the half! It’s clear this will be a battle. Jacksonville received the ensuing kickoff and went 43-yards on a Freddy Taylor return. Taylor almost burst free. It took nine plays for the Jaguars to score on a 1-yard touchdown run by Fred Taylor to tie the game 7-7! To watch the Jaguars compete Head to Head with a team like the Panthers showed their resilience. The game was decided by time and margin of error against a proven elite competitor in Carolina who has made it to the playoffs three straight seasons. This close game shows just how far the Jaguars have advanced through the draft. Greg Jones made the key run with the game tied and with time running out, Jones returned the football 56 yards and enough for Coach Matt Zoo York to kick the game winning 44-yard field goal to give the Panthers the win 10-7! DIRTY BIRDS UPSET BUCS 17-14 AS RIGGS TOPPS 1,000 YARDS AGAIN! The Atlanta Falcons are missing one piece to their puzzled LIEFL career. Coach Johnny-Freeport has turned the team in the right direction. How can they lose with LIEFL feature back and Hall of Fame running back Gerald Riggs? Riggs is the only plastic hero to reach the 2,000-yard mark in the LIEFL. His 2,339 yards in 2019 season, was one we can’t forget. Riggs had 21 touchdowns, a seven-game season record. The one missing piece to the puzzle is an NFC Championship and Super Bowl appearance. Coach Johnny Freeport said, “I couldn’t care less about statistics at all as I said last week. What I want for this team is to cross the obstacle of advancing this team to a Super Bowl, but the competition in Green Bay, Los Angeles, Washington and other elite teams make for some fierce competition. I ain’t scared of any of these coaches or teams, and the team usually takes on the personality of the coach. I think I am the best all-around coach in this league. My players prove it.” The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on a roll this season. LIEFL All-Pro Jimmie Giles has been a beast. He’s the most reliable player on the team with a chance to finish even better than last year. Giles finished 9th in NFC all-purpose yards in 2022, with 19 touches for 1,138 yards with four 100-yard touchdowns and this season he already has 548 all-purpose yards on 9 touches, with three touchdowns, two are 100-yard returns. This was an epic division battle which in the end would prove to be an eye opening defensive struggle between the elite Atlanta Falcons and the rising Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Last season we saw the Falcons lose 37-31 to San Francisco in the NFC Wild Card Game in overtime. Three times before that the Falcons qualified for the playoffs and lost each time, never making it past the Wild Card Game. But in this game Gerald Riggs would run for 95 yards rushing with a touchdown. Riggs also had 148 kick-return yards, giving him 547 for the season, but he leads the LIEFL in rushing on 22 carries for 474 yards with seven touchdowns rushing. Riggs is the first player of the 2023 season to break 1,021 yards, and he's on track to come close to tying the all-time 7 Game season all purpose yards record of 2339 yards. Last year Riggs touched the ball 61 times for 1572 yards with 11 touchdowns! Riggs finished today's game with nine touches for 243 all-purpose yards with one touchdown in the Falcons 17-14 upset of Tampa Bay. Bucs star Jimmie Giles had three touches for 117 all-purpose yards, and the surprise of the day was Ricky Bell. Bell had 10 carries for 70 yards with one touchdown. Tampa Bay is at Tennessee next week and Atlanta hosts Minnesota! SAINTS AND BIGGS LOSE IN UPSET TO TEXANS 14-13! The Houston Texans played in a wild upset over rookie coach Bobby Biggs winless home team New Orleans Saints. With five top draft picks the Saints and Biggs just couldn't get the job done as Houston running back LIEFL All-Pro Ron Dayne piled up 197 all-purpose yards on eight touches, but it was Texans tight end Ryan Griffin again, who came up big for the Houston. Griffin played great against Indianapolis in Week #1 with a 53-yard touchdown pass in the Texans loss to Indianapolis, but since that game Houston has showed lots of resilience and grit. But this week with just seconds left to go in the game Griffin ran a crossing pattern on a 57-yard massive touchdown score for the Texans in their come from behind upset to beat the Saints, 14-13. Reggie Bush had 10 touches for 177 yards in the game with a touchdown, but the New Orleans defense couldn't hold on. The Texans have really showed up the last two weeks losing to Miami 3-0, in a defensive battle. This game the Saints had a hard time moving the football against the Texans, but for a few moments they showed some signs of greatness when Reggie Bush exploded for a 57-yard touchdown run. But Houston's Ron Dayne answered right back with a 43-yard touchdown run and the Saints just ran out of time. The biggest criticism of the day was Bobby Biggs time management. It cost Biggs the game! Biggs learned the speed of the game and the league, coming from a pivot league and a countdown league and all those other things worked against Bobby Biggs heavily as you can see him struggle to set up the right play in a short amount of time. Biggs left frustrated but determined to stay competitive. It won't get any easier for his New Orleans Saints. The Saints (0-3) host the tough New York Giants and Ahmad Bradshaw next week! LIEFL LEADERBOARD AFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Holmes-KC 19-339-5/59 2. Simpson-BUF 17-318-7/52TD 3. Bell-NYJ 14-305-5/51TD 4. Addai-IND 22-280-7/52TD 5. Davis-DEN 26-272-4/45TD 6. Tomlinson-LAC 15-189-2/46TD 7. Jackson-LVR 16-180-3/52TD 8. Henry-TEN-20-168-3/58TD 9. M. Pruitt-CLE 21-153-2/38TD 10. Woods-CIN 9-142-3/42 NFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Riggs-ATL 22-474-7/61TD 2. Middleton-GB 22-363-3/59TD 3. Payton-CHI 15-307-5/65TD 4. Smith-DAL 26-280-3/45TD 5. Foster-CAR 16-267-4/70TD 6. Lynch-SEA 12-245-5/63TD 7. Byars-PHI 16-238-4/65TD 8. Bush-NOS 23-213-3/50TD 9. Bussey-DET 18-192-2/70TD 10. Watters-SF 26-184-1/50TD AFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. J. Brown-BUF 13-953-5/5X100TD 2. Addai-IND 31-886-8/100TD, 99 3. Swann-PIT 14-821-6/4X100TDS 4. Casper-LVR 13-711-3/2X100TD 5. Davis-DEN 33-705-4/100TD 6. Taylor-JAC 31-609-4/100TD 7. Duper-MIA 9-578-3/3X100TD 8. Brown-CLE 12-575-3/100TD 9. Mason-BAL 7-514-4/4x100TD 10. Hill-KC 10-505-1/100TD NFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Riggs-ATL 33-1021-8/100TD 2. Bussey-DET 29-889-7/4x100TDS 3. Lynch-SEA 22-758-6/63TD 4. Giles-TB 12-665-3/2X100TD 5. Green-WAS 20-646-4/3x100TDS 6. Sharpe-GB 13-630-2/81 7. Bush-NO 32-521-3/62TD 8. Owens-DAL 10-495-1/82 9. Gault-CHI 9-493-3/100TD 10. Peterson-MIN 28-458-0/75 11. Bradshaw-NYG 8-458-2/100TD AFC Kick Return YARDS 1. J. Brown-BUF 13-953-5/5X100TD 2. Swann-PIT 10-699-4/4X100TDS 3. Casper-LVR 10-659-2/2X100TD 4. Addai-IND 9-606-1/100TD, 99 5. Duper-MIA 9-578-3/3X100TD 6. Taylor-JAC 8-522-1/100TD 7. Mason-BAL 7-514-4/4x100TD 8. Hill-KC 10-505-1/100TD 9. Brown-CLE 8-484-1/100TD 10. Gronkowski-NE 7-443-2/2X100TDS NFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Bussey-DET 10-683-4/4x100TDS 2. Giles-TB 10-599-2/2x100TD 3. Sharpe-GC 11-556-0/81 4. Riggs-ATL 11-547-1/100TD 5. Green-WAS 8-520-3/3x100TD 6. Bradshaw-NYG 8-458-2/100TD 7. Owens-DAL 9-457-0/82 8. Lynch-SEA 9-454-0/65 9. Carmichael-PHI 9-450-0/80 10. Gault-CHI 7-424-1/100TD AFC Receiving YARDS 1. Gonzalez-KC 3-152-1/68 2. Swann-PITT 4-122-2/37TD 3. Moss-NE 3-112-2/63TD 4. Griffin-HOU 2-110-2/57TD 5. Hurns-JAC 1-57-1/57TD NFC Receiving YARDS 1. Taylor-WAS 3-123-2/29TD 2. Metcalf-AZ 4-127-1/65TD 3. D. Moore-TB 3-116-2/45TD 4. H. Moore-DET 2-85-2/50TD 5. Ditka-CH 1-79-1/79TD LIEFL WEEK #4 SCHEDULE OCTOBER 14 1. Browns (1-2) at Bengals (1-2) 2. Giants (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 3. Buccaneers at Titans (1-2) 4. Panthers (2-1) at Colts (3-0) 5. Packers (3-0) at Lions (1-2) 6. Steelers (1-2) at Chiefs (1-2) 7. Bears (2-1) at Raiders (1-2) 8. Vikings (1-2) at Falcons (2-1) 9. Texans (1-2) at Jaguars (1-2) 10. Patriots (1-2) at Eagles (0-3) 11. Cardinals (0-3) at Rams (2-1) 12. Dolphins (3-0) at Cowboys (2-1) 13. Redskins (3-0) at Seahawks (1-2) 14. Bills (2-1) at Jets (1-2) 15. 49ers (1-2) at Ravens (1-2) 16. Broncos (3-0) at Chargers (2-1) Game of the Week: Player of the Week: LIEFL COACHES W L ALL TIME AS OF 2022 ED VIGGS 9 3 (399-339) BILLY O’C 8 2 (420-301) PADDY BRANNIGAN 6 3 (347-322) JOEY PIZZ 6 5 (338-360) LEVI VICK 4 5 (22-34) MATT ZOO-YORK 4 8 (263-285) JOHNNY FREEPORT 5 6 (225-280) KEVIN MAC 2 7 (334-354) BOBBY BIGGS 2 7 ROOKIE SEASON JOE BINO 2 1 (ALTERNATE COACH)