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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)

LEGENDARY BUTKUS DIES. (Long Island Electric Football League, Long Island, New York). It's a sad day in Chicago as another Bears legend has passed away. Chicago Bears legend Dick Butkus, one of the greatest middle linebackers to ever suit up in the NFL, has died at the age of 80, the team announced via a statement from his family. The Butkus family said the Pro Football Hall of Famer "died peacefully in his sleep overnight at home in Malibu, California." Butkus patrolled the middle for the Monsters of the Midway for nine seasons, stuffing the stat sheet and striking fear into the hearts of opponents in the process. In real life, Butkus was a five-time first team All-Pro and eight-time Pro Bowl selection, Butkus was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame's All-1960s and All-1970s teams and was inducted as a player in 1979. Written by Levi Vick, approved by Billy O'C. (Long Island, New York). The FORUM on the Tudor Games site is a great way to preach our hobby! LIEFL Commissioner Billy O'C said, "With Bryan or Beenut at the helm for Tudor, the game of electric football can only get better! Already we see a difference in product delivery. We ordered player bases last week, and we received the bases in literally three days from the date of purchase. We hope the quality improves by bringing back a wish list of vintage game boards, player figures, and quality decals. In our purchase, we could only use one out of 22 bases for our draft pool. The rest were duds, so Tudor and Nutt have challenges ahead, but we believe he will meet the desire for quality. Cincinnati's Ickey Woods is the only player who came from the pool. Like your leagues, the LIEFL draft is a testament to how amazing the league has been, with a constant focus on improving every single player, that's 352 in the LIEFL with the best-of-best 11-man rosters, but without high-quality bases we are at the mercy of Tudor's production team in the future. Playing for money puts a different twist on things in terms of supply and demand. The demand is the same Kaizen philosophy that 'a business can always make or do things better, and that all problems should be seen as opportunities to improve things as a methodical process'. That is the approach the LIEFL has taken under Billy O'C to improve the league, and it just keeps getting better. The riches come with improvement. ... A look back in history ... carrying on with tradition, reaching a new level of the hobby, electric football for Tudor Games could be the innovators in reinventing Norm Sas' dreams and vision in a modern way. Enough is never enough when you are a board warrior! We are well aware that there is whole world of bad-ass EF-Ballers out there and we full well realize we are not alone! That's the amazing part of the hobby. The futuristic, even better electric football games, players, and accessories might find a new place in history. Bryan Nutt has the mind to do this and more, and he is methodical from our experience as customers of his, and he won't fold under pressure or the blitz! He's the mechanical savvy G O A T of the game. Miggle's Mike Landsman, Tudor's Doug Strohm, and Bryan Nutt, we salute you! Imagine if we could get specifications to remake the molds that made the incredible high-quality player bases of Tudor Games electric football of the 60's or 70's that came from Tudor Games when they were located on Johnson Street in Brooklyn, New York. The LIEFL can't speak for anyone, but we think that is what metal gridiron ballers want for the game, to match the quality of that era, even if it costs more. Some may argue otherwise. That's the dream, to bring back the best high-quality performance bases like the ones' of the 60's and 70's, or close. Tudor has not satisfied that quality to that level yet. We have player bases 45 years-old that can still play and outperform many of the player bases of today by far. OJ Simpson's base is from the 70's, and man he can go still with no wear-and-tear in sight. Also, in terms of information, Bill O'C told me that, "We can't forget how Chris LeMay of the National Electric Football Game Museum has lifted the game worldwide either. Never in a million years could we have imagined where the hobby would be today if not for these men and others, who have made major contributions to the game." THIS WEEK IN THE LIEFL (WEEK #3) UNDEFEATED PACKERS HAND BEARS FIRST LOSS 24-21 IN AN ELECTRIFYING GAME IN OT! This week's LIEFL Game of the Week goes to the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers, two historic teams in an epic matchup, probably just like the rivalries in your leagues! The energy filled the air with premiere Coach Viggs undefeated Green Bay Packers (2-0) against Patty Brannigan’s unbeaten Chicago Bears (2-0). Four other coaches came to watch the game between two heated division rivals.The undefeated Chicago Bears came out on fire today! THE GAME: On the opening kickoff Coach Viggs had his Packers make a statement when Sterling Sharpe rung the Bell of Willie Gault, who was stopped at the 35-yard line! Chicago ran the football, but they were stopped on three plays until Coach Paddy Brannigan decided to go for the first down on Walter Payton on 4th down. That was a huge risk after a 10-yard loss. Payton exploded in an end-around 73-yards touchdown scamper into the end zone to give the Bears an electrifying lead, 7-0 with 7:42 remaining in a half! Incredible matchups are on the front line as we watch the Bears build rebuild! The Green Bay Packers came fighting right back but Sterling Sharpe was turned by his own man at their own 30-yard line. It only took the Packers two plays to get into the endzone on Terdell Middleton’s 11-yard run, and then Middleton exploded for a blazing 59-yard run around the right end and into the end zone to tie the game to end the half, 7-7! Chicago roared right back. LIEFL star Willie Gault flew downfield for a 42-yard kick-return and he was hit hard by Ray Nitschke. Walter Payton on first down blasted though the Packers tough defense for a 54-yard run, and then on second down from the 4-yard line Payton ran into the end zone to give the emerging Bears the lead, 14-7. Can Green Bay answer that? Ed Viggs, undefeated Packers showed their resilience just like the Bears after a 38-yard kick-return by Sterling Sharpe. Three plays later with runs of 7, 53, and finally a 3-yard touchdown run, the Packers tied the game with Terdell Middleton scoring his second touchdown run of the game, 14-14! Chicago’s Willie Gault ran back another beautiful 47-yard kick-return, and he was hit again by Sterling Sharpe at the 47-yard line. Sharpe made two big tackles in the game. It took the Bears just one play for Walter Payton to score his third touchdown of the game on an electrifying 53-yard run around the corner of Bears right tackle Steve McMichael with 2:27 remaining in the game!! The Bears regained the lead 21-14! Wow! This is Electric Football at its best between two fierce competitors in a historic division rivalry! My goodness! With just 45 seconds left to go in the game playmaker Sterling Sharpe (PHOTO ABOVE) broke Free down the right sideline for a 49-yard touchdown pass to tie the game 21-21, bringing the game into overtime! Sharpe is having a game! What an exciting classic! Coach Viggs put his fist up in the air watching Sharpe explode down the sideline and into the endzone. What a fantastic finish for Sterling Sharpe. In overtime Sharpe returned a speedy 67-yard kick return to set up a coach Viggs 33-yard field-goal and the Packers walk away undefeated, beating the Bears with the field-goal 24-21, in what will be the game of the week! Electrifying, literally! The Green Bay Packers defense was heavily tested with Walter Payton running for a record high 176-yards on seven touches, including three touchdowns, one of them a 60-yarder. Willie Gault played fantastically with three returns for 124 yards. And the News again is one of the hottest players in the league is Terdell Middleton who rushed the ball five times for 133 yards with two touchdowns, including a 59-yard TD scamper. The showstopper Sterling Sharpe exploded for 235 all-purpose yards on five touches, including a 49-yard touchdown catch handing the Chicago Bears their first loss! The Chicago Bears (2-1) will have to regroup fast because they play the high-octane Las Vegas Raiders (1-2) next week in Vegas. The Green Bay Packers are (14-4) in the past three seasons. Coach Ed Viggs has this team fired up! The Pack plays at Johnny-Freeport’s Detroit Lions next week against offense star Dexter Bussey who has 19 all-purpose touches for 691 yards with five touchdowns before their game at Minnesota this week. Four of Bussey’s touchdowns are 100-yarders! That game next week will be another classic and historic matchup between two fierce competitors and great LIEFL elite teams! RAIDERS SLAY JETS IN OT 27-21 AS BO JACKSON ARRIVES! The Raiders and Jets game turned out to be an LIEFL electric football classic as Las Vegas running back Bo Jackson exploded for 139-yards rushing with three touchdowns, giving Las Vegas their first win of the season as the league and competition heats up! JETS (1-1) VS. RAIDERS (0-2) ... PRE-GAME: This game was a tricky one between these two teams because we didn't know what to expect in the new season other than excellent coaching. The Jets picked up several player bases for their front line in the draft, which have paid off. Before the game, Jets Running back Le'Veon Bell was the #2 Rusher in the AFC with 14 touches for 280 yards, including five touchdowns! For Las Vegas, the Raiders also received several drafted player bases, but they've struggled in the trenches because of their size. For 67-Big Men, Las Vegas are a little undersized, but last week the Raiders rose to the occasion on the road against Buffalo losing 28-24, to a fierce Bills team in a terrific game against the top lethal offense in the league. OJ Simpson and Jay Brown for the Bills are in top form for Coach Billy O'C but it's likely that Coach Joe Bino, our alternate coach will take over Billy O'C's teams from here because O'C is working on the Yankees documentary and he can't find any time to play from this point on between his teaching and the doc. We'll miss him, but we will run the league as good, maybe better than him. Raiders six-time LIEFL All-Pro Dave Casper is on everyone's list in the league to try to stop. Casper had a breakout game against the Bills last week with 363 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns, including a 100-yard kick return. When Casper gets hot, he's one of the most explosive and dangerous players in the league, but he's also very streaky. Before today's game, the burden of the Raiders offense has fallen on Casper's back because the running game has struggled. Las Vegas couldn't establish a rushing game in the two games that they've played this season. Running back Bo Jackson managed just 41-yards rushing against division rival Denver in the season opener, and he was silenced against the Bills defense last week. Coach Kevin Mac continues to work with the Raiders, who by the way won LIEFL Super Bowl XI in 2008 against the Giants in overtime in one of the most memorable games in our LIEFL history. Casper was the star MVP of that game running back 100-yard touchdown to start the game, and then another one to end the game in overtime beating the New York Giants, 27-21! New York Jets running back Le'Veon Bell in the first two games has been explosive. In week one Bell rushed for 145 yards with three touchdowns against Dallas and last week against the Jaguars he ran for another 140-yards against the Jaguars. Who will rise to the level today? BACK TO THE GAME: It was an intense LIEFL game between the Jets and the Raiders. The Raiders came out swinging with Dave Casper running back 100-yard kick return to open the game making the score 7-0! Both lines in the trenches went to war! Las Vegas frontline led by Gene Upshaw battled hard against New York’s Winston Hill for the middle-game, cornered by Joe Klecko and Mark Gastineau on each end of the front three. It was Jets rising star Don Maynard for the Jets, who shocked the Raiders the most. Maynard has taken the AFC East by surprise with his past two performances and he's been on the rise in the league the past two games with his kick returns. Maynard revved up New York with his second 100-yard touchdown of the season on the Jets kickoff, tying the score at 7-7! Both Maynard and Wesley Walker have shared the duty of kick returning the ball, and Jets Coach Joey Pizz said he loves Maynard’s magic! Talk about the speed of the game. In this game, 48 points were scored in 30 minutes which is incredible. Coach Pizz said after the game, “If you can’t get an instinctual feel for a team in 10 or 15 minutes, you don’t know football. The game is moving hard and you don't need 50-plays to know a team, in my opinion. We have no set number of plays allowed in the league. For me, twenty to thirty combined plays in a game is good enough, except in the playoffs. Taking away pivots, resets, and being a one stop league for busy guys like me is awesome." The pressure to perform, set, and execute under the strain of the clock is intense. Bobby Biggs has won one game, but before the season he talked about this league as though we are nothing. Pizz said, "Booyah, like Johnny-Freeport, his mouth has been bigger than his game. I get tired of hearing these two guys brag about how great they are, and not back it up, but it's all part of the game. Look at Coach Viggs, he is the most low key talented coach I have ever seen, and I have played against hundreds of coaches. Viggs does all the talk he needs to do by playing solid-core electric football on the field, and he was a hell of an athlete. His teams seem to come alive and he is probably the one coach in the league that could play against anyone in the world. He is the master of preparation and a highly skilled Wall Street Guru and thinker. I am just an average coach who loves football." Coach Kevin Mac added, "We play more games in a shorter amount of time because of the regulation rules, and playing these fast-paced games gives a coach a nice look at how talented the teams and coaches are because in real-life we don't get game stops to turn players around, pivots, and countdowns to set. I played organized football my entire life as a fullback and linebacker, and I know talent when I see it. It doesn't take me 60 minutes to figure a team out. This is high quality electric football at its best. I study every team and coach before I play. It would be awesome if Billy O'C had 32 coaches in the league, but he wants to call it quits in 2025, and some of us don't know what we will do without a weekend of electric football in the winter. I don't see other leagues share their league status and stats like this league and it would be so cool to see others innovate the hobby. This league is so well organized, and we never say we are the best league, but we know we can compete.” On the next drive the Raiders offensive star Dave Casper shot right back and returned the 61-yard kick, and then one play later Bo Jackson arrived with a blazing 44-yard touchdown run to give Las Vegas the lead 14-7! Jackson got off to a slow start this season. He relies heavily on Otis Sistrunk, Lyle Alzado, and the big man in the middle, Gene Upshaw to give him that small hole he needs to get the job done. This is the first game this season that we saw the Raiders working on all cylinders. Pizz' Jets came right back with another explosive Don Maynard 100-yard touchdown run, his second of the game, to tie the score at 14-14! We have a game! Suddenly, the Raiders offense in back-to-back games are blowing up in the second half, torching defenses. Running back Bo Jackson scored again, this time from the 1-yard line with some nifty offensive line work by Las Vegas lineman Gene Upshaw, who opened up the inside game for Jackson, to put the game at 21-14, Raiders! Jackson rushed 48 times for 542 yards with 8 touchdowns in 2022, ranking 14th in the AFC last season in rushing. Finally, Jackson is doing his part in getting the balance between running, special teams, and receiving right for the silver and black. On New York's next drive, the Jets would refuse to fold under the pressure as Coach Joey Pizz connected with Don Maynard to tie the game at 21-21, putting the game into overtime. The Raiders won the coin toss in overtime and they wasted no time driving downfield after 46-yard kick return by Dave Casper. Two plays later Bo Jackson took his third touchdown of the game into the endzone on an end around cutting through the middle of the field for a 52-yard game-winning touchdown for the Raiders who beat the Jets 27-21, in 3:36 of overtime! What a lift for the Raiders and Coach Kevin Mac. Las Vegas (1-2) plays in a war next week against Paddy Brannigan's Chicago Bears highly touted defense, currently (2-0), in what will be a showdown in Vegas, and the Jets (1-2) play at home against the red-hot Buffalo Bills (2-1)! Those will be games to watch. EXCITING DOLPHINS STAY UNDEFEATED BEATING BROWNS IN OVERTIME 20-17! After the Miami Dolphins strange win last week over the Houston Texans 3-0, the Dolphins offense was mismatched by a roaring Texans defense after Houston Coach Levi Vick, mentored by Coach Ed Viggs made important adjustments. Houston was stomped in Week #1 by Billy O’C’s Colts 24-14. The game between Miami and Cleveland is a rematch of last year's AFC Wild Card Game won by the Dolphins, 38-34! This time around the game was on Cleveland's home turf and the Browns impressive defense has to come up big in order to keep this Browns team in the early look playoff hunt. A loss for Cleveland can be catastrophic because they play two out of three division rivals on the road, and they would be at risk of letting the season get away after making the 2022 playoffs. THE GAME: On the opening drive for Cleveland, two tremendous teams came out slugging with Browns running back Mike Pruitt carrying the football with some nifty running of 38-yards and 11-yards in the first half behind Jim Brown’s set-ups. But it was Pruitt's 5-yard touchdown run that gave the Browns an advantage until an electrifying runback by Miami's LIEFL All-Pro Mark Duper, who blazed into the end zone for a gorgeous 100-yard touchdown run to tie the score at 7-7! Duper continues to be an explosive player in the LIEFL. The battle in the trenches was on in a great matchup between Miami lineman and LIEFL All-Pro Jason Taylor of Miami and Browns Simon Fraser. On Cleveland's next possession they were forced to settle for a field goal. Miami's next possession forced the Dolphins to do the same thing, kicking a field goal to tie the score at 10-10! Miami running back Mercury Morris was shut down with four runs on 19-yards. Defenses have figure the Dolphins running game out it seems. Coach Kevin Mac had his Browns ready as LIEFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown (PHOTO ABOVE) ran back a super 100-yard touchdown return to give the Browns the lead, 17-10! And the other half of the Dolphins “Mark’s Brothers” Mark Clayton, dug into the game with a blazing 94-yard kick return with the place going wild! After driving down to the Cleveland seven-yard line, fullback Larry Csonka caught a seven-yard pop-pass from Billy OC to tie the game 17-17, sending the game into overtime in dramatic fashion with no time left. In an Unbelievable turn of events, Miami won the coin toss in overtime! Dolphins star Mark Duper returned the ball 37-yards on the overtime kick off. This was a war in the trenches in overtime as Miami roughed the ball all the way to the 42-yard line of Cleveland after three runs totaling 39-yards by Mercury Morris. Finally, Billy O’C was close enough for the field-goal and Miami kicked the field goal to win the game in 6:43 of overtime, 20-17! What a lift for Billy O’C and his Dolphins. The Dolphins remain undefeated at (3-0) and Miami plays Dallas next week in what should be a great game. The Browns (1-2) lost a heartbreaker at home which will be hard to come back from, but don't count them out. The Browns will have to dig deep down and hope for some luck that the other teams in the AFC North fall apart. Pittsburgh is on the rise, and the Ravens will compete hard for the division title! It was an even match up, but Miami took advantage of the overtime opportunity and Coach Billy OC mastered his way downfield against the very strong Cleveland Browns team. Week #3 is always an eye-opening week because we're almost halfway home in a seven-game season, which is moving rapidly. Wins are very important at this point in the season, but particularly now where it's a pivot point in the season and life in the LIEFL. GIANTS PLAY BIG BEATING EAGLES 14-7! EAGLES-GIANTS The Eagles and Giants are a historic division matchup and needless to say, an incredible exciting war! Giants Coach Joey Pizz took his Giants to the NFC Championship Game last year, falling short of a Super Bowl appearance for the third time in their history, losing to the 49ers, 51-44. Eagles Coach Matt Zoo-York has a high-powered offense that is streaky at best, but we never underestimate Philadelphia because they bring it each week. Zoo is certainly having the magical season he had in 2022 when he won a LIEFL Super Bowl title, plus $1800 dollars to boot! He played HUGE! THE GAME: After failing to score on their first drive the Eagles punted the ball on 4th down submitting to a revived Giants defense in Week #3 after New York lost to division rival Washington in Week #1, 17-6. Giants’ linebacker Lawrence Taylor (PHOTO ABOVE) made it known that he is leading Big-Blue’s D E F E N S E with two huge tackles on Philadelphia star running back Keith Byers. Last year's LIEFL Player of the Year Ahmad Bradshaw ran back a speedy 79-yard punt return to set up Giants running back Shaquon Barkley and the Giants running game. Barkley rushed for 107 yards with two touchdowns last week in New York’s huge win over the LA Rams, 21-17! There was a major battle in the trenches between New York and Philadelphia with both teams remaining scoreless at the half. The Giants got it going in the second half on five consecutive runs by Shaquon Barkley, until Barkley exploded for a 22-yard touchdown into the end zone to give the Giants the lead 7-0! Philadelphia struggled and was shaky on kick returns trying to find the right combination on the line to block for Harold Carmichael as the Eagles stormed back on a 35-yard kick return. But, on the first play from scrimmage, the Eagles impressed as running back Keith Byars plowed through the #4-hole 65-yards downfield blazing into the end zone to tie the score at 7-7! Wow! On the ensuing kickoff, the Giants special teams were on fire! Ahmad Bradshaw ran an electrifying 60-yard kick return, and he was hit hard by Eagles linebacker Bill Bergey at the Philadelphia 40-yard line. With time running out Bradshaw put the Giants ahead for good 14-7 on a seven-yard pass play to win the game! When two teams go all out and leave all the energy on the field, we have to wonder, like Toy Story, do they have a soul on the metal board, and how great is the imagination? The Giants are (2-1) and they face Reggie Bush and rookie coach Bobby Biggs New Orleans Saints next week! The Eagles are a tough team with some bad luck thus far, falling to (0-3). It will be very tough to come back with their backs against the wall, the Eagles will need a miracle. Philadelphia plays New England at home next week. Coach Billy O'C brought his Buffalo Bills team and their high-octane offense to make a statement against defending AFC East Champion New England Patriots and Coach Levi Vick. LIEFL All-Pro OJ Simpson and the “Electric Company” is on fire coming into this game against Levi Vick's Patriots who shocked everyone last year are in for a battle! BILLS DOMINATE AS THEY CRUSH PATRIOTS 24-17! Buffalo sensation Jay Brown continues to shock the league as he opened the game with a 98-yard kick return, just short of his 6th 100-yard touchdown return of the season. That's all OJ Simpson needed and the offensive line of the Bills who have been dominating, ran right through a notable Patriots front line. It took Simpson one play to run in a two-yard touchdown to give the Bills the lead 7-0. New England’s return man Rob Gronkowski returned to bustling 62-yard kick return on the Patriots opening kickoff, but after two failed runs and a failed pass play, New England had to settle for a field goal, making score 7-3, Buffalo in the lead. That offensive line of the Bills continued to impress on Buffalo’s next possession. After a hard earned 35-yard kick return by Jay Brown, OJ Simpson ran for 9, and 23 yards to close the half. Simpson then blasted through the right side of the Patriots defense for a powerful 28-yard touchdown run to give Buffalo the lead 14-3! The pace set by Buffalo is hard to match. The Patriots came rolling back with Rob Gronkowski’s an electrifying 100-yard kick return to make the score 14-10, and what a run by Gronk! Buffalo wasn't finished yet. After a 58-yard kick return by Jay Brown, it was OJ Simpson again who found his way into the end zone to make the score 21-10, Buffalo! The Bills offense serves as a reminder in the league what they are capable of. This is one of the highest scoring teams in the history of the Long Island Electric Football League. Who could forget how they lit up the scoreboard in last year’s playoffs playing till the death against Miami and Kansas City. In 2017, as a Wild Card team it was like winning the heavyweight championship of the world for them when they crushed the defending Super Bowl champion Detroit Lions 49-35 LIEFL Super Bowl XIII. OJ Simpson had 623 all-purpose yards in that game, earning LIEFL Super Bowl XIII MVP, in the best LIEFL Super Bowl performance ever! Simpson had a record seven touchdowns in the game! This season Billy OC picked up a few Linemen in the draft, and here we are competing for the AFC East! Unbelievable! New England Rob Gronkowski just returned his second consecutive 100-yard kick return of the game for a touchdown to make the score 21-17, Buffalo in the lead! What a play! Buffalo’s Jay Brown returned a speedy 50-yards return on the ensuing kickoff and OJ Simpson took charge from that point on with runs of 17 yards and 10 yards before Buffalo ran down the clock enough to save time for a field goal to win the game 24-17! The Bills are opening eyes around the league with their Sunday performance. Both of these teams will compete hard for the AFC title! What a great competitive game. OJ Simpson rushed for 131-yards, scoring three touchdowns on eight touches, and Jay Brown had four kick returns for 241-yards! New England’s Rob Gronkowski was the offense for the Patriots with three touches for 262-yards with two 100-yard touchdown returns! The Buffalo offense has produced an LIEFL league leading 90 points on offense, and with four games remaining in the regular season, the Bills are on a record-setting pace to crush the Giants 140 points record scored last sea son. Billy O’C said, “This might very well be a better team than the 2017 season, but everyone keeps improving with us. We look forward to the battle against the Jets next week and we will be ready.” Buffalo (2-1) have a date with the hot offense of the New York Jets (1-1) and Le'Veon Bell in New York next week while New England faces the winless Philadelphia Eagles (0-3) at Philly. WOODS AND BENGALS BEAT 49ERS 14-7 TO WIN FIRST GAME OF SEASON! The NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers (1-1) lost a heartbreaker to Dallas last week, but Coach Ed Viggs promises to return in their 2022 form when they made it all the way to the LIEFL Super Bowl XVII, losing to Kansas City. This year’s story is another issue. This game could be pivotal in how the 49ers land up in the talented NFC West. The Bengals are a rare opponent for Coach Ed Viggs 49ers against Johnny Freeport and Johnny has his Bengals rising with the resurgence of a terrific special teams game. It is always an exciting matchup because the talk from Johnny never stops. In the LIEFL the home team is responsible for cleaning the field thoroughly so that there is no lint or hair, or any strands or fiber left on the field. We are sure readers know that one small piece of fiber can mean the outcome of the game and that was the case today. For some reason players did not play to their potential. Coach Viggs repeatedly looked underneath his player bases when the ball carrier didn’t do their job, and Boom! What he found was tiny strands beneath Jerry Rice’s player base, which caused delays in the game. On several occasions Rice couldn't even get past the 50-yard line. This caused the stoppage in the game and Viggs demanded that the players bases be dipped in water again so that any sign of fiber was washed from their bases into the water. Rice has been streaky at best this season. Viggs has the right to ask Freeport to reclean the entire field. While it improved, the damage was done. After a few words exchanged the field was clean and the game resumed. And what a battle it turned out to be. The new player base bottom that Johnny Freeport earned in the draft for Icky Woods was the difference in the game for the Bengals. Woods rushed for a season high 139-yards in the game with two touchdowns. A combination of his speed and versatility was enough to carry Cincinnati to a 14-7 win over Viggs 49ers. Viggs said, “I usually adapt to everything, but the field issue diverted my attention from Woods and instead I made the mistake of focusing on my guys in the game. I was really shocked that Freeport ran the ball so much and while it was close on the line Woods was terrific getting around the outside today and that was the difference in the game. I ran out of time in the last 40 seconds I should have passed my way down field, but Ricky Watters was running so good consuming a lot of yards that I thought it would be no problem because it was over 3 minutes left in the game. I was wrong.” Rickey Watters finished the game with just four touches for 80-yards, with one touchdown, a 50-yarder! The news of the day though was the resurgence of Bengals running back Icky Woods who rushed ten times for 90-yards, with two touchdowns! Johnny Freeport said, “I knew I could beat Viggy. It’s the league that is fooled by him, not me. That goes for everybody, that if you step on my field, you're going to leave unhappy and to beat the 49ers is a great feeling because now that keeps this team in the playoff hunt. I'm disappointed in Collinsworth, but it is what it is and will be back next week.” Next week Johnny-Freeport’s Bengals (1-2), face divisional rival Cleveland (1-2) at home in a huge matchup! The 49ers (1-2) are at Baltimore to play the Ravens. Week #4 is a key week in the LIEFL. CHARGERS EDGE CHIEFS IN DEFENSIVE BATTLE 7-6! It wasn't a pretty game between Coach Ed Viggs Los Angeles Chargers and the defending LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Kansas City Chiefs, and in fact, the Kansas City offense struggled without the power and high-octane effort of Tyreek Hill. Viggs recovered fast from his 49er’s loss saying, “Hey, I have to focus on one team at a time, and my best chance to get to the Super Bowl for the third straight season I think, is through the Chargers. The Chiefs are always a big game, we win at home, they win at home, and I just have to deliver more punches than Zoo!” The Chargers star defensive LIEFL All-Pro lineman Earl Fason played exceptional against his rival Willie Lanier. LA switched it up and so did Coach Matt Zoo-York who is also struggling at (3-8). Success! Coach Viggs Chargers were able to shut down that powerful Kansas City offense and it seemed magical. On the opening kickoff LaDainian Tomlinson ran back of 57-yard kick return. Three plays later the Chargers put it up in the air and Viggs connected with Tomlinson, his go-to guy for a 47-yard touchdown pass to give LA the lead and that’s all the Chargers would need. It’s the second game in a row that last year’s Superstar and Super Bowl MVP along with Priest Holmes, Tyreek Hill, ran back a 39-yard tick return and that was the last we saw of him for the whole game. That's how dominant the Chargers were throughout the game. Earl Fason dominated the line against Buck Buchanan and Willie Lanier. Kansas City was held to two field goals in the Chiefs 7-6 loss, and their high-octane offense was held to just 132-yards total all-purpose yardage. Coach Viggs continues to figure out ways to win. LA held Kansas City running back Priest Holmes to just 60 rushing yards, but more important, LA stopped Tyreek Hill from scoring and setting up Holmes to carry the big damage for the Chiefs. Viggs said, “You shut down Holmes and Hill, you shut down the Chiefs. My guys did their job and we executed on offense and that’s the way to win in the fast-paced LIEFL. I haven’t even unleashed Lance Alsworth yet, but he’s coming!” Viggs continued in a rare talk. “This is a one-stop league and one-setup league. We waste not a second. I love the speed of the game. It forces me to think quick on my feet like I had to when I played on my high school team, said Viggs.” Viggs will prepare for another war with these Chargers as they take on the top dog in the division in Denver. At (1-2), the Chiefs are in trouble. They have a rough schedule ahead and they will really have to raise their game to make the playoffs this season. Kansas City will go to war at home against the red-hot Steelers and Lynn Swann, and Jerome Bettis “The Bus”, and then the Chiefs play at Chicago, the New York Jets, and finally, Kansas City plays the highly competitive Green Bay Packers and Coach Viggs again at home. SKINS BEAT COWBOYS TO STAY UNBEATEN 14-7! The division rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins is always exciting. Dallas Coach Levi Vick has his team revved up for this huge game. Vick will play against his new mentor Coach Ed Viggs so this game should be a great battle. Both teams are undefeated coming into the game and Dallas coming is coming off of a huge 10-7 victory against San Francisco, the 2022 NFC Champion. THE GAME: Cowboys LIEFL All-Pro Terrell Owens ran back of 41-yard kick return to open up the game against a tough Redskins defense, hit hard by tackle Mark May. Dallas put the ball in Emmitt Smith’s hands. Smith carried the ball four times for 57-yards and then Vick connected at the one-yard line to Tony Dorsett giving the Cowboys ahead, 7-0! The Redskins have been red hot, but never did they expect receiver Charlie Taylor to come up as big as he did today against that Dallas defense. Tony Green was very quiet in the game after a 40-yard kick return. Dallas stopped Tony Green and forced coach Viggs to pass. Viggs made a huge pass connecting with Charlie Taylor for 82-yards bringing the ball to the 2-yard line on third down. On the next play after Washington's first down on the pass to Taylor, it was Taylor again wide open in the end zone who caught a 12-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 7-7! On the Cowboys ensuing kickoff in the second half Dallas played hard and marched downfield with a 57-yard kick return for Terrell Owens. Then Emmitt Smith ran for a 14-yard first down, but the clock was ticking, and the Redskins were pushing the clock to the limit. After stopping the Cowboys, Dallas was forced to kick a field goal which gave them the lead 10-7. It was Tony Green who came up big with a 60-yard kick return on Washington's next possession. Green ran for 11-yards on first down and with less than a minute to go in the game coach Viggs played the clock perfectly with a 29-yard pass connection to Charlie Taylor again who scored his second touchdown of the game giving Washington a dramatic on the road victory against their Nemesis the Dallas Cowboys, winning the game 14-10, and what a game it was! The Cowboys held Green to 111 all-purpose yards. With the New York Giants playing some rising electric football, it will be an epic finish in the NFC East this season. The Eagles have an excellent team, but their (0-3) record doesn’t represent their diversity on offense. For Washington, LaVar Arrington, Mark May and Dexter Manley anchored the defense. Arrington had three tackles and May had two, but Manley was key at Nose Tackle in stopping Emmitt Smith by causing lockups on the line for Arrington to use his speed and make tackles. Coach Viggs keeps getting better, and he does it quietly. Charlie Taylor came up huge today and was the star of the game! Taylor had three touches for 123 yards receiving with two touchdowns as the Skins remain undefeated! The Redskins will head to Seattle next week to face their biggest test of the season against Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch. Lynch’s Week#2 totals speak for itself with 14 touches for 562 all-purpose yards with five touchdowns ranking him #3 in the NFC! Dallas plays the undefeated Miami Dolphins (3-0) next week at Dallas. SEAHAWKS BEAT CARDINALS 17-14 FOR FIRST WIN OF SEASON! Seahawks Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs came into this game wanting to prove to this league that he can compete at a high level. It's not his fault that he has lost a bunch of games. It is an undertaking to focus on one team at a time for Biggs in the same season because he hasn’t watched every LIEFL team, but he has studied stats and wins-losses. The rest is to rely on how each team performs on the field. To not know your competition and then find player bases in the draft that will help you to perform the way you need to perform in any League is a huge challenge. But Biggs is saving himself from embarrassment by not quitting. He should be given credit according to Billy OC. “I love Bobby Biggs. I think he's an awesome competitor and he will win a Super Bowl in this league I believe because he has the tenacity, and the drive to take his teams to the next level. Don't forget this is just his first year. Next year will be a whole different year for this guy because now he knows the teams and he's been writing notes after the game. I saw him doing it. He takes little notes.” The Seahawks are on the prowl at this point to go beyond a Wild Card Game. They are a lethal team who could propel their momentum throughout the playoffs. The Cardinals are no slouch. In fact, there isn’t a team in the league that can’t compete at a high level. Arizona is one of the best 0-2 teams in the league. Records can be deceiving depending on the competition in the league. One of their biggest issues for the Cardinals is the luck-of-the-draw, and they don't seem to be able to progress on offense or defense under pressure, but rather, they play catch up football. That is where Coach Kevin Mac has to improve. THE GAME: Seattle LIEFL All-Pro Marshawn Lynch ran the football back 53-yards on the opening drive and after several runs, the Seahawks and Coach Biggs connected with Joey Galloway on a 50-yard touchdown play into the end zone to give the Seahawks the lead 7-0! Arizona superstar Mel Gray set out today to help his team be competitive. Gray returned the ball 56-yards on the Cardinals opening kickoff. Arizona had a hard time running the football against this tough Seattle defense led by the Big Boy, lineman Cortez Kennedy. Cards running back OJ Anderson has been consistent this season. After three consecutive runs, Seattle's defense stepped up until Anderson scored on a 1-yard touchdown run Arizona's to tie the game at 7-7! It was time for Coach Biggs to capitalize. And as the second half started it was Marshawn Lynch who ran back a beautiful 60-yard kick return, setting up great field position for the Seahawks. Lynch went into BEAST MODE blasting through the Arizona defense 44-yards for the first down! On the next play it was Lynch again who ran in the Seahawks second touchdown of the game on a 24-yard run, 14-7 Seahawks! The Cardinals answered with a blazing Mel Gray 100-yard kick return to tie the game 14-14! What a run! On their final drive Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch returned a 39-yard kick return. The Cardinals defense stopped Seattle on several downs, and then the Seahawks decided to run a quarterback sneak for a 16-yard first down with time running out in the game. Seattle kicked the game-winning field goal to win the game 17-14! COLTS STAY UNBEATEN AS THE GET BY A TOUGH STEELERS TEAM IN OT 27-21! In another huge matchup, the rising high-powered defense and offense of the Steelers led by Lynn Swann and "The Bus" Jerome Bettis take on an undefeated Indianapolis Colts team who boast one of the best runners in the LIEFL, Joseph Addai. On the opening drive Joseph Addai took a 75-yard kick return to the 25-yard line of the Pittsburgh Steelers, nearly breaking free for the touchdown. Addai was full of electric blowing through the Steelers tough defense for 11-yards, but he was stopped on the next two runs. The Colts relied on receiver Raymond Berry who broke free on the right side of the field to score a 25-yard touchdown to give the Colts the lead, 7-0! Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann has been just electrifying this year as he opened the Steelers first drive with a hundred yard kick return into the end zone to tie the game at 7-7! On the ensuing kick off, Indianapolis' Joseph Addai returned another beautiful 74-yard return and two plays later Addai was in the end zone with a 26-yard touchdown run, 14-7 Indianapolis! It was another fast paced game in the LIEFL. Alternate Coach Joe Bino fills in for Billy OC who will miss many games while finishing B A T B O Y The Ray Negron Story. Bino is a fierce competitor who hates to lose so the Colts are in good hands. The first half came to a close with a beautiful 61-yard kick return by Lynn Swann and Swann continues to change the Steelers hopes for a playoff game in 2023. Pittsburgh started the Bus, Jerome Bettis who ran for a 10-yard first down on this next Steelers drive. On the next play Bettis pulled his way for a 28-yard touchdown to tie the game 14-14! Never test Joseph Addai. After running back at 32-yard kick return Indianapolis chewed up the clock on four straight runs of 15, 31, 13 and finally a 9-yard touchdown run by Addai his second of the game to make the score 21-14, with time running out. Lynn Swann is amazing he ran back at 39-yard kick return then on first down caught a 25 yard pass to bring the ball to the 35 yard line of the Colts we are on first down again, Lynn Swann broke Free from Joseph Addai for a 35-yard touchdown pass to tie this score 21-21, and put the game into overtime! What a game. It's going to be another heartbreaker and nail biter right to the finish! This is definitely not the same Steelers team we've seen the last two or three seasons. This team will fight you every second of the game till the end. It's going to be a dramatic one! The Colts won the overtime coin toss and they will receive the ball. It's hard, but somebody's got to lose and somebody must win. A flip of the coin was the difference in the game in 4:37 in overtime. Joseph Addai ran back a 38-yard kick return followed by an explosive 19-yard run, and then Addai bulled his way through the Steelers defense with a 25-yard run for another first down. On the next play, it was LIEFL All-Pro Joseph Addai again on the scamper, a 17-yard touchdown run into the end zone for Addai's third touchdown of the game as the Colts win in a heartbreaker, beating the Steelers 27-21, in overtime! Colts running back Joseph Addai finished the day with a whopping 16 touches for 385 all-purpose yards, with three touchdowns giving Addai eight touchdowns on the season with 886 all-purpose yards! Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann had five touches for 260 yards with two touchdowns, including a blazing 100-yard kick return for a touchdown! The Steelers have a huge game at Kansas City next week, and then Pittsburgh plays two consecutive home games against division rivals Cincinnati and Cleveland. The (3-0) Indianapolis Colts play the bruising Carolina Panthers next week at home. Then the Colts head to New England, then Baltimore before finishing the season finale against Tennessee. R.jfif

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CORRECTIONS: LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEADERBOARD 2023 AFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Holmes-KC 15-279-5/59 2. Bell-NYJ 10-285-5/61 3. Davis-DEN 17-200-3/45TD 4. Simpson-BUF 9-187-4/52TD 5. Henry-TEN-15-150-2/58TD 6. Addai-IND 10-114-4/52TD 7. Bettis-PIT 9-100-2/55TD 8. Tomlinson-LAC 5-90-1/46TD 9. M. Pruitt-CLE 15-99-1/38TD 10. Morris-MIA 17-84-1/43TD NFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Riggs-ATL 16-379-6/61TD 2. Middleton-GB 17-230-1/42 3. Foster-CAR 11-217-3/70TD* 4. Smith-DAL 20-209-3/45TD 5. Lynch-SEA7-201-4/63TD 6. Byars-PHI 12-157-3/45TD 7. Payton-CHI 8-131-2/65TD 8. Barkley-NYG 12-107-2/44TD 9. Watters-SF 22-104-0/19 10. Bush-NOS 7-82-1/50TD AFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. J. Brown-BUF 9-712-5/5x 100TD 2. Swann-PIT 9-561-3/3x100TDS 3. Taylor-JAC 21-530-3/100TD 4. Davis-DEN 20-522-4/100TD 5. Addai-IND 15-501-5/100TD, 99 6. Mason-BAL 6-478-4/4X100TD 7. Hill-KC 9-466-1/100TD 8. Casper-LVR 8-444-2/100TD 9. Brown-CLE 9-375-2/71 10. Jones-TEN 8-347-1/62 NFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Riggs-ATL 24-778-7/100TD 2. Bussey-DET 19-691-5/4x100TDS 3. Lynch-SEA 14-562-5/63TD 4. Giles-TB 9-548-3/2x100TD 5. Green-WAS 14-535-4/3x100TD. 6. Owens-DAL 8-397-1/82 7. Sharpe-GB 8-395-1/81 8. Gault-CHI 7-369-3/100TD 9. Bush-NOS 21-344-2/62TD 10. Bradshaw-NYG 5-311-1/100TD

LONG ISLAND EFL COACHING, LIEFL LEADERBOARD, AND WEEK THREE SCHEDULE COACH W L ED VIGGS 6 2 BILLY O’C 6 2 PADDY BRANNIGAN 5 1 JOEY PIZZ 4 4 LEVI VICK 3 3 MATT ZOO-YORK 3 5 JOHNNY FREEPORT 3 5 KEVIN MAC 1 5 BOBBY BIGGS 1 5 JOE BINO 0 1 LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEADERBOARD 2023 AFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Holmes-KC 15-279-5/59 2. Bell-NYJ 10-285-5/61 3. Davis-DEN 17-200-3/45TD 4. Simpson-BUF 9-187-4/52TD 5. Henry-TEN-15-150-2/58TD 6. Addai-IND 10-114-4/52TD 7. Bettis-PIT 9-100-2/55TD 8. M. Pruitt-CLE 15-99-1/38TD 9. Tomlinson-LAC 5-90-1/46TD 10. Morris-MIA 17-84-1/33 NFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Riggs-ATL 16-379-6/61TD 2. Middleton-GB 17-230-1/42 3. Foster-CAR 11-217-3/70TD* 4. Smith-DAL 20-209-3/45TD 5. Lynch-SEA7-201-4/63TD 6. Byars-PHI 12-157-3/45TD 7. Bush-NOS 7-82-1/50TD 8. Payton-CHI 8-131-2/65TD 9. Barkley-NYG 12-107-2/44TD 10. Watters-SF 22-104-0/19 AFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. J. Brown-BUF 9-712-5/5x 100TD 2. Swann-PIT 9-561-3/3x100TDS 3. Taylor-JAC 21-530-3/100TD 4. Davis-DEN 20-522-4/100TD 5. Addai-IND 15-501-5/100TD, 99 6. Mason-BAL 15-501-5/100TD, 99 7. Hill-KC 9-466-1/100TD 8. Casper-LVR 8-444-2/100TD 9. Brown-CLE 9-375-2/71 10. Jones-TEN 8-347-1/62 NFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Riggs-ATL 24-778-7/100TD 2. Bussey-DET 19-691-5/4x100TDS 3. Lynch-SEA 14-562-5/63TD 4. Giles-TB 9-548-3/2x100TD 5. Green-WAS 14-535-4/3x100TD. 6. Owens-DAL 8-397-1/82 7. Sharpe-GB 8-395-1/81 8. Gault-CHI 7-369-3/100TD 9. Bush-NOS 21-344-2/62TD 10. Bradshaw-NYG 2-119-0/72 AFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Ja. Brown-BUF 9-712-5/5x 100TD 2. Swann-PIT7-499-3/3X100TDS 3. Taylor-JAC 7-479-1/100TD 4. Mason-BAL 6-478-4/4X100TD 5. Hill-KC 9-466-1/100TD 6. Casper-LVR 6-397-1/100TD 7. Addai-IND 5-387-1/100TD, 99 8. Davis-DEN 5-322-1/100TD 9. Jones-TEN 6-285-0/62 10. Brown-CLE 5-284-0/71 NFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Giles-TB 6-382-1/100 2. Bussey-DET 4-368-3/3X100TDS 3. Owens-DAL 5-265-0/62 4. Gault-CHI 5-265-0/62 5. Green-WAS 3-230-1/100TD 6. Gray-AZ 3-154-0/60 7. Bruce-LAR 2-142-1/100TD 8. Riggs-ATL 3-138-0/60 9. Bradshaw-NYG 2-119-0/72 10. Sharpe-GC 3-113-0/44 AFC Receiving YARDS 1. Gonzalez-KC 2-119-1/68 2. Moss-NE 3-112-2/63TD 3. Swann-PITT 2-62-1/37TD 4. Hurns-JAC 1-57-1/57TD 5. Griffin-HOU 1-53-1/53TD NFC Receiving YARDS 1. Metcalf-AZ 3-109-1/65TD 2. D. Moore-TB 2-99-1/45TD 3. H. Moore-DET2-85-2/50TD 4. Ditka-CH 1-79-1/79TD 5. Tyler-LAR 2-73-0/29 WEEK #3 SCHEDULE Begins Sunday September 30th 1. Dolphins (2-0) at Browns (1-1) 2. Giants (1-1) at Eagles (0-2) 3. Patriots (1-1) at Bills (1-1) 4. Redskins (2-0) at Cowboys (2-0) 5. Jets (1-1) at Raiders (0-2) 6. 49ers (1-1) at Bengals (0-2) 7. Chiefs (1-1) at Chargers (1-1) 8. Cardinals (0-2) at Seahawks (0-2) 9. Broncos (2-0) at Titans (1-1) 10. Packers (2-0) at Bears (2-0) 11. Steelers (1-1) at Colts (2-0) 12. Lions (1-1) at Vikings (0-2) 13. Ravens (1-1) at Rams (1-1) 14. Jaguars (1-1) at Panthers (1-1) 15. Falcons (1-1) at Buccaneers (2-0) 16. Texans (0-2) at Saints (0-2) 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) 2 0 20 14 2 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 Buffalo (4-3) 1 1 66 62 9 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 New York (3-4) 1 1 45 48 6 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 New England (5-3) 1 1 24 24 3 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 TOTALS: AFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Denver (3-4) 2 0 38 20 5 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 Kansas City (8-3) 1 1 55 58 7 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 Los Angeles (6-2) 1 1 24 20 3 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 LV Raiders (3-4) 0 2 27 45 3 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0 TOTALS: AFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Cleveland (4-4) 1 1 31 28 4 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 Baltimore (3-4) 1 1 35 31 5 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 Pittsburgh (3-4) 1 1 45 49 6 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 Cincinnati (3-4) 0 2 31 38 4 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0 TOTALS: AFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Indianapolis (3-4) 2 0 41 28 5 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 Jacksonville (3-4) 1 1 31 31 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 Tennessee (5-3) 1 1 31 31 4 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 Houston (3-4) 0 2 14 27 2 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 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) 2 0 34 8 4 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 Dallas (2-5) 2 0 44 35 6 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 New York (7-3) 1 1 27 34 3 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 Philadelphia (3-4) 0 2 35 48 1 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 TOTALS: NFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC San Francisco (7-4) 1 1 21 17 3 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 Los Angeles (2-5) 1 1 31 28 4 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 Seattle (3-4) 0 2 35 45 5 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 Arizona (2-5) 0 2 27 28 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 TOTALS: NFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Green Bay (5-3) 2 0 41 35 5 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 Chicago (3-4) 2 0 41 31 6 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 Detroit (3-4) 1 1 51 48 7 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 Minnesota (4-5) 0 2 13 27 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 TOTALS: NFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Tampa Bay (3-4) 2 0 41 31 5 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 Carolina (5-3) 1 1 35 37 4 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 Atlanta (5-3) 1 1 46 55 8 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 New Orleans (1-6) 0 2 24 31 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 TOTALS: WEEK#2 SCHEDULE September 18-September 29 1. 28 Eagles (0-1) at Falcons (0-1) 34 (OT 5:25) (ATL-Riggs 14-500-5/100TD, Byars 7-150-3/45TD, Carmichael 4-225-0/75) * Riggs breaks Phi-Keith Byars 2018 record of 224 Yards rushing in a game! 2. 21 Panthers (1-0) at Packers (1-0) 24 (GB-Middleton 9-118-3/42, Sharpe 4-257-0/81, CAR-Foster 5-121-2/41TD, Jones 3-180-1/100TD). 3. 0 Texans at Dolphins (1-0) 3 (Zero100-yard players) 4. 10 Buccaneers (1-0) at Vikings (0-1) 3 (MIN-Peterson 11-138-0/61, Giles 1-100-1/100TD) 5. 7 Chargers (1-0) at Patriots (0-1) 10 (LAC-Tomlinson 3-100-1/45) 6. 14 Bears (1-0) at Saints (0-1) 10 (CHI-Gault 2-100-1, NO-Bush 13-228-1/62) 7. 24 Raiders (0-1) at Bills (0-1) 28 (BUF-Simpson 8-183-3/52TD, Brown 4-217-1/100TD, Casper 6-363-2/100TD) 8. 17 Rams (1-0) at Giants (0-1) 21(NYG-Barkley 7-107-2/44TD, Bradshaw 3-192-1/100TD, Tyler 6-105-1/61TD, Bruce 3-166-0/76) 9. 14 Jaguars (1-0) at Jets (0-1)17 (NYJ-Bell 8-165-2/61, Walker 3-137-0/53, JAC-Taylor 3-215-1/100TD) 10. 17 Chiefs (1-0) at Lions (0-1) 23 (3:33 OT) (DET-Bussey 13-323-2/100TD, KC-Hill 3-107-0/50, Gonzalez 2-119-1/68) 11. 17 Bengals (0-1) at Broncos (1-0) 21 (DEN-Davis 11-299-2/100TD, CIN-Collinsworth 4-195-2/100TD) 12. 14 Cardinals (0-1) at Redskins (1-0) 17 (WAS-Green 4-248-2/2x100TD) 13. 14 Browns (1-0) at Colts (1-0)17 (IND-Addai 10-286-2/75, CLE-Brown 2-112-0/62) 14. 28 Seahawks (0-1) at Steelers (0-1) 31(PIT-Swann 6-413-3/2x100TD, SEA-Lynch 11-400-4/65) 15. 14 Ravens (1-0) at Titans (0-1) 17 (TEN-Jones 4-180-1/62, BAL-Mason 3-235-2/2x100TD) 16. 10 Cowboys (1-0) at 49ers (1-0) 7 (NONE) Game of the Week: 28 Eagles (0-1) at Falcons (0-1) 34 (OT 5:25) (ATL-Riggs 14-500-5/100TD, Byars 7-150-3/45TD, Carmichael 4-225-0/75) * Riggs breaks Phi-Keith Byars 2018 record of 224 Yards rushing in a game! Player of the Week: ATL-G. Riggs (14-500-5/100TD)

LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEEK #2 CONTINUED (Long Island Electric Football League, Long Island, NY). LIEFL Reflection: Before the Bengals-Broncos game, there was a lot of talk between Bengals Coach Johnny Freeport-Chucker and his best friend Paddy Brannigan. Brannigan's Denver Broncos (1-0) and LIEFL All-Pro Terrell Davis are a hard bargain to beat at home. The Broncos bring with them one of the most historic teams in the LIEFL with seven LIEFL Playoff appearances, four-time finalists, but no cigar at the end. Johnny-Freeport's Cincinnati Bengals (0-1), have to find a way to compete at a higher level. Johnny Freeport says not to worry about his team, just write the article he told Levi Vick. We remember when the Broncos first came into the league in 1977. That season a young coach Paddy Brannigan took his Denver team to the Conference Championship. At that time the 19-team league was structured differently. Denver was in the NFC, and they won the division. They beat the Raiders 20-17, in the first round of the playoffs, then lost to a tough Green Bay Packers team 14-10, in the Conference Championship Game, and Minnesota (13-1), was upset by Green Bay 14-2, that year, but something enlightening came out of their loss that season. As kids, the Broncos earned so much respect from the coaches by snapping a 66-game win streak of a dominant Miami team, beating Miami in a baseball score 8-5, with a huge argument ensuing between Billy O'C and Brannigan. Billy O'C was sore with that loss against his Dolphins, and it became a hot topic of discussion for a long time until O'C and Brannigan buried the war between the two teams! LIEFL 1978 Standings AFC CON I W L PF PA TDS Miami Dolphins 13 1 239 93 32 Dallas Cowboys 9 5 184 125 25 Baltimore Colts 4 10 61 144 8 Kansas City Chiefs 4 10 139 208 15 AFC CON II W L PF PA TDS Chicago Bears 9 5 114 79 13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8 6 147 135 19 Atlanta Falcons 7 7 132 153 16 Seattle Seahawks 6 8 105 95 12 Los Angeles Rams 4 10 129 153 15 NFC CON I W L PF PA TDS Denver Broncos 11 3 150 73 20 Green Bay Packers 8 6 161 131 19 Cleveland Broncos 7 7 123 162 13 Houston Oilers 5 9 126 139 15 San Francisco 49ers 4 10 92 131 11 NFC CON II W L PF PA TDS Minnesota Vikings 13 1 191 108 24 Oakland Raiders 7 7 144 108 19 St. Louis Cardinals 6 8 125 132 14 Pittsburgh Steelers 6 8 100 117 17 Washington Redskins 4 10 106 176 10 Revenge causes all kinds of problems. The Broncos had what seemed like a sure chance to win a Super Bowl. They are the only other team to go undefeated in a LIEFL regular season (14-0), when they won the division in 1983, but the Broncos were upset by Billy O'C's Buffalo Bills 28-27, in the AFC Divisional Championship Game. Paddy Brannigan went ballistic with the loss! This is why record keeping is so critical to our league. Our league is rooted in history. We had the savvy to keep pristine records, which are the constant focus of progress in the LIEFL. Fast forward to 2023, the Denver Broncos (108-68-1) are the LIEFL #3 Ranked Team of all-time, and they still have not won a Super Bowl in the league. Granted the competitiveness of the league with the Draft has drastically improved the league but we all cheered for Brannigan's Broncos when they made the playoffs for the first time in nearly 30 years, in 2020 for the first time since the 1991-92 season, when the Broncos went (9-5) losing to the Cleveland Browns 28-17, in the AFC Divisional Championship Game. The Draft changed everything because the entire league has been rebuilt into a highly competitive league. In 2020, Denver placed 2nd in the division. They lost in the AFC Wild Card Game 27-10 to Indianapolis, but they regained respect because of one man who carried the team, Terrell Davis. Davis was ranked #2 in all-purpose yards in 2022, with 67 touches for a impressive 1,708 yards with 10 touchdowns, including four 100-yard returns for touchdowns. In 2020, Davis was a beast as the #1 guy in all-purpose yards with 58 touches for a impressive 1,924 yards with 15 touchdowns, including eight 100-yard returns for touchdowns! Brannigan has the chance to do something special with the Broncos. BRONCOS STUFF A TOUGH BENGALS TEAM 21-17! On the opening kickoff Terrell Davis returned a spectacular 100-yard kick return to start the game with a touchdown, 7-0 Broncos with 14:44 remaining in the half! Johnny Freeport’s Bengals were held to a field goal on their first set of downs, 7-3, Denver took command to end the half. The Broncos drove four plays downfield after a 35-yard kick return by Terrell Davis. Davis had runs of 23, 38, and finally his second touchdown of the game from 4-yards out to make the score, 14-3 Broncos in the lead! Cincinnati stormed right back on a gorgeous Chris Collinsworth 100-yard kick return down the left sideline perfectly executed by Johnny Freeport, to make the score 14-10, Denver still in the lead with 14:33 remaining in the game. Collinsworth comes through again in the clutch for the Bengals! Johnny-Freeport decided to give Collinsworth the ball more because of the results he brought to the Cincinnati offense last week with his 100-yard kick return touchdown against Cleveland. There are other positive signs for the Bengals. Rookie defensive tackle Trey Hopkins made his fourth tackle of the season. The Bengals will be bringing back the Vintage seventies uniforms next season. Denver's turn again on the ensuing kickoff. Terrell Davis ran back another high velocity big run of 70-yards. Then Davis exploded for runs of 10 and 19 yards, until Cincinnati's defense kicked in to stop the Broncos on the next two attempts rushing. But on third down Broncos fullback Rob Lytle broke Free in the end zone for a 13-yard touchdown catch to make the score 21-10, Denver in the lead with just two-minutes left in the game. Cincinnati finished strong on a speedy 48-yard return by Chris Collinsworth who put on a show for the Bengals. The Bengals wasted no time Collinsworth caught a 34-yard pass, bringing the Bangles to the 13-yard line of Denver where Collinsworth again caught a great pass from Johnny Freeport for a 13-yard touchdown, and the Bengals just ran out of time losing to the Denver Broncos 21-17, in a stunner! Terrell Davis for the Broncos had 11 touches for 299 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns in the game. Chris Collinsworth had four touches for an explosive 195-yards with two touchdowns for Cincinnati! The Broncos face the Titans next week in a war and the Bengals have their first home game of the season against the LIEFL NFC Champion 49ers. CARDS SKINNED BY UNBEATEN VIGGS REDSKINS 17-14! The one team that had an impressive Week #1 is the Washington Redskins who beat the Giants 17-6, after losing three straight to New York in 2022. The Cardinals are a rising team who battles tough like the rest of the teams in the LIEFL, keeping their games close in see-saw battles. Redskins running back nd LIEFL All-Pro Tony Green the super back, started the game with an electrifying 100-yard kick return for the touchdown to put the Redskins ahead 7-0, with 14:42 remaining in the half. There was no quit in this tough Frontline of the Arizona Cardinals. It took them 10 plays to get into the end zone on a 3-yard run by OJ Anderson to tie the game 7-7, with 14:40 remaining in the game! Anderson knocked over his own man on the play. The Cardinals have one of the toughest schedules in the LIEFL. Arizona faces Seattle and the LA Rams away in Week 3 and 4, and then they play Dallas at home. Those teams have some bad hombres! On the ensuing kickoff it was Tony Green again in the spotlight who grabbed his third 100-yard touchdown run of the season with back-to-back 100-yard touchdown returns in the game for the Redskins! Coach Ed Viggs (6-1) has this team fine-tuned and ready to put the time to ready this team for a playoff run. Redskins in the lead 14-7, with 13:07 remaining in the game! The reliable Green has established himself as one of the greatest players in the LIEFL. There is no quit in Coach Kevin Mac's Arizona offense today. With 5:07 remaining in the game tailback Terry Metcalf took a beautiful pass 65-yards into the end zone to tie the game 14-14! In a great battle, Tony Green ran his final kick return back 48-yards and after one more run the Redskins kicked the game-winning field goal from 50-yards. Washington beats Arizona 17-14, in a tight game! Green finished the the game with a whopping 248 all purpose yards on just four touches, including the two 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns. Arizona's Terry Metcalf caught two passes for 96 yards, including a sweet 65-yard touchdown pass. COLTS GO (2-0) EDGE BROWNS IN GREAT MATCHUP 17-14! This was an impressive matchup between Billy OC's Indianapolis Colts (1-0) and Coach Kevin Mac's Cleveland Browns (1-0). LIEFL All-Pro sensation and big-play running back Joseph Addai, is of the best in the league. Addai can really burn a team. The speedster ran back a strong 50-yard opening kickoff return matched by a 50-yard touchdown run from scrimmage on the first play for Indianapolis, who took the lead 7-0, with 13:21 remaining in the half! Addai had 199 all-purpose yards last week against the Texans, so he's on the hunt for more as last year's AFC Offensive Player of the Year! On the ensuing kickoff for the Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown ran back a 50-yard return. The Cleveland Browns in eight plays bulled their way into the end zone on a 10-yard pass play to Mike Pruitt to tie the game at 7-7 as the first half came to a close. The battle was intense in this game, watching two very progressive LIEFL teams earning respect in the league to a respectable level. After a 75-yard kick return by Joseph Addai, the Colts wasted no time getting busy. Addai exploded on first down for a speedy 25-yard touchdown into the end zone to give the Colts the lead, 14-7 over the Browns with 13:22 remaining in the game! The Browns are in the house! They came storming right back after a 62-yard kick return by Jim Brown. It took Mike Pruitt two running plays of 10, and 38-yards to get into the end zone to tie the game at 14-14, with 10:15 remaining in the game. This was a brutal battle for Coach Kevin Mac. Billy O'C has his Colts moving and on the rise. They are looking to get back to the playoffs for the fifth time in their history! In 2020, Indianapolis made it all the way to the AFC Divisional Championship Game where they lost in a heart-breaker 30-22 to the LA Chargers. Billy O'C said, "I am not all about the statistics for Addai. This is a hard working Colts team. We have weapons too that I am ready to break out in Raymond Berry and Marvin Harrison, when we need them. I love the Browns too. They can play some hard-hitting electric football." The Colts are ranked #15 in the LIEFL at (77-94) all-time. The Browns are ranked #14 in the LIEFL at (80-77) all-time! On the Colts last possession with 2 minutes left, Indianapolis managed three plays and kicked a 20-yard field goal to win the game 17-14! Joseph Addai had seven carries for a bruising 98-rushing yards with two touchdowns, including an early 50-yard touchdown run. He finished the game with 10 total touches with 286 all-purpose yards! The Colts (2-0) play the Steelers then the Panthers at home in Week 3, and 4. The Browns (1-1) have a huge rematch of last year's AFC Wild Card Game against Miami in Cleveland! HISTORIC GAME BETWEEN STEELERS-SEAHAWKS ENDS WITH 31-28 VICTORY BY PITTSBURGH WITH LYNCH AND SWANN PUTTING ON A SHOW! Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs Seattle Seahawks (0-1) have been a cutting edge team for the past two or three seasons. Biggs inherited a team that just that needs direction. The Seahawks are the first team to pull off a major upset against the LA Rams who at the time were fighting for their third consecutive LIEFL Super Bowl title which looked evident in 2020, before the Rams met Seattle and lost 51-45 in OT in the NFC Wild Card Game! Seattle would go on to lose the war to Washington 24-22 in the NFC Divisional Championship Game. But, Seattle is on every coaches radar because they know running back Marshawn Lynch is a huge threat. The unpredictable Lynch finished as the #3 Rusher in the NFC last season with 42 touches for 629 yards with nine touchdowns. Playing a huge offensive lineman-type Paddy Brannigan and his Steelers (0-1) on their home turf poses its own problems. We often wonder how Brannigan sets up so fast with the size of his hands versus the size of the 67-Big Men. The Steelers should improve with the player bases they picked up in the LIEFL Draft. "The Bus" streaky Jerome Bettis and Lynn Swann carry Pittsburgh, period. Swann ranked #11th in all-purpose yards with 21 touches for 894 yards with four touchdowns in 2020, and Bettis was ranked #6 with 52 touches for 497-yards, with seven touchdowns. Brannigan is retired too so he has plenty of time to work with his hobby teams. It took us a while to get to this game because of people coming back from their vacations, but we committed to completing another exciting season and we are back to our regular flow of completing games so that we meet the LIEFL Super Bowl XVIII December deadline. The last time the Steelers touched the field was in their 21-14 loss to their division rivalry Ravens on August 24th, so Paddy Brannigan says he's been working with the team. "My team deserves a shot at the Super Bowl, but it's my job to get the best draft picks and know the talent of what is going to help this team compete in a money league playing at a high-level. I haven't quit on this team, and won't. We've won 92 games in this league and we have been to the playoffs eight times. Not a lot of teams in this league can say that. We have to find a way to win games because a seven game season gives us just a little bit of breathing room to win." The Steelers are chasing history in the LIEFL as the #6 Ranked team in the League at (92-77). They are just eight games from becoming only the fifth team in LIEFL history to win 100 games, but with this fierce competition it won't be easy to do considering 2025 will be the last season. An intense looking LIEFL rookie coach Bobby Biggs met up with Paddy Brannigan for a big game. Steelers Lynn Swann ran back a 40-yard kick return to open the game. Two plays later on a 55-yard run from Steelers running back Jerome Bettis around the right end, the Steelers took the lead 7-0, with 11:58 remaining in the half on a spectacular run by the Bus! The intensity stepped-up when Seattle returned the football. Marshawn Lynch had a 37-yard kick return, but on the Hawks first run from scrimmage, Lynch blew between the #1 and #2 hole of the Steelers defense for a 63-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7! But the Steelers came right back on an electrifying 100-yard touchdown run by Lynn Swann to put the Steelers in the lead 14-7, with 7:05 remaining in the half in a terrific game! Brannigan's Steelers came to play against rookie coach Bobby Biggs, and Biggs was sharp, and angry with that kick return. Biggs thought he had his men set up exactly where they needed to be, but the positioning proved wrong for Biggs and his Seahawks. There's a lot of pressure on Biggs to perform, especially when it comes to these Seahawks. The Seahawks might be Bigg's only chance for the playoffs so every single play counts. It was Marshawn Lynch who returned the football 47-yards this time. After two great runs for 16 total yards, Lynch exploded down the right sideline for a 37-yard touchdown run, and man he is dangerous. Seattle 14-Pittsburgh 14, with a minute left in the half! Holy cow! Lynn Swann ran back his second consecutive hundred yard touchdown run of the game to put the Steelers ahead 21-14! Branigan sure has worked with these Steelers! Marshawn Lynch did it again! Lynch went into "Beast-Mode" with a 65-yard kick return. Then one play later from scrimmage, Lynch exploded 35-yards for his third touchdown of the game to tie the game at 21-21, with 13:17 left in the game! Pittsburgh answered right back and took then steam out of the Seahawks momentarily as Lynn Swann returned his third 100-yard touchdown play of the game to put the Steelers up 28-21, with 12:04 remaining in the game! Oh Lord! The room got loud! Never in a million years would we have thought this game would have already scored 49 points! Bobby Biggs had such a surprise look on his face, like what next? The Steelers offense stunned! Swann is already at 348 yards in the game! Biggs said, "Unreal that this guy has three on me, three!" Biggs has Marshawn Lynch, and he is a weapon himself. Biggs loves Lynch and what he does as he watched Lynch return a 50-yard kick return on the ensuing kickoff. Bobby Biggs has not been able to stop the special teams unit of the Steelers and you have to wonder why. He switched it up quite a bit, but to no avail. Nothing that his Seattle team did could stop Lynn Swann and Brannigan's special teams game. What an incredible game. The Seahawks offensive running game is intense. Marshawn Lynch ran 12-yards into the end zone for his fourth touchdown of the game, tying the game at 28-28! The Steelers cannot figure out how to stop Lynch with the clock ticking and 7:04 remaining in the game. What an incredible ending to the game. Lynn Swann made a key 25-yard first down play to bring these Steelers to the 40-yard line on the kick return. With just seconds left in the game the Steelers kick the field goal to win a dramatic 31-28, playoff like game against a roaring team in Seattle! It's hard to win on the road in this league and Seattle will go with their backs to the wall (0-2), but they have three straight home games. The Seahawks play some tough customers in Arizona, Washington, and Philadelphia. This is one of the best games the Steelers have ever played and they will be (1-1) on an electrifying performance by Lynn Swann. Swann finished the day with six touches and 418 all-purpose yards, with three touchdowns! Pittsburgh plays at a red-hot Colts turf next week and then they face the defending LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs. After 59 points scored, over 800 yards watched, and eight touchdowns later this game turned into an amazing historic game between the Steelers and the Seahawks. Marshawn Lynch rushed for a record 201-yards with four touchdowns becoming only the sixth player in LIEFL history in the 7-game season to rush for over 200-yards in a game. Lynn Swann had 413 yards with three 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns in an amazing game! Hats off to both of these coaches. TITANS BET A TOUGH RAVENS TEAM IN 17-14 BATTLE! As the season unravels it's hard not to be embedded in the integrity of the league and the power of performance that really has nothing to do with the coaches, but rather the execution of the plays that these plastic heroes make on the field. Its been a struggle for veteran coach Kevin Mac. Mac was winless before this game at (0-4). The Titans performed beautifully last year, and they will be challenged this year with their schedule. The Ravens had a come from behind the year with Coach Johnny-Freeport at the helm. He came into the game running his mouth as usual as one of the biggest trash-talkers both on and off the field, and in electric football he's best known as the dramatic-intimidator at best. We'll just see about that in this game. Apparently Johnny-Freeport's Ravens came to play. We have nothing against the Ravens. After an 62-yard kick return by Titans return man Brandon Jones, Baltimore stopped last year's Rookie of the Year Derrick Henry, on the first two runs. Then on third down Henry caught a pass but was way short of the first down, forcing a field goal from 43-yards to make the score 3-0 Tennessee in the lead! On Baltimore's first kick return of the game it was their star player Derek Mason running back 100- yard kick return for the touchdown to make the scores 7-3, Ravens! Wow! The Titans running game struggled against that Baltimore Ravens defense led by the "Goose" Tony Siragusa, who had his fourth tackle of the game! And after three failed runs the Titans put the ball in the air to Brandon Jones who glazed 40-yards downfield with the score 7-3, Tennessee over Baltimore with 9:42 remaining in the game. On the ensuing kickoff Derek Mason returned another explosive 100-yard touchdown return, his second of the game, after running to the middle of the field through traffic. Mason found a way to seep through for the score, 14-10 Ravens! The sixth time LIEFL All-Pro is having a game. Ravens take the lead with 9:18 remaining in the game! On Tennessee's next possession, the Titans showed their Titans form of last year with the front line earning their way to the Ravens 40-yard line on several runs by running back Derrick Henry. Finally, right tackle Dave Stewart opened a hole for Henry who dashed 40-yards into the end zone to make the score 17-14, and all of sudden events turn in the Titans favor with the lead, with 2:52 remaining in the game, and the clock is running! The Ravens just couldn't get it done. Baltimore had a weak kick return when Eddie George collided on a great play crushing Derek Mason at the Baltimore 35-yard and out of field-goal range. That play stopped the Ravens momentum from scoring and after an incomplete pass by Johnny Freeport, that crucial mistake gave the Titans and coach Kevin "Mac" Maloney a 17-14 victory, giving Mac his first win of the year! Tennessee beats the Ravens in a huge win! Sore loser Johnny-Freeport reacted with vulgarities and finger pointing calling Kevin Mack a cheat. COWBOYS-49ERS DEFENSIVE BATTLE ENDS WITH DALLAS 10-7! How much bigger rivalry can there be? Coach Ed Viggs takes his 49ers into hostile territory against Levi Vick's Dallas Cowboys. Viggs took these 49ers to the LIEFL Super Bowl XVII here the 49ers lost to a tough Kansas City Chiefs football team who had the momentum. But another great part of the story was that Viggs 49ers were (0-7) in 2020. The Dallas Cowboys played a great first week one game beating the Jets in overtime. Terrell Owens, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irving, and Tony Dorsett fuel the offense behind Larry Allen. On the Cowboys first possession on the kickoff Terrell Owens had a 62-yard kick return. After two runs Dallas decided to pass and Levi Vick connected on a pass to a wide open Tony Dorsett on 3rd down to score a touchdown a 35-yard touchdown for the Cowboys 7-0, with 8:04 remaining in the half! It seems coach Viggs put a play in that we've never seen before as the battle against these two teams defensively exploded. On Ricky Watters first three runs he gained only 5-Yards and even the past play on third down didn't work out for the 49ers and Coach Viggs decided to go for it. He used what he calls a cross run making an arrow with his three backs in the backfield, and the San Francisco backfield pushed Ricky Watters to the right side where San Francisco tackle, Harris Barton opened up the #4-hole, and the 49ers on 4th down completed a first down as the first half came to a close. Beautiful call by Viggs! The second half was a defensive battle with Dallas going back and forth making big plays on defense and killing the clock on coach Viggs. Jerry Rice finally came up big with a 15 yard touchdown reception to tie the game, 7-7, with the clock winding down. On Dallas possession the Cowboys on third down made a great pass play to Michael Irvin for 42-yards and enough to put the Cowboys in field goal range to win the game in a dramatic 10-7 win for the undefeated Dallas Cowboys! What a Week #2 in the LIEFL it was! Standings and Stats to come!

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FALCONS RIGGS RUNS INTO RECORD BOOKS WITH HIS 239-YARD FIVE TOUCHDOWN WILD PERFORMANCE IN OVERTIME OVER EAGLES 34-28! LIEFL Atlanta Falcons superstar (42) Gerald Riggs broke Keith Byars single game 7-game season rushing record with 239 yards with five touchdowns! The Falcons went on to beat the Eagles 34-28 in OT! Week #2 Summary by Kevin Mac, Paddy Brannigan, and Joey Pizz. Falcons 34-Eagles 28 (OT 5:25) (Long Island, NY) In trying to be more informative and helpful for new coaches, the Long Island Electric Football League is made up of professional, mostly retired organized people, which help us all to stay on the same page communicating. Several spent their careers in law enforcement (Thus the Nicknames), trades, business, and education. Keeping accurate and up-to-date running historic statistics and records is critical to our league, and it makes this league so much more fun. We use a program called "Be-Funky" to turn our photos into cartoons. Coaches set goals for their plastic players, and they strive for excellence in breaking those league historic records, and we play for money. We are huge fans of the National Electric Football Game Museum and Chris LeMay's innovative way to celebrate our beloved hobby. Being on the Board of Director's is beyond an honor. Electric Football has influenced millions from our Baby Boomer generation and it's important that we inspire our tradition to those who may not know about the game. Billy O'C said, "I tell my college students about the game and although I have just a year left before retiring, I plan on showing a demo of the game to capture the interest of our youth." A sidebar interesting tid-bit of information about the LIEFL. The past two LIEFL Super Bowls were played in Coquina Key, Florida at the home of a guy readers probably never heard of, Ray Negron, who is originally from the burning down South Bronx of the seventies. Negron was the New York Yankees Special Advisor to the late George M. Steinbrenner III, for nearly 40 years before the Boss’ death. Negron just celebrated his 50th year in Major League Baseball with the Yankees this year, and coach Billy O’C is also a documentary filmmaker who is doing a documentary on Negron’s life called Batboy “The Ray Negron Story”. O'Connell wrote, filmed, edited, did the voiceovers, and produced the entire documentary. And to be working side-by-side with Ray's friend, actor and Executive Producer, Chazz Palminteri, star of, "A Bronx Tale" it is an amazing experience for O'C. Billy O'C said, "I am not a Yankees fan, but I am a Ray Negron fan, who the world will soon be learning about through the doc. The New York State Assembly recently announced a Ray Negron Day for his work with the youth in so many crumbling communities. When Ray spoke at the United Nations for the third time, and was presented with another International Humanitarian Award, as an educator I was blown away, considering the life Ray comes from in his youth living in the inner city of the South Bronx, New York. with 14 people living in his house." Joe Bino, our alternate coach, will be playing lots of games for Billy O'C as a result of the documentary. LIEFL Coach Bobby Biggs said, "I mean come on' Ray is the guy who pushed Reggie Jackson from the dugout to take the curtain call after Reggie's three-home runs to win the World Series? Ray is like a made-man for one of the greatest Sports franchises on the planet, but when I learned that he had a similar life to mine, being abandoned by my father, I connected." https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/K679 Who knows, maybe we will make a few dollars to contribute to this game and hobby. Negron is a fan of the LIEFL through Billy O'C, who is doing his part to carry on the legacy of the game. The LIEFL will close it's doors in 2025. Negron said, “This is really a great game. It’s almost like the people who play this game have the magic to bring these figures to life in a ‘Toy-Story’ imaginative way. I can’t believe these guys still play the game and that there is a long network of kids, now men, who have transformed the game.” Billy O’C said, “Ray’s story is incredible, and it’s been three years in the making of this documentary on his life. We have big stars in the documentary and never before told stories that our baseball audiences will never forget. And here we are in this world of electric football, but also connected to baseball in a small and humble way.” Take a peek at the documentary trailer. Okay, back to football! After an exciting Week #1 in the Long Island Electric Football League this week opened with the Philadelphia Eagles against the hosting Atlanta Falcons, both (0-1). It seems every year something new can be pinpointed about the league. Like your leagues, this season the teams seem better, the scores are higher, the speed seems faster, the defenses have a greater presence, and the coaches’ skills seem more focused. What we do in our league because decaling new players every year would be a major undertaking, instead we put our best 11-men on the field picking the “Best-Ever or All-Time” type player roster from each team, making for an inclusive and popular, memorable team. So, if you see the old names in the lineup, they are the legends of the LIEFL gridiron. As for statistics and photos, each coach is responsible for submitting statistics and photos after their game to Long Island Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, Andrew Slawson. Slawson then puts it all together and Levi Vick posts it. It's top coach Matt Zoo-York against Johnny Freeport in this one. And boy it's a good thing the plastic Gerald Riggs backs up Johnny Freeport's talk because it was a record-setting day for the LIEFL Superstar back who would be a guaranteed major go-to star in any League. With the Steve Miller song "Space Cowboy" playing in the background it seemed to fit the mood of the day. Johnny is imposing. The retired homicide detective with ponytail, is 6’4 250 pounds of mouth. If there was any doubt about the Falcons and their return after playing a great game last week, losing a tough one 27-21, to the rising Chicago Bears, Gerald Riggs, the biggest back in the league, made it clear, he is shooting to break his own all-purpose yard record as the only player in the LIEFL to break 2,000 yards in a single 7-game season. In 2019, Riggs had a record-setting 78 touches for 2,339-yards with 21 touchdowns! It is the best season ever for any player in the seven-game season in the LIEFL. Coach Johnny Freeport, who coaches the Dirty birds said, “It’s nice to see these records, but my goal is to win a LIEFL Super Bowl with this team for Riggs.” Although the Falcons have been to the LIEFL Playoffs five times, in 2000, they were Western Division Champions, but they fell short in the NFC Wild Card Game losing to Dallas, 56-52 in the second highest scoring playoff game in the history of the LIEFL. THE GAME: Gerald Riggs opened the game with an incredible 100-yard kick return for a touchdown, 7-0 Atlanta! The Blockbusters are going off! Johnny Freeport yelled, "It's going to be a long day for you Zoo." Eagles kick returner Harold Carmichael showed signs of improvement running back a 54-yard kick return to open Philadelphia's first possession. Carmichael has been through several player bases in the past two seasons. Two plays later running back Keith Byars launched his way into the end zone with a 36-yard touchdown run to tie the game, 7-7! When Byars and Riggs get hot, watch out! Byars is a streaky player. In 2022, Byars finished as the #1 NFC running back, with 38 touches for 704-all-purpose yards with 11 touchdowns, including a 74 yard touchdown run! Atlanta turned on the heat after Gerald Riggs returned his second kick return to 39-yards on the kickoff. One play later Riggs broke free on the left side for a bustling 61-yard TD scamper with blazing speed, with 7:00 minutes to go in the half to put the Falcons ahead 14-7! On the next possession, Harold Carmichael ran the ball back 55-yards on the kick return to set up the Eagles and Keith Byars. In one play, Byars exploded for a 45-yard touchdown run right through the middle of the field to tie the game at 14-14, with 3:46 left in the half! The Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles were in beast mode! Someone is going to walk away a loser in a hard way in this one. Gerald Riggs returned the ball 42-yards on the kick return, and it only took Riggs one play to run 58-yards into the end zone for his third touchdown of the game to give the Falcons the lead 21-14, as the first half came to a close! There is a feel of greatness in the air! Both of these offensive machines are relentless. After Harold Carmichael's 41-yard kick return, Keith Byars had breakout runs of 10, 13, 29, and finally a 7-yard touchdown run into the end zone to tie the score at 21-21, with 8:31 left to go in the game! What a game! It will be tough to match the excitement of this game after watching Gerald Riggs score his fourth touchdown of the game to give Atlanta the lead 28-21, with 2:23 remaining in the game! It was Harold Carmichael who nearly broke free at the 30 for the 100-yard touchdown return, but Carmichael was turned by his own man for a 75-yard kick return. One play later with just 30 seconds remaining Eagles utility player Rudy Ford tied the game with a beautiful 25-yard touchdown catch for the Eagles who tied the game at 28-28! We are going into overtime! It’s anyone’s game! The Falcons had the luck of the draw, winning the overtime coin toss! Atlanta’s Gerald Riggs had a wide-open field, but he was turned at Atlanta's own 30-yard line on the kick return in overtime. That did not stop the superstar. Riggs turned it up running for 10, 12, 33, and 15 yards into the end zone in overtime running for his fifth touchdown of the game! Unbelievable! The Falcons walked away with this one 34-28, in a Week 2 tremendous victory! This was a career day for an already fantastic running back, and credit to the Eagles, another power team! Gerald Riggs was chasing Keith Byars single game rushing record in a 7-Game Season. Today, Riggs had nine rushes for 239-yards with four rushing touchdowns, setting a new LIEFL rushing record in the game, breaking Byars 2018 record of 224 yards. including a 61-yard-long touchdown. Riggs ran the ball back five times on kickoffs for 261-yards, including a sensational 100-yard kick return for a touchdown. Gerald Riggs had 14 touches for 500-yards with five touchdowns in the game! Keith Byars rushed for 150 yards on 7 carries, but he had three touchdowns including a 45-yard touchdown run. Harold Carmichael ran back the ball four times for 225 yards in the game! There was an amazing 62 points scored with 775 yards and nine touchdowns between the two teams! That's what we call an incredible matchup and a heartbreak for the Eagles who begin this season (0-2). PACK IS BACK WITH SECOND STRAIGHT WIN BEATING PANTHERS 24-21! These two teams are heavy rivals and with a pair of coaches who love to win in Packers coach Ed Viggs who won LIEFL Super Bowl VXI, and Matt Zoo-York winning LIEFL Super Bowl XVII, so anything can happen. To open the game, Green Bay star Sterling Sharpe had a beautiful 68-yard kick return. It only took two plays for a rejuvenated Terdell Middleton, who played great last week, to score on a 16-yard run to give the Packers the lead, 7-0. Middleton has 7,080 career all-purpose yards, with 59 touchdowns for Green Bay, but this is a new game, new vision, with Drafts, new player bases, and competitive coaching here in the northeast with our own competition just like other great leagues around the country. The Panthers wasted no time, tying the score on a 38-yard touchdown run by LIEFL All-Pro Deshaun Foster to tie the game 7-7! Foster is a beast! It was Green Bay's Terdell Middleton and Sterling Sharpe who were key on the next set of downs for the Packers. Sharpe set up the offense with great returns in the game, and Middleton exploded for runs of 42 yards, and then he had a 21-yard touchdown run right through the right side of the Panthers defense! The Packers took the lead 14-7, with the first half coming to a close! Panthers star kick returner and Big Man Greg Jones ran back a speedy 40-yard return. He was hit hard by Terdell Middleton. It only took three plays for Deshaun Foster to run his second touchdown into the end zone on an electrifying 41-yard run through right tackle, tying the game at 14-14! On the next set of downs Sterling Sharpe returned the kick 81-yards giving the Packers phenomenal field position. It was Terdell Middleton again who would get into the end zone from four yards with 3:45 remaining in the game with the Packers in the lead 21-14 in a great game! With time running out on the Carolina Panthers, in a miracle Greg Jones returned a hundred-yard kick to tie the game 21-21, with 2:16 left to go in the game in a nail biter! The pressure is on for Green Bay! On the ensuing kickoff Sterling Sharpe shined with an amazing run up the middle for 71-yards, but Sharpe was hit hard by LIEFL All-Pro lineman Kaa’wan Short with a little over a minute remaining in the game. The Packers delivered in Championship form. Green Bay had less than a minute to go in the game to pull off a run for four yards and then the Packers were forced to kick the field goal to win the game 24-21 in a stunner! The Packers and Panthers look super! Green Bay is (2-0) on the season and the Panthers played great at (1-1). These two will meet again! The story of the day was Packers Terdell Middleton's three touchdown runs for 118-yards, were electrifying, and his partner in crime Sterling Sharpe was a terrific setup man in the game with four kick returns for 257 yards in the win! DOLPHINS WIN 3-0 BATTLE AGAINST TEXANS AS OFFENSES GO GHOST! It is one of the strangest games we’ve seen in the LIEFL. After last week’s pouncing by the Indianapolis Colts 24-14, Houston Texans coach Levi Vick wasted no time in regaining control of his Texans and going into the more than 1,000 player bases sitting in the barrel who are free game in the league. With a player like Ron Dayne on offense it would be an injustice to not give Dayne the blocking he needs to succeed. Dayne is the one shining light that Houston has. Dayne performed hard last week against the tough Indianapolis Colts and their dominance over the Houston Texans. The Game: Miami began with a 52-yard kick return by Mark Duper. The Texans showed their resilience by shutting down Miami for the first time this season, and the first time in a long time for the Dolphins, on four consecutive plays, forcing the Dolphins to turn the ball over to the Texans at the 34-yard line of Miami. But even with star running back Ron Dayne, the Texans could not capitalize, and they missed the field-goal after being shut down themselves. With 3:04 remaining in the half the ball went back to the Dolphins. Lots of respect to that resilient Houston line. They stopped Miami again! In 15 minutes of football, for the first time this season, nobody scored. This was a battle of will between the Dolphins defense and the Texans defense who rose to the occasion. Texans lineman JJ Watt and tackle Mike Brisiel led the way. Brisiel had three tackles. He ran over both AJ Duhe and Manny Fernandez, two very respectable players. Players do stand out when there's no score, especially when they're making big plays. Ron Dayne and coach Levi Vick was totally stumped by the Dolphins defense. They were forced to pass twice for the first time this season. What a tough defensive battle with 12:13 left in the game and the ball belongs to the Dolphins. Houston showed Tremendous resilience. The defenses for both of these teams spoke as the game went on in the clock ticked, and with 4:52 remaining in the game there was still no score. On third down Mark Duper fell short of a first down and the Dolphins had a big decision to make because with the time left. Going for the first down on the run would be too risky for Miami, and Billy O'C's passing rate is shaky. If the Dolphins went for it on 4th down and didn't make it the Texans would get the ball back in Ron Dayne's hands and the Dolphins just couldn't risk that. Coach Billy O’C made the decision to kick the field goal, 3-0 Miami! When the Texans got the ball back Miami stopped them on a first down pass attempt by Levi Vick with seconds left in the game, and the Texans ran out of time and short of field goal range. I don't think this league has ever seen Ron Dayne held under 150 yards. Dayne had four touches for 37 all-purpose yards with zero touchdowns. Miami has a drought on offense. Dolphins running back Mercury Morris was no better. The speedy Morris had 10 touches for 30-yards with zero touchdowns. Even Duper only had 69 yards on two kick returns. Miami won 3-0! By the second game of the season coaches have to take a stand for their team like in any League. Since it's a seven-game season they have to rise to the occasion early to build the momentum. The best thing any team can do is win on the road. How could Houston get so beat up in Week #1 and then come back and play one of the best teams in the league and battle like this in Week #2 and told them to three points? That is how the Texans have to fight the rest of the season! It is a testament to good coaching and preparation. The Texans (0-2) are at New Orleans (0-1) in Week#3 and Miami goes to Cleveland (1-0) to face Jim Brown, Mike Pruitt, and a tough Browns defense in a rematch of last season's AFC Wild Card Game, which the Dolphins won 38-34! BUCS ARE FOR REAL BEATING STRUGGLING VIKINGS 10-3! The Tampa Bay Buccaneers come in hot after a big win in Week #1 and the Vikings will be tough to beat on their home turf, but a win on the road for Tampa Bay would be a huge pivot for them in the competitive and steamy NFC South Division. The Game: On the opening kickoff Vikings star Adrian Peterson returned the ball 61- yards, but the Vikings couldn't move the football against the overbearing Buccaneers Frontline led by Leroy Selmon and Warren Sapp, who have been trouble for offensive opponents thus far. The Vikings were held to a field goal to give them the lead 3-0! Watch out! Bucs LIEFL All-Pro and last week’s star, Jimmie Giles, is on fire opening up the game just like he did last week with a stunning 100-yard kick return for a touchdown, carrying over on his 448-yard performance last week against the Lions in the Bucs 31-28 victory! 7-3 Bucs, with 7:34 to go in the half! It's hard to measure the heart of a plastic player! After a 52-yard kick return Adrian Peterson had runs of 5, 10, 3, and 7 yards to the Tampa Bay 22-yard line as the first half closed. That Buccaneers defense stormed through the Vikings front line with Minnesota losing 15-yards in the running game. Warren Sapp played like a beast! Tampa Bay stopped the Vikings again with the score still 7-3, Tampa Bay in the lead. On Tampa Bay's first possession after stopping and stuffing Minnesota, the Buccaneers drove 54 yards downfield on a Dave Moore catch to set up the final score of the game. Tampa Bay kicked a 33-yard field goal after losing 15 yards to the Vikings defense, ending the game 10 3 and the Buccaneers go 2-0! Tampa Bay goes back home to face the high-flying Falcons (1-1) in a war! Minnesota (0-2) put themselves in a poor position. The Vikings need work. They play the Lions at home next week facing a red-hot Dexter Bussey and coach Johnny Freeport. PATRIOTS BEAT ALMIGHTY CHARGERS IN STRATEGIC BATTLE 10-7! Beating coach Ed Viggs wouldn’t be easy, but it is possible. We knew from the start this would be a big game with the Eastern Division Champion New England Patriots playing the Western Division Champion Los Angeles Chargers. There is a lot to prove between these two teams. Transfer coach Levi Vick (2-3) handed coach Ed Viggs (5-1) his first loss 10-7, as the Patriots continue their winning streak at home during the regular season at six! It was a war between two elite teams and as usual in these big games it comes down to strategy. Vick killed the clock and kept the ball out of LaDainian Tomlinson’s hands. THE GAME: Patriots running back Laurence Maroney ran four times for 10, 11, and 5-yards, and then New England was slammed by that Chargers defense led by Los Angeles LIEFL defensive end Earl Faison. But on third down Randy Moss IS BOSS, broke Free for a 35-yard touchdown catch to give the Patriots the lead 7-0, with 6:29 remaining in the half! Moss has his second huge play of the season. Last week Moss broke free for a 63-yard touchdown catch against Miami. He's quickly becoming this year's LIEFL's star receiver. The Chargers wasted no time. 2022 leading LIEFL rusher, LA running back LaDainian Tomlinson returned the ball 45-yards on the kickoff. Two plays later Tomlinson revved the Chargers offensive engine with a 44-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7, with 2:27 remaining in the half! From that point on, it was an aggressive defensive battle. We noticed early on in Week #1 that so many teams have improved with the Draft last February. New England did a super job killing the clock with key first downs by Laurence Maroney. He had three first downs in a row which brought the Patriots to the 28-yard line where they kicked the game-winning field goal 10-7! Maroney finished the day rushing 11 times for 52 yards. New England’s defense held LaDainian Tomlinson to 55-yards rushing with one touchdown. Tomlinson only had 45-kick return yards, and 100 all-purpose yards for the day. Levi Vick said, “That’s the only way to beat Viggs and his teams … ball and clock control.” Viggs said, “Levi can play, and he is learning the importance of a solid running game and defense. I think I pass more than anyone in the league. The Patriots made key plays against us, but as the season gets into playoff mode, we will be ready.” Coaches in the league thought the Chargers would beat New England on the Patriots home turf. They forgot that this is the same team that beat Miami at Miami in the season finale to win the AFC Eastern Division title. And Miami beat Los Angeles in the playoffs. The Chargers (1-1) go home to play the defending Super Bowl XVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs in what will be a highly anticipated battle between Coach Matt Zoo-York and Ed Viggs. New England (1-1) faces Coach Billy O’C’s Bills at Buffalo to face the current top dog in the league Jay Brown, in what could be a huge divisional matchup! BEARS EDGE SAINTS 14-10 WITH GAULT’S 100 YARD PERFORMANCE! We're still waiting to unpackage Bobby Biggs coaching skills and the New Orleans Saints five new draft picks. They were put to the test in this game against Coach Paddy Brannigan’s Week #1 winning Chicago Bears and the explosiveness of Willie Gault. Biggs claims he had plenty of guys like that in his old League that he came over from, and we're happy to hear it because that means he's a competitor and he can be the judge of the competition. But not so fast. Biggs is not ready to give the LIEFL any credit yet. Rather Biggs (1-3), is in the hunt to unhinge the historic league by proving he can be a rookie Super Bowl Champion! LIEFL Commissioner Billy O’C said, “Nothing is impossible. Biggs is a great coach who is great for the league and the competition. The road to a championship most likely will go through coach Ed Viggs. We all want to beat Viggs.” THE GAME: The Chicago Bears stuffed Reggie Bush after his 52-yard kick return. The New Orleans offense was unsuccessful in four straight plays at midfield. When the Bears got the ball, running back Walter Payton exploded for a 47-yard run to the three-yard line of New Orleans. On the next play Payton ran in a 3-yard touchdown run to give the visiting Bears a 7-0 lead, with 2:19 left in the first half! Bobby Biggs rebuilt the Saints the way he wanted them. The offensive line showed promise at times powering their way through a gritty Bears defense. Chicago had the #1 defense in the NFC last year with 83 points allowed, and they were #2 in the LIEFL. The Saints were tied for 11th with Green Bay on offense. On the ensuing kickoff, Reggie Bush returned a 60-yard kick on the ensuing kickoff. Bush was just getting revved up and four plays later he ran a 27-yard touchdown to tie the score 7-7 with 9:42 remaining in the game! Willie Gault buzzed an electrifying kick back 70 yards and Gault was hit hard by Saints lineman Bruce Clark at the 30 yard-line. In the final minutes of the game there was lots of back and forth. Gault exploded for a 30-yard touchdown run after a nice pass by Paddy Brannigan, to put the Chicago Bears up 14-7! Bobby Biggs’ (1-3) last ditch effort to manage the clock seemed almost impossible. Biggs dropped another game, this time to the tough and gritty Chicago Bears (2-0), who put in a valiant effort. Chicago faces the undefeated Packers at home next week, and New Orleans must again fight for their season. They face the winless Texans at home next week. Bobby Biggs seemed very frustrated and would make no comment. BILLS ROMP RAIDERS IN WILD 28-24 WIN! The Buffalo Bills are coming off of a tremendous game against the Kansas City Chiefs which was the game of the week last week. The Chiefs may have won that game but in that game Buffalo's kick returner Jay Brown made his name known throughout the league last week with his 495 all-purpose yards and his four historic 100-yard touchdown returns. Coach Billy O'C expects more out of Brown in today's matchup. It didn't take long for the Bills to score in this wild offensive shootout with Las Vegas. THE GAME: Last Week’s LIEFL Player of the Week Jay Brown ran back a 48-yard kick return and was hit hard by Raider’s lineman Gene Upshaw. It only took one play, a 52-yard run into the end zone for OJ Simpson to give the Bills the lead 7-0, with 12:41 remaining in the half! Las Vegas star Dave Casper ran back a 94-yard kick return for the Raiders to open the Raiders first drive. The Buffalo defense stopped the Raiders on three straight plays undoing Casper's Good return. It's evident the Raiders had issues on offense for coach Kevin Mac. The Raiders running game has been stuffed two straight games. Bo Jackson had 41-yards rushing against Denver last week, and this week he carried the ball two times, but Jackson was unsuccessful gaining a single yard. They had to settle for a field goal with 6:31 remaining in the half, 7-3 Buffalo! Wow! Buffalo's Jay Brown ran back an electrifying 100-yard kick return for a touchdown, Brown’s fifth 100-yard kick return of the season with Dave Casper running right next to him, to put the Bills ahead 14-3 with 5:28 remaining in the half. The Buffalo offense is on fire! The Raiders wasted no time. Dave Casper ran back a 60-yard return and Marcel Darius made an incredible open field tackle saving the Bills from a certain 100-yard return. Running back Mark van Egan got open on first down for a 40-yard touchdown for the Raiders, 14-10 Buffalo, with 1:27 remaining in the half! Jay Brown ran another speedy 43-yard return to set up the Buffalo offense. OJ Simpson ran for a first down and then one play after that Simpson exploded for a 47-yard touchdown into the end zone! The Bills put the AFC on notice, Watch out! Simpson already has 108 yards rushing in the game with 12:59 remaining! Unbelievable! The Raiders special team unit does it again with Dave Casper running back his first hundred-yard kick return of the season to make the score 21-17 Buffalo, with 11:42 remaining in the game. That's the Raiders we're used to! The Buffalo Bills offense is relentless. After a short kick return by Jay Brown, Bo Jackson made a great play for Las Vegas, and the Bills were held to 26 yards on the play. That didn't stop OJ Simpson who drove 76 yards downfield in five running plays into the end zone for his third touchdown of the game to make the score 28-17 Buffalo had the lead with 2:44 remaining in the game, and what a game it's been! Coach Billy O'C has these Bills in playoff form! The Raiders used their time wisely after a 62-yard kick return by Dave Casper. Casper then on the next play quarter 38-yard touchdown pass with time running out. Buffalo walks away with the victory in a great game 28-24, and the Raiders turned it around in the second half to keep it close! OJ Simpson rushed for 183-yards with three touchdowns and Jay Brown added 217 yards on kick returns and 100-yard return. OJ had 194 yards rushing against Dallas on November 6, 2019, adding this one to the record books of the LIEFL best rushers in a 7-Game Season. Dave Casper exploded on the Buffalo defense with six touches and 363-yards with two touchdowns, including 100-yard kick return for a touchdown! When Casper gets hot, the Raiders streak! The Jets are at Las Vegas next week in Week #3, and the Patriots face Buffalo at Buffalo in a huge match up! GIANTS OFFENSE MATCHES RAMS IN EXPLOSIVE 21-17 WIN! After Coach Pizz Week #1 loss to Washington 17-6, Pizz had to regroup with his Giants so that they don't let the season get away. Anything can happen in what is beginning to become a very intense league much earlier than we expected. On the opening kickoff Giants LIEFL All-Pro Offensive Player of the Year in 2022, Ahmad Bradshaw returned the ball 60 yards. New York need Bradshaw at his best! The Giants earned every yard from there with running back Saquon Barkley running for 4, 31, and 4-yards into the end zone, Giants 7-0 with 10:14 remaining in the half! The Giants defense stepped up huge against the Rams after the Reverend Isaac Bruce returned the 76-yard kick return. The Giants defense came alive and stomped down the Rams offense, forcing them to kick a field goal 7-3, Giants in the lead. On the ensuing kickoff, Ahmad Bradshaw ran back an electrifying 100-yard kick return, his first of the new season, to give the Giants the lead 14-3, with 2:08 remaining in the half! The Giants came to play today against Billy OC's Rams. After a speedy 39-yard return by Isaac Bruce for Los Angeles, Rams running back Wendell Tyler exploded for a 61-yard touchdown run up the middle, making the score 14-10 Giants, with 14:20 remaining in the game! Tyler ran a spectacular run. Is the Giants center vulnerable? We’ll find out. On the Giants next possession, Ahmad Bradshaw returned the ball 32-yards. Four plays later, on runs of 4, 20, and 44-yards, it was Shaquon Barkley getting into the end zone celebrating Barkley's second touchdown of the game to make the score 21-10 Giants, with 7:41 remaining in the game! The Rams never gave up. They finished the game with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Eric Dickerson with the Rams losing in a close one 21-17! When the Giants have Bradshaw involved in the game they win. Bradshaw had 192 yards on kick returns, plus a 100-yard touchdown run. To perform at the same level as he did last season might be too much to ask, but Pizz is confident that Bradshaw will remain consistent. Barkley rushed for 107-yards with two touchdowns, including a 44-yard touchdown run. For the Rams Wendell Tyler had six touches for 105 yards and a 61-yard touchdown run. Isaac Bruce was his consistent self with 166 yards on three kick returns! GRITTY JETS BEAT A TOUGH JAGUARS TEAM 17-14! The Jets played a great game last week against Dallas. Their offense was explosive. Coach Joey Pizz said that he needs a win, and he need to get into a rhythm like he did last week with his Jets. Running back Le'Veon Bell had 145-yards rushing with three touchdowns against a premiere Dallas defense. THE GAME: On the Jets first possession Jets kick returner Wesley Walker returned the kick 53-yards to set up Le'Veon Bell. Bell and the Jets offense continues to impress as Bell ran a 47-yard touchdown run on his second try against a swarming Jaguars defense, 7-0 Jets with 11:55 remaining in the half! It didn't take long for Jacksonville's LIEFL All-Pro Freddie Taylor to get back at the Jets. Taylor busted out for a 68-yard kick return and then he had runs of 6, 25, and a 2-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7! On the ensuing kickoff Wesley Walker ran back at 37-yard run. Then he came up huge on 3rd down for a 47-yard pass reception to bring the ball to the Jacksonville 32-yard line. One play later, Le'Veon Bell exploded for his second touchdown of the game from 32-yards with 10:53 remaining in the game! Both teams are very impressive! Jaguars Freddie Taylor answered with a terrific 100-yard kick return to a wide open left side of the Jets defense to tie the score 14-14 with 9:20 left to go in the game! The Jets used Don Maynard again like they did in Week #1 when Maynard ran back a 100-yard touchdown against Dallas. This time Maynard was clobbered after running the ball back 38 yards by Jacksonville lineman Abry Jones. The Jets earn their way to the 2 yard line but could not score on the run. They kicked a field goal 17-14, and the Jaguars had one last run by Freddy Taylor for 47- yards but it wasn't enough, the Jets win their first game at home 17-14 over a fierce Jaguar defense. LIONS BEAT CHIEFS 23-17 IN OVERTIME AS BUSSEY SHINES WITH 323 YARDS! When we saw this game on the schedule, we knew that this was a showdown game between the defending LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs on the road against Dexter Bussey and the Detroit Lions. But not so fast in who's better on the metal gridiron. That's coach Matt Zoo York for the Chiefs and the mouth of the league Johnny Freeport with his beloved Lions who definitely have improved their defense. Tyreek Hill is right up there with the best of them in this league and the Chiefs will not be intimidated by the Lions. In fact, the Chiefs defense is ready. THE GAME: On the opening kickoff, Lions star Dexter Bussey ran back a 61-yard kick return followed by runs of 10, 16, 1 yard, and then Bussey had a 14-yard touchdown pass to give Detroit the lead 7-0, with 6:25 remaining in the half. Kansas City wasted no time, with Tyreek Hill blazing a 50-yard run to set up running back Priest Holmes and the Chiefs offense. In one play, Holmes ran a 50-yard touchdown breaking through the left side of the Chiefs defense behind Detroit tackle Lomas Brown, into the end zone to tie the game 7-7 with 602 remaining in half. On an unbelievable kickoff return for the Lions, Dexter Bussey buzzed down field for an amazing 100-run for the touchdown to give Detroit the lead, 14-7. Kansas City came right back. Tyreek Hill returning the ball 35-yards and five plays later Tight end Tony Gonzalez caught a terrific 51-yard pass for a touchdown to tie the score at 14-14, with 11:07 remaining in an intense game! Dexter Bussey ran back a 51-yard kick return on the ensuing kickoff. On first down Bussey ran a gritty 20-yard first down, and the Lions are coming for the Chiefs. Detroit couldn't get it done on offense. The Chief answered the call to toughen their grip defensively, and they forced the Lions to kick a field goal after falling short of the first down. Detroit took the lead, 17-14. The Chiefs came charging downfield, but Tyreek Hill was destroyed in the backfield by Priest Holmes, returning the ball 22 yards. On the next play it was Tony Gonzalez again, who exploded for a 68-yard first down to the seven-yard line where the Chiefs kick the field goal to tie the game at 17-17! We are going into overtime with the Lions winning the coin toss! In overtime, Dexter Bussey ran for a 35-yard kick return on his final kick off of the game. Bussey then ran off tackle Lomas Brown for 15-yards after being stopped on two runs. Johnny Freeport then threw a bomb to Herman Moore who caught a 50-yard touchdown pass in 3:33 of overtime to give Detroit the victory 23-17, over the Almighty Kansas City Chiefs! What a game! Johnny Freeport was running his mouth and wouldn't stop. "You better watch out Zoo, Chucker is winning this year's Super Bowl. You are overrated," said Johnny Freeport. There was no response from Matt Zoo-York. Lions superstar and LIEFL All-Pro Dexter Bussey, who is one of the greatest backs in the history of the LIEFL, finished the game with 13 touches for 323 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns, including a 100-yard kick return! Bussey is hot! That's his second straight 300-yard game, giving him 19 touches for 691 all-purpose yards with five touchdowns, including four 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns this season. With two LIEFL Super Bowl's to Detroit's credit, Bussey has 11,163 career all-purpose yards with 78 touchdowns before the season started. Detroit heads to Minnesota next week to face the (0-2) Vikings in a huge division game for both teams. Historically slow starters, coaches are baffled with the Vikings play. After making it to the NFC Divisional Game last season, they have had a rough start this year. Kansas City played great against these Lions and they just didn't have the luck-of-the-draw. Chiefs Tight end Tony Gonzalez had a Big day catching two passes for 119 yards with one touchdown. Kansas City plays a huge divisional game at their rivalry Los Angeles Chargers (1-1)! FOR PURPOSES OF SPACE AND READING WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE REMAINING SIX GAMES IN WEEK 1 DURING THE WEEK AS WE FINISH.

LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEADERBOARD 2023 AFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Holmes-KC 10-211-4/59 2. Bell-NYJ 3-145-3/51TD 3. Davis-DEN 9-106-2/45TD 4. Tomlinson-LAC 5-90-1/46TD 5. Henry-TEN-7-82-1/58TD 6. Morris-MIA-8-79-1/43TD 7. Dayne-HOU-10-64-1/64TD 8. Woods-CIN-3-52-1/33TD 9. J. Lewis-BAL 7-47-1/23 10. B. Jackson-LVR 6-41-0/32 NFC Rushing YARDS Team (Carries-Yards-TD’s-Longest Run) 1. Smith-DAL 15-193-3/45TD 2. Riggs-ATL 7-140-2/60TD 3. Middleton-GB 8-112-1/40 4. Watters-SF 14-98-0/19 5. Foster-CAR 6-96-1/70TD* 6. Bush-NOS 7-82-1/50TD 7. Green-WAS 6-80-1/60TD 8. Payton-CHI 5-74-1/65TD 9. OJ Anderson-AZ 6-42-0/18 10. Tyler-LAR 5-38-0/25 AFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. J. Brown-BUF 5-495-4/4x 100TD 2. Hill-KC 6-359-1/100 3. Taylor-JAC 11-282-1/82 4. Dayne-HOU 15-258-1/64TD 5. Brown-CLE 6-254-2/71 6. Mason-BAL 3-243-1/100TD 7. Tomlinson-LAC 8-228-1/47 8. Davis-DEN 11-223-2/76 9. Addai-IND 5-215-3/100TD 10. Duper-MIA 3-188-1/100TD NFC All-Purpose YARDS 1. Giles-TB 8-448-2/100TD 2. Bussey-DET 4-368-3/3 X 100TDS 3. Owens-DAL 6-303-1/82 4. Green-WAS 10-287-2/100TD 5. Riggs-ATL 10-278-2/60TD 6. Gault-CHI 5-269-2/100TD 7. Gray-AZ 4-191-1/60 8. Bruce-LAR 2-142-1/100TD 9. Sharpe-GB 4-138-1/44 10. Bradshaw-NYG 2-119-0/72 AFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Ja. Brown-BUF 5-495-4/4 x 100TD 2. Hill-KC 6-359-1/100TD 3. Taylor-JAC 4-264-0/82 4. Mason-BAL 3-243-1/100TD 5. Addai-IND 2-199-1/100TD, 99 6. Dayne-HOU 4-194-0/60 7. Duper-MIA 3-188-1/100TD 8. Brown-CLE 3-172-0/71 9. Walker-NYJ 3-155-0/51 10. Jones-TENN 3-145-0/57 NFC Kick Return YARDS 1. Giles-TB 6-382-1/100 2. Bussey-DET 4-368-3/3X100TDS 3. Owens-DAL 5-265-0/62 4. Gault-CHI 5-265-0/62 5. Green-WAS 3-230-1/100TD 6. Gray-AZ 3-154-0/60 7. Bruce-LAR 2-142-1/100TD 8. Riggs-ATL 3-138-0/60 9. Bradshaw-NYG 2-119-0/72 10. Sharpe-GC 3-113-0/44 AFC Receiving YARDS 1. Moss-NE 1-63-1/63TD 2. Hurns-JAC 1-57-1/57TD 3. Griffin-HOU 1-53-1/53TD 4. Gronkowski-NE 1-53-0/53 5. Alsworth-LAC 1-53-1/53TD NFC Receiving YARDS 1. Ditka-CH 1-79-1/79TD 2. Giles-TB 2-66-1/50TD 3. Moore-TB 1-45-1/45TD 4. Prohel-LAR 2-42-1/42TD 5. Middleton-GB 1-42-0/42

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2023 LIEFL SEASON COACHING Rankings $3200 on the Line! $1800 to the 2023 Super Bowl XVII Champion $1400 to the Runner Up! Coaches and Rank W L Our Rich History 1.Eddie Viggs Redskins, 49ers, Chargers, Packers 2022 (19-14) LIEFL SUPER BOWL X V I I RUNNER UP BEGAN $ SWEEPSTAKES IN 2017 $1400 WINNER 2022 $1800 WINNER 2020 $1400 WINNER 2018 $1800 WINNER 2019 4 0 1976 Merged Leagues with Billy O’C and Matt-Zoo Four-Time LIEFL Champion. 1984 LIEFL SUPER BOWL VII CHAMPION! Washington Redskins beat Miami 34-31 in (OT)! 2018 LIEFL SUPER BOWL XIV CHAMPION LA Rams beat LA Chargers 31-28! Viggie played with Billy O’C’s Rams and Beat Billy O’C again in 2019 when in SUPER BOWL XV, the LA Rams beat the Miami Dolphins 44-41 in (OT)! 2020 LIEFL SUPER BOWL XVI Green Bay Packers beat Miami 52-49! Played many tournaments in Nashville TN. Lost Super Bowl XVII Chiefs 44- 49ers 37! (LIEFL ALL-TIME RECORD: W-399 L-339) 2. Matt “Zoo-York” Eagles, Panthers, Chiefs, Browns 2022 (20-14) SUPER BOWL X V I I CHAMPION $1800 WINNER 3 1 1976 Merged Leagues with Viggs and O’C to form the LIEFL Moved to Long Island from the South Bronx in 1976 when “The Bronx was Burning”. One Time NFC Champion 1995 Philadelphia Eagles. Lost to Miami in LIEFL SUPER BOWL IX 20-17 in (OT). Won first LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Chiefs 47 49ers 37! (LIEFL ALL TIME RECORD: W-263 L-285) 3.Billy O’C Dolphins, Bills, Colts, Rams 2022 (17-15) $1400 WINNER 2020 $1800 WINNER 2018 $1400 WINNER 2019 $1800 WINNER 2017 3 1 1972 Founder with his mother Sylvia an elite International Athlete from Cuba. (Miami Six-Time LIEFL Champion) Started playing in 1972. Began record keeping thereafter: LIEFL SUPER BOWL I CHAMPION 1974-75 Miami beat Green Bay 24-17 (Mom) SUPER BOWL III 1977-78 Miami beat Green Bay 28-3, SUPER BOWL IV 1978-79 Miami beat New Orleans 34-28, SUPER BOWL V 1980-81, Miami beat Washington 21-10! SUPER BOWL VI 1982-83, Miami beat San Francisco 27-2! SUPER BOWL IX 1995 Miami beat Philadelphia 20-17 in OT! Faced Miggle Toys Selection for Long Island and beat the Miggle EF Selection 21-7 with LIEFL #10 Ranked Battle-Proven Dallas Cowboys (LIEFL Career Record 87-75)! (Miami Dolphins 154-38). WON 2017 SUPER BOWL XIII Buffalo 49 Detroit 35 vs. Chucker! The biggest games in the Eastern USA, and best competition have been right here in our own LIEFL! BUSY BUSY BUSY! Retired from tournament play--No Longer active in tournaments but tries to get kids to play the game at the local YMCA. (LIEFL RECORD: W-420 L-301) 4.Paddy “Moose” Brannigan Steelers, Bears, Broncos, Seahawks 2022 (12-16) 2 1 Since 1978. Merged with Billy O’C, Matt-Zoo, Eddie Viggs, and Joey Pizz. One-Time LIEFL Champion. Biggest Games: 2000 Chicago Bears in LIEFL SUPER BOWL X beat Miami 45-38 in (OT)! Also had an undefeated Denver team 14-0 in 1982-83 season. (The only team other than Miami to go undefeated in LIEFL). UPSET in AFC Divisional Game by Billy O’C’s Buffalo Bills 28-27! (LIEFL ALL TIME RECORD: W-347 L-322) 5.Joey “Pizz” Pizzenti Jets, Vikings, Giants, Buccaneers 2022 (16-15) 1 2 1978 Merged his teams with Billy O’C, Matt-Zoo and Eddie Viggs “The Originals” Biggest Game: 2008 NFC Champion New York Giants lost to Oakland in LIEFL Super Bowl XI 27-21 in (OT). (LIEFL ALL TIME RECORD: W-338 L-360) 6.Johnny “Freeport Chucker” Falcons, Lions, Ravens, Bengals 2022 (14-15) $1400 WINNER 2017 1 3 Joined in 2000, not 2016. LIEFL SUPER BOWL XII Champion 2016 Detroit Lions beat New England 42-17! Made it to LIEFL SUPER BOWL XIII 2017, lost to Buffalo 49-35! (LIEFL ALL TIME RECORD: W-225 L-280) 7.Levi “Country” Vick Cowboys, Patriots, Texans 2022 (13-16) 1 2 2020 Invited by Joey Pizz to join. This is Vick’s second season. Biggest Game: 2020 1st Round Qualifier with the Dallas Cowboys lost to Washington in the LIEFL 2020 Wild Card Game 45-37. Won two Titles in his Nassau League. (LIEFL ALL TIME RECORD: W-22 L-34) 8. Bobby “Biggs” Jaguars, Seahawks and Saints 1 2 LIEFL ROOKIE COACH. Claims to have competed in several leagues. 9.Kevin “Mac” Cardinals, Raiders, Titans 2022 (12-16) 0 3 Joined us from the folded Connetquot League Joined in 2000—Been with LIEFL since. 1995 LIEFL Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints, beat Miami LIEFL SUPER BOWL VIII 26-20 in (DOT). 2008 Oakland Raiders LIEFL SUPER BOWL XI beat New York Giants 27-21 in an Overtime stunner! (LIEFL ALL TIME RECORD: W-334 L-354) Joe Bino Well respected coach. Has played with all the teams. 0 0 Bino had his own league in 1976. Joined the LIEFL as the Alternate coach in 1984. Biggest Game in LIEFL 1983-84 in the LIEFL AFC Wild Card Game lost to Denver 33-32 with his Indianapolis Colts at the time! Exceptional Competitor who fills in when a coach has two of his teams playing each other on LIEFL schedule. In 1977 played first Championship outside of the LIEFL when Billy O’C’s (Haiti men, a much smaller team) Miami Dolphins beat Bino’s MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY GAME 67-Big Men Philadelphia Eagles 3-0! WEEK#2 SCHEDULE 1. Eagles (0-1) at Falcons (0-1) 2. Panthers (1-0) at Packers (1-0) 3. Texans at Dolphins (1-0) 4. Buccaneers (1-0) at Vikings (0-1) 5. Chargers (1-0) at Patriots (0-1) 6. Bears (1-0) at Saints (0-1) 7. Raiders (0-1) at Bills (0-1) 8. Rams (1-0) at Giants (0-1) 9. Jaguars (1-0) at Jets (0-1) 10. Chiefs (1-0) at Lions (0-1) 11. Bengals (0-1) at Broncos (1-0) 12. Cardinals (0-1) at Redskins (1-0) 13. Browns (1-0) at Colts (1-0) 14. Seahawks (0-1) at Steelers 0-1) 15. Ravens (1-0) at Titans (0-1) 16. Cowboys (1-0) at 49ers (1-0) Game of the Week: Player of the Week: WEEK #3 SCHEDULE 17. Dolphins at Browns 18. Giants at Eagles 19. Patriots at Bills 20. Redskins at Cowboys 21. Jets at Raiders 22. 49ers at Bengals 23. Chiefs at Chargers 24. Cardinals at Seahawks 25. Broncos at Titans 26. Packers at Bears 27. Steelers at Colts 28. Lions at Vikings 29. Ravens at Rams 30. Jaguars at Panthers 31. Falcons at Buccaneers 32. Texans at Saints Game of the Week: Player of the Week: WEEK#4 SCHEDULE 33. Browns at Bengals 34. Giants at Saints 35. Buccaneers at Titans 36. Panthers at Colts 37. Packers at Lions 38. Steelers at Chiefs 39. Bears at Raiders 40. Vikings at Falcons 41. Texans at Jaguars 42. Patriots at Eagles 43. Cardinals at Rams 44. Dolphins at Cowboys 45. Redskins at Seahawks 46. Bills at Jets 47. 49ers at Ravens 48. Broncos at Chargers Game of the Week: Player of the Week: WEEK#5 SCHEDULE 49. Raiders at Dolphins 50. Falcons at Texans 51. Chiefs at Bears 52. Chargers at Jaguars 53. Packers at Giants 54. Titans at Bills 55. Jets at Redskins 56. Cowboys at Cardinals 57. Eagles at Seahawks 58. Broncos at Vikings 59. Rams at 49ers 60. Ravens at Browns 61. Bengals at Steelers 62. Saints at Lions 63. Colts at Patriots 64. Panthers at Buccaneers Game of the Week: Player of the Week: WEEK#6 SCHEDULE 65. Falcons at Panthers 66. Chiefs at Jets 67. Raiders at Packers 68. Saints at Titans 69. Buccaneers at Jaguars 70. Vikings at Lions 71. Eagles at Dolphins 72. Bears at Broncos 73. Patriots at Redskins 74. 49ers at Cardinals 75. Bills at Chargers 76. Rams at Seahawks 77. Browns at Steelers 78. Giants at Cowboys 79. Colts at Ravens 80. Texans at Bengals Game of the Week: Player of the Week: WEEK#7 SCHEDULE END REGULAR SEASON 1. Dolphins at Bills 2. Packers at Chiefs 3. Panthers at Texans 100. Broncos at Patriots 101. Jets at Eagles 102. Browns at Cardinals 103. Ravens at Chargers 104. Bengals at Rams 105. Titans at Colts 106. Jaguars at Falcons 107. Redskins at Giants 108. Cowboys at Buccaneers 109. Steelers at 49ers 110. Seahawks at Bears 111. Saints at Vikings 112. Lions at Raiders Game of the Week: Player of the Week: 2023 LIEFL Playoffs Road to

2023 LONG ISLAND ELECTRIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIEFL 7th REGULAR 7-GAME SEASON STANDINGS LIEFL AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AFC East W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Miami (7-3) 1 0 17 14 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Buffalo (4-3) 0 1 35 38 5 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 New York (3-4) 0 1 28 34 4 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 New England (5-3) 0 1 14 17 2 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 TOTALS: AFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Kansas City (8-3) 1 0 38 35 5 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Denver (3-4) 1 0 17 3 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Los Angeles (6-2) 1 0 17 2 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 LV Raiders (3-4) 0 1 3 17 0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 TOTALS: AFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Cleveland (4-4) 1 0 17 14 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Baltimore (3-4) 1 0 21 14 3 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Pittsburgh (3-4) 0 1 14 21 2 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 Cincinnati (3-4) 0 1 14 17 2 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 TOTALS: AFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON NFC Jacksonville (3-4) 1 0 17 14 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Indianapolis (3-4) 1 0 24 14 3 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Tennessee (5-3) 0 1 14 17 2 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 Houston (3-4) 0 1 14 24 2 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 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) 1 0 17 6 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Dallas (2-5) 1 0 34 28 5 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 New York (7-3) 0 1 6 17 0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 Philadelphia (3-4) 0 1 7 14 1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 TOTALS: NFC West W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC San Francisco (7-4) 1 0 14 7 2 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 Los Angeles (2-5) 1 0 14 7 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Seattle (3-4) 0 1 7 14 1 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 Arizona (2-5) 0 1 13 14 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 TOTALS: NFC North W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Green Bay (5-3) 1 0 17 14 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Chicago (3-4) 1 0 27 21 4 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Minnesota (4-5) 0 1 10 17 1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 Detroit (3-4) 0 1 28 31 4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 TOTALS: NFC South W L PF PA TD H A DIV CON AFC Tampa Bay (3-4) 1 0 31 28 4 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Carolina (5-3) 1 0 14 13 2 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 Atlanta (5-3) 0 1 21 27 3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 New Orleans (1-6) 0 1 14 17 2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 TOTALS: KICKOFF!!! 2023 LONG ISLAND EFL SCHEDULE (7TH 7 GAME SEASON IN LIEFL HISTORY! WEEK#1 SCHEDULE AUGUST 25, 2023-September 17, 2023 (Indicates scores and 100+ All-Purpose Yard Players for the week). 1. 14 Steelers (3-4) at Ravens (3-4) 21 (BAL-Mason 3-243-1/100TD, PIT-Swann 3-148-1/66). 2. 6 Giants (7-3) at Redskins (3-5) 17 (WAS-Green 10-287-2/100TD, NYG-Bradshaw 2-119-0/72) 3. 14 Bengals (3-4) at Browns (4-4) 17 (CLEV-J. Brown 6-254-2/71, CIN-Collinsworth 1-100-1/100TD) 4. 14 Patriots (5-3) at Miami (7-3) 17 (MIA-Duper 3-188-1/100TD, NE-Gronkowski 3-142-0/53) 5. 34 Cowboys (2-5) at Jets (3-4) 28 (9:34 OT) (NYJ-Bell 3-145-3/51TD, Walker 3-155-0/51, Maynard 1-100-1/100TD, DAL-Smith 15-193-3/45TD, Owens 6-303-1/62) * Historic Game! 6. 3 Raiders (3-4) at Broncos (3-4) 17 (DEN-Davis 11-233-2/76) 7. 14 Titans (5-3) at Jaguars (3-4) 17 (6:02 OT) (JAC-Taylor 11-282-1, TEN-B. Jones 4-167-1/57) 8. 7 Eagles (3-4) at Rams (2-5) 14 (LAR-Bruce 2-142-1/100TD, PHI-Carmichael 2-119-0/80) 9. 35 Bills (5-4) at Chiefs (8-3) 38 (KC-Holmes 10-211-4/59, Hill-6-359-1/100TD, BUF-Brown 5-495-4/4 X 100TDS) *** RECORD! Historic Game! 10. 7 Seahawks (3-4) at 49ers (7-4) 14 (SEA-Lynch 5-162-1/59TD) 11. 14 Panthers (5-3) at Cardinals (2-5) 13 (AZ-Gray 4-191-0/60) 12. 28 Lions (3-4) at Buccaneers (3-4) 31 (TB-Giles 8-448-2/100TD, DET-Bussey 4-368-3/3x100TDS) 13. 14 Saints (1-6) at Packers (5-3) 17 (GB-Middleton9-154-1/42, Sharpe 4-138-1/44, NO-Bush 8-116-1/50TD) 14. 21 Falcons (5-3) at Bears (3-4) 27 (1:44 OT) (CHI-Gault 5-269-2/100TD, ATL-Riggs 10-278-2/60TD) 15. 10 Vikings (4-5) at Chargers (6-2) 17 (LAC-Tomlinson 8-228-1/47, MIN-Peterson 9-112-0/75) 16. 24 Colts (3-4) at Texans (3-4)14 (HOU-Dayne 12-258-1/64TD, IND-Addai 5-215-3/100TD) Game of the Week: 35 Bills (5-4) at Chiefs (8-3) 38 (KC-Holmes 10-211-4/59, Hill-6-359-1/100TD, BUF-Brown 5-495-4/4 X 100TDS) *** RECORD! Player of the Week: BUF-Brown 5-495-4/4 X 100TDS BROKE 100 YARD KICK RETURN RECORD WITH 4 IN ONE GAME! WEEK#2 SCHEDULE 1. Eagles (0-1) at Falcons (0-1) 2. Panthers (1-0) at Packers (1-0) 3. Texans (0-1) at Dolphins (1-0) 4. Buccaneers (1-0) at Vikings (0-1) 5. Chargers (1-0) at Patriots (0-1) 6. Bears (1-0) at Saints (0-1) 7. Raiders (0-1) at Bills (0-1) 8. Rams (1-0) at Giants (0-1) 9. Jaguars (1-0) at Jets (0-1) 10. Chiefs (1-0) at Lions (0-1) 11. Bengals (0-1) at Broncos (1-0) 12. Cardinals (0-1) at Redskins (1-0) 13. Browns (1-0) at Colts (1-0) 14. Seahawks (0-1) at Steelers 0-1) 15. Ravens (1-0) at Titans (0-1) 16. Cowboys (1-0) at 49ers (1-0) Game of the Week: Player of the Week: 2023 Long Island EFL STATISTICS LEADERBOARD WEEK 1 AFC RUSHING LEADERBOARD RECORD TO BEAT: Tomlinson 55-743-12 2022 LEADERBOARD 2023 LEADERBOARD Holmes-KC 2 2022-47-618-10/60TD 10-211-4/59 Bell-NYJ 16 2022-24-246-4/58TD 3-145-3/51TD Davis-DEN 10 2022-47-478-6/56TD 9-106-2/45TD Tomlinson-LAC 1 2022-55-743-12/58TD*** 5-90-1/46TD Henry-TENN 5 2022-42-517-7/64TD 7-82-1/58TD Morris-MIA 4 2022-52-533-8/38TD 8-79-1/43TD Dayne-HOU 8 2022-49-489-9/51 10-64-1/64TD Woods-CIN 11 2022-36-382-4/51TD 3-52-1/33TD Lewis-BAL 9 2022-39-487-8/61 7-47-1/23 B. Jackson-LVR 14 2022-45-363-8/62TD 6-41-0/32 Brown-CLE 17 2022-3-32-1/22TD 2-39-1/39TD Bettis-PITT 6 2022-52-497-7/64, 62TD 5-34-1/34TD M. Pruitt-CLE 15 2022-43-268-5/50TD 8-30-0/11 Addai-IND 3 2022-53-579-14/59TD 3-16-2/15TD Taylor-JAC 7 2022-53-494-7/65TD 7-18-1/18TD Simpson-BUF 12 2022-48-378-6/55 1-4-1/4 Maroney-NE 13 2022-40-376-5/61 5-9-1/5TD NFC RUSHING LEADERS NFC & LIEFL RECORD TO BEAT: SF-Watters: 2019/65-925-18TDS 2022 LEADERBOARD 2023 LEADERBOARD E. Smith-DAL 15 2022/40-274-5/36TD 15-193-3/45TD Riggs-ATL 6 2022/43-465-9/33TD 7-140-2/60TD Middleton-GB 17 2022/22-117-1/24 8-112-1/40 Watters-SF 5 2022/38-524-7/51TD 14-98-0/19 Foster-CAR 2 2022/48-639-12/72TD 6-96-1/70TD* Bush-NO 11 2022/45-303-3/52TD 7-82-1/50TD Green-WASH 9 2022/44-379-7/52TD 6-80-1/60TD Payton-CHI 12 2022/40-302-5/58TD 5-74-1/65TD OJ Anderson-AZ 14 2022/38-283-4/61TD 6-42-0/18 LA-Tyler 7 2022/48-459-9/61TD 5-38-0/25 Alstott-TB 16 2022/12-153-2/63TD 4-11-0/11 Byars-PHIL 1 2022/38-704-11/74TD 5-7-0/4 Peterson-MIN 10 2022/51-315-3/33TD 7-4-0/4 Lynch-SEA 3 2022/42-629-9/68 2-0-0/0 Barkley-NYG 4 2022/55-582-10/46TD 6-0-0/0 Bussey-DET 8 2022/55-398-5/57TD 2-0-0/0 Taylor-GB 13 2022/24-285-2/59TD 0-0-0 AFC ALL-PURPOSE LEADERS AFC RECORD TO BEAT: KC-Holmes (68-1942-16) (2018) 2020 LEADERBOARD 2023 LEADERBOARD Ray Brown-BUF 17 2022/6-345-2/100TD 5-495-4/4x 100TD Hill-KC 16 2022/16-723-1/100TD 6-359-1/100TD Taylor-JAC 6 2022/69-1359-9/ 100TD 11-282-1/82 Dayne-HOU 4 2022/72-1590-15/2x100TD 15-258-1/64TD Brown-CLE 9 2022/24-1116-5/4X100TD 6-254-2/71 Mason-BAL 10 2022/22-1052-1/100TD 3-243-1/100TD Tomlinson-LAC 3 2022/83-1624-13/63 8-228-1/47 Davis-DEN 2 2022/67-1708-10/4X100TD 11-223-2/76 Addai-IND 1 2022/73-1730-15/70 5-215-3/100TD Duper-MIA 15 2022/14-736-2/2x100TD 3-188-1/100TD B. Jones-TEN 103 2022/18-758-3/100TD 4-167-1/57 Walker-NYJ 14 2022/20-756-1/100TD 3-155-0/51 Swann-PITT 11 2022/21-894-4/82 3-148-1/66 Gronkowski-NE 8 2022/22-1260-5/3x 100TDS 3-142-0/53 Collinsworth-CIN 2022/0-0-0 1-100-1/100TD Casper-LVR 5 2022/28-1495-6/4X100TD 2-81-0/46 O. Johnson-CIN 12 2022/19-892-2/100TD 1-48-0/48 Simpson-BUF 7 2022/66-1341-10/2X100TDS 0-0-0 NFC ALL-PURPOSE LEADERS LIEFL & NFC RECORD TO BEAT: ATL-Riggs (78-2339-21) (2019) 2022 LEADERBOARD 2023 LEADERBOARD Giles-TB 9 2022/19-1138-4/4x100TD 8-448-2/100TD D. Bussey-DET 5 2022/76-1336-8/2 x 100TDS 4-368-3/3 X 100TDS Owens-DAL 10 2022/21-1127-5/2X100TDS 6-303-1/82 Green-WAS 2 2022/67-1538-9/2x100TD 10-287-2/100TD Riggs-ATL 1 2022/61-1572-11/100TD 10-278-2/60TD Gault-CHI 16 2022/16-836-3/100TD 5-269-2/100TD Gray-AZ 6 2022/20-1335-6/86, 2 x100TD 4-191-1/60 Bruce-LAR 11 2022/17-1049-2/100TD 2-142-1/100TD Sharpe-GB 12 2022/20-1013-6/3 X 100TD 4-138-1/44 NYG-Bradshaw 4 2022/21-1457-7/6 X 100TD 2-119-0/72 Bush-NOS 8 2022/64-1265-7/2 X100TD 8-116-1/50TD Peterson-MIN 7 2022/71-1275-8/4X100TD 9-112-0/75 Lynch-SEA 3 2022/61-1475-13/2x100TDS 2-103-0/53 Rice-SF 14 2022/20-996-3/100TD 2-90-0/50 G. Jones-CAR 15 2022/17-932-3/3X100TD 2-71-0/41 Carmichael-PHI 17 2022/16-739-3/2x100TDS 1-45-1/45TD Byars-PHI 13 2022/45-1001-11/74TD 0-0-0 AFC KICK RETURN LEADERS AFC RECORD: DEN-Davis 2020/22-1530-8/8x100TD 2022 LEADERBOARD 2023 LEADERBOARD R Brown-BUF 17 2022/3-231-1/100TD 5-495-4/4 x 100TD T. Hill-KC 14 2022/16-723-1/100TD 6-359-1/100TD Taylor-JAC 9 2022/15-828-1/100TD 4-264-0/82 Mason-BAL 5 2022/21-1040-1/100TD 3-243-1/100TD Addai-IND 3 2022/19-1126-0/70 2-199-1/100TD, 99 Dayne-HOU 7 2022/18-944-2/2x 100TD 4-194-0/60 Duper-MIA 12 2022/14-736-2/2x100TD 3-188-1/100TD Brown-CLE 6 2022/15-1005-4/4 X100TDS 3-172-0/71 Walker-NYJ 15 2022/14-707-1/100TD 3-155-0/51 B.Jones-TEN 16 2022/14-629-1/100TD 3-145-0/57 Tomlinson-LAC 10 2022/16-814-0/63 3-138-0/47 Davis-DEN 2 2022/19-1203-4/4 x100TDS 2-117-0/76 Swann-PITT 13 2022/16-726-0/64 2-111-0/66 Collinsworth-CIN 2022/0-0-0 1-100-1/100TD Gronkowski-NE 4 2022/20-1123-3/3x100TDS 2-89-0/46 Casper-LVR 1 2022/20-1240-4/4X100TDS 2-81-0/46 O. Johnson-CIN 11 2022/16-772-1/100TD 1-48-0/48 OJ Simpson-BUF 8 2022/16-896-2X100TD 0-0-0 NFC KICK RETURN LEADERS LIEFL & NFC RECORD TO BEAT: PHI-Harold Carmichael (24-1696- 11 LIEFL 7GS RECORD 11 x100 TDS) 2022 LEADERBOARD 2023 LEADERBOARD Giles-TB 3 2022/18-1090-4/4x100TD 6-382-1/100TD D. Bussey-DET 13 2022/19-902-2/2x100TDS 4-368-3/3X100TDS Owens-DAL 7 2022/18-978-2/2X100TD 5-265-0/62 Gault-CHI 15 2022/14-756-1/100TD 3-230-1/100TD Green-WAS 12 2022/23-1159-2/2x100TD 4-172-1/100TD Gray-AZ 5 2022/25-1062-2/86, 2 x100TD 3-154-0/60 Bruce-LAR 6 2022/19-1004-1/100TD 2-142-1/100TD Riggs-ATL 4 2022/17-1084-1/100TD 3-138-0/60 NYG-Bradshaw 1 2022/17-1379-6/6 X100TD 2-119-0/72 Carmichael-PHI 16 2022/15-705-2/2x100TDS 2-119-0/80 Sharpe-GB 8 2022/17-962-3/3X 100TD 3-113-0/44 Lynch-SEA 14 2022/16-776-2/63, 2x100TDS 2-103-0/53 Rice-SF 9 2022/18-962-1/100TD 2-90-0/50 Peterson-MIN 12 2022/16-904-4/4x100TD 1-75-0/75 G. Jones-CAR 10 2022/17-932-3/3X100TD 2-71-0/41 Colston-NOS NONE 1-50-0/50 Bush-NOS 11 2022/17-912-3/3 X 100TD 1-34-0/34 AFC RECEIVING LEADERS AFC RECORD TO BEAT: NORDIC 7-363-4/73TD,67TD 2022 LEADERBOARD 2023 LEADERBOARD Moss-NE 2022/0-0-0 1-63-1/63TD Hurns-JAC 2022/3-47-1/22 1-57-1/57TD Griffin-HOU NONE 1-53-1/53TD Gronkowski-NE 5 2022/2-137-2/75TD 1-53-0 Alsworth-LAC 2022/1-13-1/13TD 1-53-1/53TD Swann-PITT 7 2022/4-133-2/57TD 1-37-1/37TD Casper-LVR 1 2022/8-255-2/52 0-0-0 McCaffery-DEN 2 2022/6-184-5/54TD 0-0-0 Dayne-HOU 3 2022/5-157-4/67TD 0-0-0 Reed-BU 4 2022/4-138-3/48TD 0-0-0 Faulk-NE 6 2022/3-133-2/77TD 0-0-0 Andrews-BAL 8 2022/2-130-2/68TD 0-0-0 Jones-TEN 9 2022/4-129-2/54TD 0-0-0 O. Johnson-CIN 10 2022/3-120-1/78TD 0-0-0 Maynard-NYJ 11 2022/3-114-3/48TD 0-0-0 Jackson-LVR 12 2022/2-112-2/79TD 0-0-0 Gonzalez-KC 13 2022/3-108-1/86TD 0-0-0 Brown-BU 14 2022/2-98-1/65TD 0-0-0 Bell-NYJ 15 2022/3-95-1/55 0-0-0 Winslow JR-CLE16 2022/4-91-1/38TD 0-0-0 NFC RECEIVING LEADERS NFC & LIEFL RECORD: DET-Johnson (6-359-5TD) (2019) 2022 LEADERBOARD 2023 LEADERBOARD Ditka-CHI 13 2022/3-81/0/34 1-79-1/79TD Giles-TB 2022/1-58-1/58TD 2-66-1/50TD Moore-TB 2022/2-68-1/51 1-45-1/45TD Prohel-LAR 3 2022/4-170-2/74TD 2-42-1/42TD Middleton-GB 10 2022/1-98-1/98TD 1-42-0/42 Moore-DET 17 2022/2-73-0/43 1-35-1/35TD Gray-AZ 1 2022/6-273-5/71TD 0-0-0 OBJ-NYG 2 2022/3-176-1/53TD 0-0-0 Tyler-LAR 4 2022/3-158-1/74TD 0-0-0 Irvin-DAL 5 2022/1-158-2/75,88 TD 0-0-0 Owens-DAL 6 2022/3-149-3/74TD 0-0-0 Colbert-CAR 7 2022/4-114-2/50 0-0-0 Monk-WAS 8 2022/2-114-2/57TD 0-0-0 Taylor-WAS 8 2022/4-114-1/62 0-0-0 Alstott-TB 9 2022/3-111-2/70TD 0-0-0 Shockey-NOS 11 2022/3-90-1/56TD 0-0-0 Taylor-GB 12 2022/3-83-3/41TD 0-0-0 Gault-CHI 14 2022/2-80-2/57TD 0-0-0 Bradshaw-NYG 15 2022/4-78-1/30TD 0-0-0 White-MIN 15 2022/3-78-1/35TD 0-0-0 Fitzgerald-AZ 16 2022/2-75-2/65TD 0-0-0

CHIEFS BEAT BILLS IN GAME OF THE WEEK 38-35! RECORDS SET BY BUFFALO'S JAY BROWN WITH FOUR 100-YARD TOUCHDOWNS! Buffalo's Jay Brown set a LIEFL super record with his four 100-yard touchdowns for touchdowns in the Game of the Week! What a game it was against the defending Super Bowl XVII Kansas City Chiefs who won the game 38-35 in a high-octane game! Week #1 Summary by Levi Vick and Joey Pizz. Coach Ed Viggs won his 400th! We made a pact to play until 2025! The Long Island Electric Football 67-Big Man League kicked off its exciting 2023 seventh consecutive seven-game season after ten years of 14-game seasons. We have some touchy coaches who have a hard time accepting when they lose, just as they did as athletes, so it makes for a more exciting season when people with the same passion play for money. Coach Billy O’C said, “It’s just a game. This year's payout will again be $3,200 dollars to our Super Bowl finalists. That may increase through our sponsor.” This season it will take us two weeks to finish one week of play with two games scheduled per night leaving one day where we play three games. Some weeks will go faster as the schedule frees up for everyone. This year's games are being played at Johnny Freeport and Patty Branigan's who have made two stadiums. We alternate back and forth where we play. This league has 10 game boards, but this year we will use two, possibly three. The league expects to reach new heights this season with amazing competition and a proven track record through its annual draft, which keeps teams at peak performance ability. The LIEFL saw 26 fiercely competitive teams up until the final week of the season in 2022, so we are ready to rumble. The two top coaches last season were Matt Zoo York who took his Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs all the way with a 47-37 victory over defending Super Bowl Champion coach Ed Viggs who rallied his high-powered San Francisco 49ers into Super Bowl XVII after Viggs 49ers went winless in 2020 with San Francisco. Rookie coach Bobby Biggs will be under the microscope just like third year coach Levi Vick was when he first entered the league. Biggs may learn that he will have his hands full as an outsider coming into the fast-paced competitive league with rules to adapt to. We don’t do other leagues rules. We do what works for us. The coaches in the LIEFL all played organized sports, so we in this league, like most leagues developed combined best practices and rules suitable for our league several years ago. Each week the league will provide game-by-game summaries, standings, and league leaders in rushing, kick returns, all-purpose yards, and receiving yards for all of our 32 teams. In addition, cool photos will be transformed in the spirit of the league and coaches. Also, feel free to check out the history of our league. We play all of our games in scheduled order and will feature the Game of the Week first. Chiefs 38-Bills 35 LIEFL GAME OF THE WEEK! In the game of the week, it was a huge rematch between Buffalo and Kansas City, which lived up to its billing becoming one of the best games in the history of the league! Right from the outset the vibe was explosive! What a way to do it on the opening day for both teams. Repeating a Super Bowl is a huge challenge, but what we can expect from the Chiefs is to fight hard every game and the same for the Bills. Both have won a Super Bowl in this league, and both are powerhouse offenses with cutting edge coaches, but the edge has to go to Coach Matt Zoo York, the South Bronx Native in this one. What an opening kickoff. Tyreek Hill blazed 73-yards to the Buffalo 27-yard line on the opening kickoff. It only took one play for LIEFL All-Pro and Super Bowl XVII MVP Priest Holmes to rumble 27-yards into the end zone, 7-0 Chiefs! Statement made and a continuation of the AFC Divisional Championship Game that saw the Chiefs Beat Buffalo 56-52, to advance to the AFC Championship Game last season. Buffalo wasn't having it as third year kick returner Jay Brown ran back a blazing 100-yard touchdown to tie the score at 7-7, with 11:38 left to go in a half and the fireworks began! The Chiefs and Bills came to play, and they fell right into the groove! In this one the coaches were on their feet as Super Bowl XVII co-MVP Tyreek Hill, and not to be outdone by Brown. Hill returned the favor to Buffalo with his own 100-yard electrifying touchdown to put the Chiefs up 14-7, with 10:09 left to go in the half! It's going to be a big year for both of these highly elite and competitive teams right down to the finish line. No way! Do we have a game? Jay Brown did it again running back his second consecutive 100-yard kick return for a touchdown! Game tied,14-14, with 8:31 left to go in a half! Wow! It is hard to explain the excitement in the room. Long Island Electric Football League Superstar Tyreek Hill ran back a 57-yard return on the ensuing kickoff followed by another huge run by Priest Holmes for his second touchdown of the game as Holmes scampered around the left side of the Bills defense for a 43-yard touchdown run to put the Chiefs up 21-14! This is a game! The Bills made a statement of their own to begin the season, that they wouldn’t be intimidated by anyone in the league. Buffalo fired right back at Kansas City as Bills return man Jay Brown hit the record books with his third straight 100-yard kick return for a touchdown to tie the score at 21-21 in an incredible game! Brown, another great Draft pick, separated himself from the pack with a sensational run. He had just 6 touches for 345 yards with two touchdowns in 2022. Billy O’C went wild with Brown’s runback watching him make a name for himself in the early season! The league has been put on notice! It was evident that there would be no stopping either of these teams as Priest Holmes answered for Kansas City with his third touchdown of the game behind that enormous Kansas City front line led by LIEFL All-Pro Willie Lanier to make the score 28-21, with 1:14 left to go in the wild half! On the Bills next kick return, He almost did it again! Jay Brown ran back a 95-yard play and three plays later, Bills running back OJ Simpson topped it off with a 4-yard run to tie the game 28-28! Weapons are being launched for these two teams, and you can almost sense an AFC Championship Game feeling between the two, but the mountain to get there is tall! When two teams go 100% and leave it all on the table, it opens eyes. Priest Holmes rushed for his fourth touchdown run after Tyreek Hill ran back a 37-yarder. These guys have become premiere players. The Chiefs pressed forward to make the score 35-28! What a battle! Magic is in the air. On the next kick return Jay Brown set a new LIEFL record with his fourth 100-yard kick return for a touchdown in the game, tying the game at 35-35! What an explosive run with 6:33 left to go in the game in one of the best ever! The excitement is incredible on an amazing run cut up the left side of the field to through weak side of the Kansas City defense. The record for all-purpose yardage in an LIEFL game in the regular season, in a 30-minute game was set by Miami’s Mercury Morris in 1978 when he had 530 total yards against Atlanta in a Miami 42-14 romp! Most coaches in the league never thought somebody would or could break that record, but Jay Brown came so close. He would fall just short of breaking a 45-year-old LIEFL record! He finished the game with a whopping 495-yards! Brown needed just one more runback for the record, but it didn’t happen. On the Chiefs last drive after a 39-yard return by Tyreek Hill, Kansas City took that chance away from Brown. Three runs by Priest Holmes for the Chiefs sealed the deal as they ran out the clock, finishing with a 37-yard field goal to win the game 38-35 in what will be the game of the week and one of the greatest LIEFL games ever played. Even though Jay Brown didn't break the record in his blockbuster performance, he had four 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns and then a 95- yard return setting a new record in the league. That’s two amazing games between this hot contested matchup. And that's not all. Priest Holmes exploded for AFC record breaking 211 yards rushing with four touchdowns on 10 touches, surpassing Miami’s Mercury Morris’ 200-yard game against the Patriots last season! There were 73 points scored in the game. Between the two teams there was 1,065 yards and 10 touchdowns on 22 touches miraculously in a 30-minute game! What is their destiny and who can match these two teams in the AFC? The Bills (0-1) are at home against the Raiders (0-1) and the Chiefs (1-0) are at the Lions. Ravens 21-Steelers 14 The opening game for Week #1 in the LIEFL against the revived Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens rivalry was intense on the path to Long Island Electric Football's Super Bowl XVIII in the kickoff game! This week #1 took longer than usual with people out of town as the summer comes to a close. But, we will speed up the season after this. The Ravens knocked the Steelers out of the playoff run in the last week of the 2022 season, but Baltimore showed promise in the countdown. Baltimore started the game with fireworks on an 88-yard kick return by LIEFL five-time All-Pro Derek Mason who finished the 2022 season 10th in AFC All-Purpose yards with 22 touches for 1,052 yards with one touchdown, 100 yards. Mason's return was followed by a 12-yard touchdown scamper by Baltimore running back Jamal Lewis who put Baltimore ahead, 7-0. Ravens coach Johnny Freeport began his trash talking from the outset. "Looks like it's going to be another long year for you and the rest of the League this year especially in this division, my Ravens are going all the way in the division" he bragged to coach Paddy Brannigan. Johnny also complained that the loser of the Super Bowl shouldn't receive a penny. The money should go all to the winner, he argued, wasting time. The Steelers rallied right back with a Lynn Swann 66-yard opening kick return followed by a Steelers 34-yard touchdown run by the "Bus" Jerome Bettis. With all the changes that the Steelers have made in the draft, they have to put it all together and become cohesive. On the Ravens next possession, it was Jamal Lewis again taking a 37-yard pass into the end zone to put the Ravens ahead, 14-7. Lewis ranked 9th in AFC for Baltimore in rushing last season, with 39 touches for 487 yards with eight touchdowns. Pittsburgh came storming back with their own 37-yard touchdown catch by Lynn Swann to tie the game at 14-14. Swann came on strong at the end of last season finishing 11th in AFC all-purpose yards with 21 touches for 894 yards with four touchdowns. With 38 seconds left to go in the game coach Johnny Freeport Chucker screamed every yard of the way as Derek Mason sealed the deal with a crushing 100-yard kick return for Baltimore as the Ravens won the opener 21-14 in this division battle! Just what Chucker needed to ignite him. Pittsburgh coach Paddy Brannigan walked off in complete disgust. Redskins 17-Giants 6 The NFC East featured this high-powered division matchup with the Giants beating the Redskins three times last season. Big Blue LED the league in offense in 2022. Starting the season on the road is always a huge challenge because the home team gets the ball first in 30-minute regular season games with playoffs 60 minutes, but the teams that are great in the league have to be able to win on the road. Coach Joey Pizz did a phenomenal job getting New York to the NFC Championship Game last season. But the Redskins have made big changes this season and plan to be spoilers to the NFC East. Surprise! On the opening kickoff coach Viggs and his Washington Redskins scored an electrifying 100-yard kick return trumped by LIEFL All-Pro Tony Green who sliced and diced through the Giants defense ... blazing through the middle of the field in 14 seconds to give the Redskins lead, 7-0! Don't forget, Green was the #2 All-Purpose player in the LIEFL NFC in 2022, with 67 touches for 1,538 yards including nine touchdowns, two of them were 100-yard kick returns! Green finished 9th in 2022 NFC rushing with 44 touches for 379 yards with seven touchdowns for Washington. On the Giants first possession last year's offensive player of the year and last week's Hall of Fame Game MVP, Ahmad Bradshaw, who finished #4 in All-Purpose Yards with 21 touches for 1,457 yards with seven touchdowns, six were 100-yard kick returns, but Bradshaw was the #1 Kick-Return leader in the league with 17 touches for 1,379 yards with six 100-yard touchdown returns. Bradshaw took the opening return 72 yards, and four plays later the Giants were shut down by a much-improved hard-hitting Redskins defense who held New York to a field goal, score 7-3, Washington while chewing up the clock in a fast-paced game! On the Redskins second drive it was all Tony Green again who muscled through the Giants defenders, returning the ball 30 yards on the kick return. After a big gain, and yard first down, two plays later Green exploded 60-yards into the end zone to put the Redskins ahead, 14-3. Wow! The Redskins picked up four player bases in the draft and coach Viggs' choices are paying dues. This team will compete hard this year for their coach. The number one Giants offense of last season was stopped on their next drive and held to another field goal to make the score 14-6, Washington. Coach Viggs Redskins came to play! On the Redskins last possession field and were running out of time so they settled for a field goal to win the game 17-6, in dominant fashion and for this week they Schooled the New York Giants shutting down both Bradshaw and Barkley. Is there a new sheriff in town? Coach Pizz said, "I was in shock that we couldn't get anything going, not even the pass. We looked great against Miami in the Hall of Fame Game, so we have to go back to the drawing board and not let this season get away because it's only a seven-game season." Viggs said, "Pizz is a great coach, but I've been working with these Redskins, and after losing three in a row to the Giants last season, I was determined to get it right. We got the slingshot ready to pick everybody off who stands in our way. This is a hard-working football team and Tony Green is underrated. Behind this front line this season we should do well with what we got in the draft." Elite coach, Ed Viggs won his 400th electric football game in the league! Viggs has been a staple in the league with his sportsmanship and play calling. In high school the now Wall Street Guru Viggs played for the two-time Rutgers Cup Champion at Bay Shore High School, where he also played lacrosse. In 1976, Viggs Merged Leagues with Billy O’C and Matt-Zoo Four-Time LIEFL Champion. His proven track record as a competitor is awesome. 1984 LIEFL SUPER BOWL VII CHAMPION! Washington Redskins beat Miami 34-31 in (OT)! 2018 LIEFL SUPER BOWL XIV CHAMPION LA Rams beat LA Chargers 31-28! Viggs played with Billy O’C’s Rams and Beat Billy O’C again in 2019 when in LIEFL SUPER BOWL XV, the LA Rams beat the Miami Dolphins 44-41 in (OT)! 2020 LIEFL SUPER BOWL XVI Green Bay Packers beat Miami 52-49! Played many tournaments in Nashville TN. Lost Super Bowl XVII Chiefs 44- 49ers 37! Washington looked fabulous! Never underestimate coach Viggs. It's week 1, but the Redskins will be a contender winning their 110th game in the Long Island Electric Football League. Congratulations to Viggs! Anyone who can shut down the #1 offense in the 2022 New York Giants will open the eyes of other coaches in the league. It won’t get any easier with the tough schedules they have. The Giants are home against the hot LA Rams (1-0) and Washington plays Arizona in Washington. Browns 17-Bengals 14 Johnny Freeport and last year's Super Bowl champion Matt Zoo York faced off in a tough division rivalry. Johnny Freeport started the trash-talk the minute he put his Bengals on the field. "This guy never should have won a Super Bowl in this league because he's just an average coach, and it's time to unleash the beast and win some early going football games here," Johnny said. Matt answered, "We'll see about that and don't forget I beat you guys in the last game of the season." Game on! Zoo's Cleveland Browns came out fighting on their first possession, but so did the Cincinnati Bengals in a fight for the division this season. The battle on the front line was real between the two teams with the slight edge going back and forth to each of them. Cincinnati was left with a sour taste in their mouth to end the 2022 season when the Browns beat them 10-0, knocking Cincy out of the playoffs in the final game of the season. It took the Browns four plays to get in the end zone after a 71-yard kick return by LIEFL All-Pro Jim Brown followed by three plays, one of them a 43-yard touchdown reception by Brown to put the Browns ahead 7-0! Big things are expected from the Browns who earned one of the top draft picks at linebacker in Tae Davis. The Bengals kept Davis contained and he was no threat in this game. Cincinnati impressed after a 48-yard kick return by last year's team return leader Chad Ocho- Cinco Johnson. It was all forward motion for Cincinnati. After a fast four yard run and then a 15-yard run, Cincinnati running back Icky Woods broke Free for a blistering 33-yard touchdown scamper to tie the game at 7-7! With 2:45 to go and a half the Browns got the ball back. Running back Jim Brown set fire to the offense after a 61-yard kick return. One play later Brown took the ball into the end zone on a 39-yard explosive run to put the Browns ahead 14-7, with 14 seconds left to go in a half! Wow! On the next kick return Cincinnati answered as return specialist this season Chris Collinsworth, returned a stunning hundred-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 14-14, with 14:11 to go in the game! These Bengals this year have a different look than last season with a powerhouse Frontline and a revived running game. This year's draft picks have been impressive thus far. The Browns drove down field in six plays chewing up the yardage and the clock, forced with 14 seconds to go in the game to kick a field goal from 37 yards to win the game in dramatic fashion 17-14! Johnny Freeport Chucker ran his mouth, saying, "Zoo is in for a rude awakening when we play in a few weeks against each other again." Matt Zoo York walked away with the win against the most disliked coach in the league, making no comment. Cleveland's Jim Brown finished the game with six impressive touches and 254 yards with two touchdowns as the Browns started the fire in the AFC North. Jim Brown will never die as a legend in The Long Island Electric Football League because he is a big part of Long Island sports history. In real life, Brown attended Manhasset high School here on Long Island in Nassau County. Brown earned 13 letters playing football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and running track. Dolphins 17- Patriots 14 In a highly anticipated game New England finished strong in 2022. The Dolphins impressed also with their third straight AFC championship appearance, but can they change their course of direction this season and win It all? An exciting and electrifying opening kickoff Mark Super-Duper took the kick return 100 yards into the end zone to put Miami ahead 7-0. Rob Gronkowski returned the ball for the Patriots 46 yards followed by two failed runs out but then on third down with 10 men on the field for Miami, Randy Moss took a 63-yard pass Play into the end zone to tie the game at 7-7! The Dolphins came storming right back with a Mark Duper 44-yard kick return. Miami Running back Mercury Morris ran for 13-yards and then it was stopped by a tough Patriots defense. But on the second play Morris ran a 43-yard touchdown scamper right through the left side of the field to give the Dolphins the lead 14-7, with one minute and 30 seconds left to go in a half! The Patriots game storming back with the Gronkowski 43-yard return. The Patriots battled and were forced to pass on third down when The All-Pro Gronkowski took a 53-yard reception to the 5-yard line of Miami. One play later Laurence Mulroney ran in a 5-yard touchdown play to tie the score at 14-14, with 8:14 remaining in the game! What an exciting division rivalry between coaches Levi Vic and Billy OC. It was Mark Duper running the ball back 44-yards on the kick return on the ensuing play. Mercury Morris then had five runs of 12 yards 7 yd 4 yd and he was stopped twice at the 43-yard line with the Dolphins running out of time, forced to kick the game winning field goal to beat the Patriots,17-14! Miami strikes first this time and New England looks strong. Cowboys 34- Jets 28 (OT) In what would become a sensational game between two excellent coaches, Levi Vick’s Cowboys are back in force! These two teams don't often meet so to watch them play a historic game with more than 60 points scored and 904 yards with eight touchdowns in the game, that qualifies this amazing game as a historic game which will go into our record books. Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith exploded for 193 yards rushing, with 15 touches and three touchdowns making that the best performance since 2020, when Los Angeles Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 197 yards against Kansas City. Smith runs behind an enormous front line led by Larry Allen. The New York Jets picked up a couple of draft picks and Dallas replaced Harvey Martin's player base. The Cowboys had a freak (2-5) season last year after earning a playoff berth in 2021. But it appears the Cowboys are back! Both of these teams came with some serious intensity. Wesley Walker returned a 51-yard kick to open the game and it only took the Jets one play, a 49-yard run by an emerging LeVeon Bell to give the New York a 7-0, lead. Coach Levi Vick's Cowboys were armed and ready as star kick returner Terrell Owens brought it back 48-yards on the kick return. Three plays later it was Emmitt Smith's smart running through the left side of the Jets to tie the score at 7-7, with 7:06 remaining in the half! The next kickoff was returned by Jets return Man Wesley Walker for 55 yards. One play later Le'Veon Bell exploded again, this time for 45 yards into the end zone to put the Jets ahead 14-7, with 4:22 left to go in the half. Bell and Smith are putting on a show! It took Dallas five plays to tie the score 14-14 with Emmitt Smith running in his second touchdown of the game and the Jets just could not stop this offensive line. Instead of collapsing under pressure Wesley Walker returned a very nice 49-yard return on the ensuing kickoff. One play later, it was Le'Veon Bell again with a 51-yard electrifying touchdown for the Jets to give them the lead 21-14, with 7:30 left to go in the game! Coach Joey Pizz and his Jets fought for every yard! Unbelievable! After a 38-yard return by Terrell Owens, it was Emmitt Smith who ran two times for 17 yards and then he escaped around the right side of the Jets defense for an explosive 45-yard touchdown run to tie the score at 21-21, with 3:10 left to go in the game! The Jets decided to give the ball to the reliable Don Maynard who ran back an explosive 100-yard kick return for the touchdown to put the Jets ahead 28-21, with 2:12 remaining in the game and what a game it is with both coaches erupting in week 1 action! Cowboys Terrell Owens returned the ball 62 yards to give Dallas great field position. One play later Owens starred again with a 38-yard touchdown catch to tie the game 28-28, sending the game into overtime! Wow! The Cowboys won the coin toss in overtime, and it was once again, Terrell Owens who got the football. Whoever loses this game will be a terrible heartbreak, but what a week one matchup. Nobody expected this game to be this close. We thought Dallas would overpower the Jets. After an 82-yard kick return by Terrell Owens the Cowboys and Emmitt Smith fought their way down field to set Dallas up with game-winning field position, but the Jets refused to back down. It's an unwritten League rule to never quit on your team no matter what, obviously. The Cowboys came up huge and upset the Jets in 9:34 of overtime 34-28 in a stunner as Michael Irvin took in the game winning touchdown from 8 yards away on a rocket by Troy Aikman, giving Dallas the victory on the road. Coach Vick clenched his fist together and Coach Pizz shook his hand and walked off dejected! Every game is a war with the competitive teams in this league! For New York, Le'Veon Bell ran for a career high 145-yards with three touchdowns for the Jets, Wesley Walker had 155-yards in kick returns, Don Maynard had a hundred yard touchdown return, and for the Cowboys Emmitt Smith bullied his way on the gridiron for an amazing 193 yards with three touchdowns going into the Long Island Electric football league history books, and All Pro return specialist for the Cowboys Terrell Owens, stole the show, with 303 all-purpose yards! So far, one of the best games of the season is making this a historic game! Broncos 17-Raiders 3 Last season when these two teams met the fireworks went off early. There are several players between the two teams who have star status. Dave Casper is a seven-time All Pro and one-time Super Bowl MVP. Denver's Terrell Davis has been on the rise for the last three seasons as one of the leaders in all-purpose yards and kick return yards and the Long Island Electric football league. Davis has finished in the top five each season and this year the Broncos hope to get back into the playoffs after making their first playoff appearance and more than 30 years back in 2020. On the opening kickoff Denver running back Terrell Davis earned 41-yards. And seven plays later the Broncos scored on an end around to Davis from 12-yards, 7-0 Denver in the lead, with 5 minutes left to go in the half. The Raiders Dave Casper returned Las Vegas first kick for 46-yards as the half closed. Bo Jackson was held to zero yards on his first two carries and the Denver defense delivered big. Las Vegas struggled to run the ball on offense. The Denver defense stopped the Raiders on 4th down and handed the ball back over to the dangerous Terrell Davis who in two plays ran 45-yards into the end zone to make the score 14-0, Denver in the lead! Opposing teams can't make mistakes against the fierce running attack of Terrell Davis. It's going to cost them every time. Lots of frustration for the Raiders coach Paddy Brannigan. The three draft picks that Las Vegas earned, and this year's draft are a bust with 10:14 left to go in the game. The Raiders drove to the 23-yard line, but they couldn't score a touchdown. Las Vegas killed the clock, but they just couldn't muster up an offense to get into the end zone. Denver took full advantage and unleashed Terrell Davis who masterfully returned the football 76 yards on their last kick return of the game after the Raiders kicked a field goal. Denver also ran out of time kicking their own field goal to win the game 17-3, in a very impressive first outing for the Broncos. The Raiders have to regroup for Coach Brannigan. The undersized 67 Big-Men of the Las Vegas Raiders have a challenge ahead of them. Jaguars 17-Titans 14 Rookie coach Bobby Biggs came with an attitude against Kevin Mac’s 2022 playoff Titans. Biggs was victorious in his first ever Long Island Electric football game! For the first game in the LIEFL Biggs did outstanding taking the Jaguars into 6:02 in OT! It took Bobby Biggs Jacksonville Jaguars just five plays to get in the end zone on a 57-yard pass reception for a touchdown by Jags receiver Alan Hurns to make the score 7-0, Jags. The Titans brought back their power from last year when they made their playoff run. This was a tough back and forth battle. Titans second year running back and last year's rookie of the Year Derrick Henry, is one of those pesky running backs and a challenge for a coach in Biggs, who knows nothing about him. Biggs was totally shocked at 4:57 remaining in the half when he saw Henry run a 58-yard and around down the sideline into the end zone, tying the game at 7-7 with Biggs yelling “No, it can’t be, how on earth …” But Biggs quickly recovered and focused. Biggs Jaguars showed resilience. Jacksonville never quit and neither did their much-improved defense. After a 64-yard kick return by Freddie Taylor the Jaguars were shut down and had to turn the ball back over to the Titans offense. Tennessee could not get the ball going either, and they were stopped dead in their tracks and forced to punt the ball back to Jacksonville with the score tied 7-7, with 6:40 remaining in the game. On the punt return Taylor exploded for 82-yards to the Titans 18-yard line. On the next play Taylor scored on an 18-yard scamper, 14-7, Jaguars in the lead again. After a 57-yard kick return by Tennessee’s Brandon Jones, the Titan came storming back with a Jones 22-yard touchdown catch to tie the game at 14-14, sending the game into OT! The Jaguars and coach Bobby Biggs won the coin-toss and Freddie Taylor ran back an electrifying 70-yard kick return to set up the game winning field goal, beating the 2022 South Division Champion Tennessee Titans 17-14! Rams 14-Eagles 7 The fireworks started early in this one with the Rams coach Billy O’C’s Reverend Isaac Bruce opening the game with an electrifying hundred-yard kick return for a touchdown 7-0 Rams with 14:44 to go in the half. With that high powered offense of the Eagles the real question is are the Rams ready to return to another Super Bowl. It won’t be easy putting a stop to Keith Byars, but very early on the LA defensive Fab-Five held Byars to one yard rushing in the first half. The Eagles could not score even after an 80-yard kick return by Harold Carmichael. Los Angeles drove the football behind the fabulous-five of Chris Long, Jackie Slater, Rosey Grier, Merlin Olsen, and Deacon Jones, and tailback Wendell Tyler led the way rushing and he teamed with Ricky Proehl for a 42-yard touchdown pass to put the Rams up, 14-0. The Rams are back in order! The Eagles would come back but too late on a 45-yard touchdown catch by Irving Fryer who blazed into the end zone. Coach Billy O’C and his Rams walked away with the victory against the tough Philadelphia Eagles! 49ers 14-Seahawks 7 In a highly anticipated game between Coach Ed Viggs and rookie Coach Bobby Biggs, surprisingly Biggs was not talking, rather he was focusing on the gameplay and studying coach Viggs. The two have never played against each other. Biggs doesn’t want to be called rookie coach at all, but in this league any first-year coach in the league is considered a rookie coach. That doesn’t mean we disrespect Biggs at all. He’s a beast who knows this game well! Coach Viggs took his 49ers to Super Bowl XVII last season losing to Kansas City 47-37, but he is known as the master of the big game. Coach Biggs is in uncharted waters, but by now he's practiced with the Seahawks enough to realize that after studying all of last year’s statistics, this is an impressive team that can play with anybody in the league. It's not always all about the guys out there, it's about the coaching. Jerry Rice was uneventful in his season return after a spectacular 2022 season. Rice was held to 90 yards in the game. It took San Francisco nine plays to score touchdown on an 8-yard touchdown pass to Dwight Clark, 7-0, 49ers in the lead! Bobby Biggs and LIEFL All-Pro Marshawn Lynch match perfectly. Lynch was ranked #3 in all-purpose yards in the NFC in 2022, with 61 touches for 1,475 yards and 13 Touchdowns, including two 100-yard kick returns for Touchdowns. He is a tough unfazed back who ran back the first kick 53-yards and was smashed by Roger Craig to close the half! The defenses of both teams limited the offense, but the 49ers had a slight edge. It didn't take the Seahawks long to score, just three plays on a pass to Marshawn Lynch who broke free into the open field for a 59-yard touchdown to tie the game 7-7, with 12:43 remaining in the game! The 49ers finished with 19 plays in the game driving downfield to the 12-yard line with the game on the line on 4th down where Viggs connected with Roger Craig to seal the deal for San Francisco, 14-7! Coach Biggs seemed dejected but shook Viggs hand. The feeling is these two may be meeting in some big games this season. 49ers Running Back Rickey Watters finished the day as the workhorse with 14 touches for 98 yards rushing, and Marshawn Lynch finished as the leader of the game with 162 all-purpose yards, and a 59-yard touchdown reception for Seattle. In Week #2, San Francisco (1-0) hosts the Dallas Cowboys (1-0) in a huge game, and Seattle (0-1) travels to Pittsburgh (0-1). Panthers 14 Cardinals 13 Somehow this Panthers 2022 team missed a memo in the first round of the NFC Wild Card Game when they were upset by the rising Minnesota Vikings 31-24! That doesn’t sit well with coach Matt Zoo-York. Zoo is all game today in this matchup against coach Kevin Mac and his Cardinals. This was a tough game going into it, but the Cardinals shined after a 39-yard kick returned by LIEFL All-Pro Mel Gray. Arizona running back OJ Anderson ran for 12, 18, and 9 yards after finally being stopped and pushed back for a 10-yard loss on second down by the Panthers defense. It was Gray who struck first on third down catching a 36-yard pass connection to make the score, Cardinals 7-0, with 7:07 left to go in the half! The Panthers impressed as usual on offense with DeShaun Foster #2 in 2022, with 48 touches for a whopping 639 rushing yards with 12 touchdowns, including a 72-yard touchdown run, leading the way for Carolina. After settling for a field goal to make the score 10-7 Arizona, the Cardinals came up with a huge play on special teams stopping Panthers return man Greg Jones for a 30-yard return. But one play later it was Foster who shook up the Cardinals defense with an explosive end-around on the right side of the field, 70-yards downfield to give the Panthers the edge 14-10, with 3:02 left in the game on a spectacular electrifying run. Foster’s run is the longest from scrimmage in week #1. The Cardinals ran out of time, but they had enough time to kick a 40-yard field goal to make the final score 14-13, Panthers! Carolina plays the Packers at Green Bay next week in a huge rivalry, and Arizona (0-1) is at Washington (1-0) to face the rising Redskins. Buccaneers 31-Lions 28 (1:00OT) Between LIEFL All-Pro’s Dexter Bussey of the Lions and Jimmie Giles for the Bucs, this game was a primetime showdown. Both teams have made lots of changes through the draft. With LIEFL great players there is always a game! Originally rookie coach Bobby Biggs was to have the Bucs, but Joey Pizz wasn’t ready to part with the team just yet. Dexter Bussey will never be an average player in this league. His more than 45-year-old player base is still performing at peak levels. The base still has blazing speed, and we are sure you have all experienced the feeling that these players come to life! All of the coaches in this league respect what Bussey has accomplished in the league. Bussey has been involved in some of the most exciting games in LIEFL history. Before the season Bussey’s numbers speak loud and proud, with 11,163 yards and 78 career touchdowns, Bussey is nothing short of electrifying! The league is tenfold better than when we played in the 70’s because of the Draft system in 2008, and Bussey is still doing the same magic even with all the powerhouse changes, it seems he keeps getting better. In 2022, Bussey ranked #5 in NFC all-purpose yards with 76 touches for 1,336 yards with 8 touchdowns, including two 100-yard touchdown returns! Bussey would be a major star in any league with his proven track record. One thing is clear, opponents have to change the way they play when Bussey is on the field. For once, Coach Johnny Freeport said little before the game. Jimmie Giles has been incredible for the Bucs, carrying the team at times for coach Joey Pizz. Giles was super in 2022. He ranked #9 in all-purpose yards with 19 touches for 1,138 yards with four 100-yard touchdown returns! He is one of the biggest threats in the league. What a way to start a game for Tampa Bay as we watched Jimmie Giles explode in 13 seconds running 100-yard touchdown into the end zone to open the season for Tampa Bay, 7-0 Bucs! The Lions roared right back with Dexter Bussey returning the favor with his own 100-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7, with 13:04 remaining in the half! We have a game! It was Tampa Bay's turn again to get the ball and Jimmie Giles returned the football 50-yards. Tampa Bay could not get the running game going with running back Ricky Bell, so on third down it was Giles again who soured! Giles caught a rocket over the center of the field and stormed 50-yards into the end zone to make the score 14-7 Tampa Bay! We all know in this league that Dexter Bussey rises to the occasion. On the ensuing kickoff he ran back his second 100-yard touchdown of the game to tie the game at 14-14, with 8:47 to go and a half! The Buccaneers were relentless! They fought their way to the 45-yard line of Detroit after two stopped runs. And Bucs Tight End Dave Moore broke Free for a 45-yard touchdown catch to put Tampa Bay ahead, 21-14 with 9:08 remaining in the game! Dexter Bussey returned the ball 68-yards on the next kick return. On third down, Lions receiver Herman Moore broke free at the 35-yard line to catch a touchdown pass by Johnny Freeport to tie the game 21-21, with 4:30 remaining in the game! With the score tied at 21-21, it was Jimmie Giles returning the kickoff to 52-yards to bring it to the Lions 48 yard-line. Joey Pizz wasted no time and decided to hit Ricky Bell on a pop-pass and Bell slipped through the middle of the field to put the Bucs ahead 28-21, in a nail biter! These Bucs ruined the Rams and Jets season’s last year with huge upsets! The place got very loud when coaches watched #24 Dexter Bussey run back his third 100-yard touchdown of the game to tie the score 28-28, with 1:07 remaining in the game with the clock ticking! Bussey just ran for his 81st career touchdown! Detroit’s William Gay stopped Jimmie Giles dead in his tracks at the Tampa Bay 35-yard line on a hard-hitting open field tackle by Gay, and the Bucs ran out of time sending the game into overtime in a thriller! Wow! The Buccaneers won the coin toss in overtime and it's going to be Jimmie Giles again with the football. Unbelievable! Jimmie Giles took the kickoff 95-yards just missing his second hundred-yard kick return of the game! The Buccaneers set-up for the game-winning field goal in one minute of overtime. Tampa Bay won their first of the year in a tremendous game 31-28, against the Great revived Lions team! Johnny Freeport was so competitive in this game but obviously upset with the loss, his second of the season. Jimmie Giles went on a rampage with the high-speed board! He had a career game high, 8 touches for 448 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns. He was absolutely explosive just as Dexter Bussey was! Bussey had a great day with four touches for 368 all-purpose yards, including three 100-yard kick returns for touchdowns for the LIEFL Superstar! Week #2 has incredible matchups, considering the summary of this weeks play. We can’t wait! The (1-0) Kansas City Chiefs and Coach Matt Zoo-York will meet league loudmouth, the 6’4 250-pound Johnny Freeport Chucker’s Detroit Lions (0-1), in what promises to be a high-octane offensive game! Tampa Bay (1-0) will play at Minnesota. That game will be explosive! The LIEFL is just getting started with more fierce competition! Packers 17-14 Saints Rookie Coach Bobby Biggs (1-1) takes on the veteran Ed Viggs (2-0), in a highly anticipated matchup, the second time this week the two have met. We will see what the rookie coach learned in the first game against Viggs. You can bet Viggs has a game plan with his Packers. The league has New Orleans under the microscope and excited to see what New Orleans will do with five new player bases they earned in the Draft. They weren’t a terrible team before the draft. Saints running back Reggie Bush was ranked #8 in the NFC in 2022 with 64 touches for 1,265 all-purpose yards with seven touchdowns, including a 100-yard run back. Bush had 303 yards rushing with three touchdowns. The Packers were LIEFL Super Bowl XVI Champions in 2021. Sterling Sharpe is their man, but Green Bay was cut short last season by the rising 49ers. Sharpe touched the ball just 20 times last season, ranking him #12 in the NFC, but he did a lot of damage with his 1,013 yards with six touchdowns, three of them 100-yark kick returns! Green Bay has to improve the running game this year to be relevant. There are so many great teams and great players that anything can happen. The Green Bay Packers wasted no time. Coach Ed Viggs put Packers running back Terdell Middleton to work early on to try to establish a running game for these Packers, and whatever he did worked because the Packers rolled right down field after a 44-yard kick return by Sterling Sharpe. In three plays Middleton was in the end zone with runs of 30, 11, and finally, a 15-yard run for a touchdown to give the Packers the 7-0 lead! The New Orleans Saints tried something new by seeing Marcus Colston return a 50-yard kick return. The Saints went with the run to running back Reggie Bush who had three runs totaling 16 yards, but then on third down the Saints fired away with a Biggs to Colston connection for a 35-yard touchdown pass to tie the score at 7-7, bringing the first half of football to a close. On the ensuing kickoff Packers All-Pro Sterling Sharpe ran back 38-yards on the return. The Packers front line brought a charge and Terdell Middleton was impressive. Middleton ran for 40, 10, and 6-yards until on 3rd down after being pushed back for a 15-yard loss. It was Sterling Sharpe who whipped around the right end and into the end zone on a beautiful 25-yard touchdown connection to give the Packers the lead 14-7 with 9:16 remaining in the game. The next series for the New Orleans Saints would prove to show their worth from the draft. After a 34-yard kick return by Reggie Bush who helped himself to four straight plays after being stopped on the first run. Bush then ran for 10-yards, 6-yards, and he had an amazing momentum switch moving from right to left on an electrifying 50-yards sprint down the sideline to tie the game with a beautiful touchdown 14-14, with 2:42 remaining in the game! Bush has blazing speed! As the time ticked away on the clock coach Bobby Biggs New Orleans Saints sure did play hard against one of the top teams in the league in the Green Bay Packers. Sterling Sharpe had a weak kick return day considering the caliber player he is with a 31-yard return in poor position. On the next play Green Bay running back Terdell Middleton slipped through the cracks with a 42-yard pass reception for a first down with just enough time to kick the field goal from the 28-yard line. The Packers walked away with their first win 17-14, against the rising Saints! Viggs has beaten Biggs twice in Week 1. All-purpose yards are critical in this league. Terdell Middleton finished the day with nine touches for 154-yards with one touchdown for the Packers. Sterling Sharpe had an off day with four touches for 138 yards with one touchdown. Bobby Biggs said, “It will take a bit to adjust to the speed of the game, the players, the competition and the coaches, but I can beat Viggs, I just have to not lose focus. I will keep studying his play, and I can tell you I am not going away. Eventually I will succeed and take this league by storm.” Coach Viggs, who usually has no comment, encouraged Biggs by saying, “Bobby can play. He’s smart, knows football, and he is a great passer. I have a lot of respect for him as an E-baller.” Bears 27-Falcons 21 (OT 1:44) What a matchup between the 2022 playoff Atlanta Falcons and the rising Chicago Bears! These are two raging teams with excellent coaches who are loud and proud! Bears speedster Willie Gault looked back in form pre-pandemic opening the game with a stunning 100-yard kick return for a touchdown in 15 seconds to give Chicago the lead 7-0, with 14:45 left to go in the half! Gault finished 2022 ranked #16 in the NFC with 16 touches for 836 with three touchdowns! His performance went down last year, but boy was he a beast today! The Falcons lost to San Francisco 31-24 in OT in the NFC Wild Card Game, but they are back strong. LIEFL All-Pro sensation Gerald Riggs returned the Falcons first kickoff with a 38 yarder. After a two-yard run, Riggs ignited for a 60-yard touchdown scamper to tie the game at 7-7! BAM! On the ensuing kick return, Willie Gault ran back a 40-yard return, The Bears could not get anything going on the run, and on third down Tight End Mike Ditka broke free from defenders exploding 79-yards into the endzone to give Chicago a 14-7 lead with 3:44 left in the half! We have a game! On the Falcons next possession, Gerald Riggs ran his second straight 60-yard touchdown to tie the game at 14-14 with 1:03 left to go in the half! What an explosive game with two very exciting teams! The Bears offense came to play today, and they aren’t backing down to Falcons coach Johnny Freeport Chucker’s high-octane offense! Chicago had trouble getting the running attack going so on third down Bears Coach Paddy Brannigan threw a great pass to Willie Gault who took a 39-yard pass reception into the end zone to put Chicago ahead 21-14, with 5:59 remaining in the game! Incredible! After three runs by Gerald Riggs on 4th down with just 25 seconds left to go in the game Falcons fullback Jamaal Anderson caught a pop-pass over the left side of the field to tie the game at 21-21, to send the game into overtime! In a shocking turn of events and overtime the Bears won the coin toss and then scored on the first run from scrimmage 65-yards as we watched Walter Payton bolt over the Atlanta defense to win the game 27-21, in 1:44 of overtime! Payton becomes the game winning hero! This game was such a thriller! Johnny Freeport got into a verbal trash-talking battle with Coach Paddy Brannigan as the taunting went back and forth! Chicago’s Willie Gault had five touches for 269 all-purpose yards with two touchdowns while Atlanta’s Gerald Riggs exploded ten times for 278-yards with two 60-yard touchdown runs! Riggs had 140 yards rushing! Philadelphia (0-1) plays at Atlanta (0-1) next week in a huge war, and Chicago (1-0) plays at New Orleans and Bobby Biggs Saints (0-1)! In this league each win is critical! It has been an exciting Week#1! Chargers 17-Vikings 10 Another great matchup between two LIEFL Top Ten Teams in the Los Angeles Chargers #6 (93-75) and the 8th Ranked Minnesota Vikings (91-87). Coach Viggs has his Chargers primed for a 4th straight run at getting back to the show. With Chargers running back LaDanian Tomlinson, the AFC’s #3 all-purpose player on his team, Viggs LA Chargers will be tough to stop. Tomlinson touched the ball 83 times for 1,624-yards with13 touchdowns, but he was the #1 rusher in the LIEFL with 55 rushes for 743-yards, with 12 rushing touchdowns! LA is a combined 28-9 since 2018, winning 76% of their games, including four consecutive playoff appearances and a LIEFL Super Bowl XIV loss to the LA Rams 31-28! In 2019, the LA Chargers didn’t quit. They lost to the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Divisional Championship Game in a heartbreaker 49-48! Then in 2020, LA lost to rival Miami 32-27 in the AFC Championship Game, but last season in 2022, the Chargers suffered a loss as the #1 Seed in the AFC. They lost their second consecutive AFC Championship Game to Miami 42-25, in a major upset! There is no end to the Chargers’ persistence. With all of the talented teams in the AFC, the Chargers will face their biggest challenge in their own division, and that is against the LIEFL Super Bowl XVII Champion Kansas City Chiefs! The Vikings stunned everyone last season, beating the Carolina Panthers 31-24 in the NFC Wild Card Game. Vikings running back Chuck Foreman out of nowhere, had three touchdowns! Adrian Peterson has been a rock, carrying the no-name Vikings as the #7 all-purpose in the NFC guy with 71 touches for 1,275 yards with eight touchdowns including four 100-yard touchdowns! This season the Vikings will only get better! They picked up several player bases in the draft at linebacker and receiver and Minnesota will be dangerous. We expected Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson to return the opening kickoff, but Coach Viggs switched it up with Kellen Winslow returning a 52-yard opening kickoff! On the first offensive play from scrimmage the Chargers took it to a tough Minnesota defense, looking for a weakness in the Vikings front line. LaDainian Tomlinson ran for seven, and then he was stopped twice by LIEFL All-Pro Carl Eller who dominated the playoffs last year. And on third down LA receiver Lance Alsworth exploded 53-yards on a great pass by Viggs, as Alsworth scored the first touchdown of the game, 7-0 Chargers with 9:20 remaining in the half on a spicy play! The Vikings stormed right back with a 75-yard kick return by Adrian Peterson to the 25 of LA. Three plays later, Chris Carter dropped to the right side in the slot and caught a 33-yard touchdown pass streaking down the sideline breaking Free from defenders to tie the score at 7-7, tie game! The Chargers switched it up again, with LaDainian Tomlinson returning a smoking 54-yard kick. One play later Tomlinson ran in from 46 yards on a scorcher through the left side of the line to make the score 14-7, Chargers lead to end the first half! Vikings rookie playmaker Justin Jefferson ran back a 38-yard kick return, but the Vikings could not get anything going from scrimmage, and on 3rd down playoff hero of 2022 for the Vikings Chuck Foreman took a 23-yards, just short of the first down, forcing the Vikings to kick the field goal to make the score 14-10, Chargers in the lead. Vikings defensive star LIEFL All-Pro Carl Eller made his third tackle of the game stopping Los Angeles’ turnover touchdown drive at the 17-yard line after a 47-yard kick return by Tomlinson. Los Angeles settled for the field goal as they ran out of time, winning the game 17-10 in the season opener! LaDainian Tomlinson had 8 touches for 228 all-purpose yards with one touchdown! Colts 24-Texans 14 This division rivalry is stacked with hope for the Houston Texans as they picked up four player bases in the draft, but it didn't go as they planned because the Indianapolis Colts showed up big on defense led by Elmer Collett and hard-hitting Bubba Smith. Texans star running back Ron Dayne pushed his game to the limit when his line failed him. The tough Dayne, who finished #4 in AFC all-purpose yards in 2022, with 72 touches for 1,590 with 15 touchdowns, including two 100-yard touchdowns, had nowhere to run against this Colts defense, forcing the turnover to the Indianapolis offense and the #1 rated AFC all-purpose offensive player Joseph Addai! Addai was in beast in 2022, touching the ball 73 times for 1,730 yards with 15 touchdowns! On the turnover by the Texans, Addai and company took full advantage in two plays, with Addai blasting through the Houston defense for a 15-yard touchdown run, 7-0 Indianapolis! On the ensuing kickoff for the Texans, Ron Dayne took a 60-yard kick return to the Colts 40-yard line, but the Texans offense struggled to move the football. On third down second year Tight End Ryan Griffin caught a 53-yard rocket into the endzone to tie the game 7-7, to end the first half! Colts running back Joseph Addai answered by returning a 99-yard kick return, and one play later Addai ran in one-yard for his second touchdown of the game 14-7, Colts beating the Texans with 13:14 left to go in the game. Houston answered BIG! After a 36-yard kick return by Ron Dayne two plays later Dayne blasted through the Colts defense with a 64 yards TD scamper into the end zone to tie the game at 14-14, and the Texans are on the mend. Whipping his way down the right side on the ensuing kickoff with blazing speed Joseph Addai had an electrifying run down the right sideline for a a 100-yard touchdown return to make the score 21-14, Indianapolis over Houston with 7:21 remaining in the game and an explosive game! The Texans could not score on their last drive turning the ball over after four failed plays. The Colts kicked a field goal from 46-yards away to win the game 24-14 in week 1! The Texans draft picks need some work! Great game by the rising Colts!

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