Week 7 is a bad week to remember for the members of Berlin's defense. To put it bluntly, we fell asleep on an opponent that we should not have lost to. We went up quickly on Baltimore with a 10-0 first quarter lead, but we then relaxed and allowed an 86 yard touchdown to Luke Quick (who, by the way, lives up to his name). After falling behind 13-10, we got the lead back 17-13 and then the defense made the same mistake, allowing a huge play, this time a 48 yard touchdown to Preston Parker. The offense got us back to a tie 20-20 and when you'd think we'd learned our lesson, we allowed a 44 yard touchdown run to Busch Goose to put the Hawks up 10 points and seal the game. It was an extremely disappointing performance by a defense that has generally overachieved this year. Not only that, if we had won this game, we'd be tied with Chicago instead of a game back from the 1 seed and would have a much better chance at the envied first round bye. We'll see how things play out, but that botched game could very well come back to haunt us if we miss the 1 seed by thiiiiiiis much.
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