There are many stages of loss, and denial is one of them.
This must be the stage Cincinnati Bengals’ cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick is in, based on his post-game comments made regarding his team’s 28-21 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 6.
What is Kirkpatrick in denial from? Admitting how the Bengals are the better team. See what he said after the game:
“We’re better than them,” Kirkpatrick said, via Katherine Terrell of ESPN.com. “They ain’t better than us. Period. They ain’t better than us; we’re better than them.