{"id":138756,"date":"2023-03-13T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=138756"},"modified":"2023-03-13T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T19:51:10","slug":"germaine-pratt-signs-contract__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/13\/germaine-pratt-signs-contract__trashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Germaine Pratt Signs Contract With Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PratGe00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germaine Pratt<\/a>, a fourth-year linebacker, and the Cincinnati Bengals agree to terms on a new contract. Pratt has spent the entirety of his career to this point with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/bengals\/\" target=\"_self\">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a>, and will for the next three years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bengals<\/a> are re-signing LB Germaine Pratt to a three-year, $21 million deal, per source. He gets $10.35M in Year 1 and $15.15M over two years. He\u2019s started 54 career games and now stays in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1635353075115491328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Germaine Pratt, Cincinnati Bengals, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n<p>The Bengals drafted Pratt out of North Carolina State 72nd overall in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft. As a rookie, Pratt appeared in all 16 games, making nine starts with 76 total tackles. Amongst the team&#8217;s linebackers, he finished second in tackles.\u00a0 By the time 2020 rolled around, Pratt continued his upward trajectory. He started 15 of 16 games with 89 tackles (also second amongst linebackers) and improved in coverage as well.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt began to come into his own in his third year. Then, he amassed a career-high 91 tackles, got in on his first career half sack in Week 15, forced two fumbles, recovered two fumbles, and hauled in his first career interception off of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=WhitMi01,WhitMi20&amp;search=Mike+White&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike White<\/a> in Week 8. &#8220;Playoff P&#8221; showed up in the Bengals quest for the Super Bowl where he ended the Wild Card game with an interception, clinching the Bengals first playoff win in over three decades.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the 2022 season, it was reported that Pratt wanted to be utilized as a three-down linebacker but the Bengals had not seen him as such. However, with his play, it was hard to keep him off of the field. Pratt earned career-best in tackles with 99, sacks with one, and interceptions with two. In the playoffs, he continued his &#8220;Playoff P&#8221; play, contributing 20 tackles and three pass breakups in three games. Pratt was in on the pivotal play in the Wild Card. He helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WilsLo00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logan Wilson<\/a> stand up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HuntTy01.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Huntley<\/a> and strip him of the ball, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HubbSa00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-16_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Hubbard<\/a> returned for the game-winning touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image: \u00a0Katie Stratman-USA TODAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germaine Pratt, a fourth-year linebacker, and the Cincinnati Bengals agree to terms on a new contract. Pratt has spent the entirety of his career to this point with the Cincinnati Bengals, and will for the next three years. The #Bengals are re-signing LB Germaine Pratt to a three-year, $21 million deal, per source. 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