{"id":116911,"date":"2025-06-09T20:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/116911\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T20:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:21:14","slug":"browns-rival-bengals-cuts-linebacker-germaine-pratt-after-six-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/116911\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns rival Bengals cuts linebacker Germaine Pratt after six seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleveland Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cleveland Browns<\/a> may no longer have to see linebacker Germaine Pratt twice per year as the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cincinnati-bengals\/327\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Bengals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cincinnati Bengals<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1932107509378191572\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:have moved on;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">have moved on<\/a> from their former starting linebacker.<\/p>\n<p>A former third round pick of the Bengals in 2019, Pratt went on to start 88 total games in Cincinnati. He was a member of the Bengals&#8217; 2021 squad that took down the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/kansas-city-chiefs\/339\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kansas City Chiefs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> to earn a spot in the Super Bowl before coming up just short in a loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Rams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Rams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his six-year career, Pratt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PratGe00.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:has amassed 355 solo tackles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">has amassed 355 solo tackles<\/a>, 32 tackles for loss, seven forced fumbles, and seven interceptions. This output earned him a starting role extremely fast, pairing up with Logan Wilson in Year 2 as the full-time starter after even starting nine games as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p>It even earned him a second contract with the team, signing a three-year contract extension in 2023 worth $20.25 million in total and <a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/player\/germaine-pratt\/7863\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:earning him $7 million in guaranteed money;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">earning him $7 million in guaranteed money<\/a>. Pratt was in the last year of that deal as he now hits the free agency market. The Bengals will see a $5.85 million cap saving after the move while opting to eat $2.33 million in dead money as a result.<\/p>\n<p>He now hits the free agency market at the age of 29, looking for a new home. Could the Browns be a landing spot as <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/browns-lb-jeremiah-owusu-koramoah-130252806.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah remains sidelined;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah remains sidelined<\/a> for the entirety of the 2025 season?<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Browns Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/brownswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/browns\/2025\/06\/09\/browns-rival-bengals-cut-germaine-pratt\/84120142007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Browns rival Bengals cut Germaine Pratt after six seasons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Browns rival Bengals cut Germaine Pratt after six seasons<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns may no longer have to see linebacker Germaine Pratt twice per year as the Cincinnati&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,54,7,2977,585,110,4135,4444,58,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-116911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnatibengals","12":"tag-cleveland-browns","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-germaine-pratt","15":"tag-jeremiah-owusu-koramoah","16":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","17":"tag-linebacker","18":"tag-logan-wilson","19":"tag-los-angeles-rams","20":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114655270348135322","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}