He helped set the tone for the 2021 season in the opener when he forced Vikings running back Dalvin Cook's fumble at the Bengals 38 with 1:48 left in overtime and recovered it to set up Bengals kicker Evan McPherson’s field goal at the gun.
The next season, with the 7-4 Bengals trailing the Chiefs, 24-20, and Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce ripping off a 19-yard gain early in the fourth quarter, Pratt ended the play by forcing and recovering a fumble that set up the winning drive on the way to another playoff appearance.
In the 2024 Paycor finale, the Bengals stayed in the playoff hunt when Pratt's interception of Broncos quarterback Bo Nix with 2:30 left in regulation set up the go-ahead drive.
The move leaves tight end Drew Sample as the longest-tenured Bengal heading into his seventh season. He was taken the round before Pratt in that first Taylor draft of '19.
The Bengals went back to Pratt's native Carolinas to find his replacement. They selected South Carolina's Knight in the second round and Clemson's Barrett Carter in the fourth. Wilson, starting his sixth year, is now the longest tenured Bengal on defense.
The Bengals had three of the ten linebackers with the most tackles in the last four postseasons. Wilson is third with 62, Pratt eighth with 49, and Oren Burks 10th with 38. The Bengals added Burks from the defending champion Eagles in free agency back in March after he started the last two Super Bowls.