Look, I appreciate confidence. I especially appreciate it coming from a player on a 4-10-1 team looking to maybe inspire his teammates and finish the regular season strong. But Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt might want to log off of Twitter for a little while as an awful take earlier in the week is coming back to haunt him.
The NFL’s Twitter account had posted a preview of Week 17’s game between the Baltimore Ravens and Bengals on Friday, framing it as Baltimore needing to beat Cincinnati to get into the playoffs. Pratt, in quite the show of confidence, said it was never going to happen.
Nope over for them
— Germaine Pratt (@GermainePratt7) January 1, 2021
And as the Ravens beat the Bengals 38-3, fans quickly flocked to the tweet to rub Pratt’s nose in it. It’s probably best to start off with what Baltimore running back J.K. Dobbins said at the podium after the game.
“No comment on that,” Dobbins said with a wide smile and a laugh when asked about Pratt’s comment. “We just let those guys do the talking on the internet and we go play ball.”
It’s also worth pointing out that while Pratt finished the game with eight combined tackles, he had no sacks, no quarterback hits, no tackles for a loss, no forced fumbles or fumble recoveries, and no interceptions. We’ll let the fans dive in a little deeper as to how Pratt’s day really went . . .
Oh, how about that time Dobbins stiff-armed Pratt out of the way before outrunning the entire Bengals defense on the way to the end zone for a 72-yard touchdown run? Yeah, that’s it.
This you? pic.twitter.com/m7V4dlYL1A
— Russ (@r_colt45) January 3, 2021
This you? pic.twitter.com/fDMOPzwRXM
— Elliott SZN (10-5) (@cb_0002) January 3, 2021
Let’s just let the fans take it the rest of the way.
Ravens fans stepping into Germaine Pratt’s mentions pic.twitter.com/zCWwwvcjbH
— Jake Louque (@Jakelouque) January 3, 2021
You were saying? pic.twitter.com/QeOwqEaIID
— Paulos Yoseph (@yosephpaulos) January 3, 2021
this aged well pic.twitter.com/tcknnug9Zu
— Malik Jackson (@Malik_Jackson1) January 3, 2021
That boy said it was over for us. But instead, we ended his season since the game started. That be Germaine Pratt.
PLAYOFFS HERE WE COME!! #RavensFlock pic.twitter.com/6fuOQEnCa9
— 𝓜𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓪 𝓜𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂 (@theblkmamba24) January 3, 2021
Germaine Pratt on Ravens Playoffs chances "Nope over for them"
And Huntley gets put in by the 3rd quarter because the Ravens are blowing out the Bungles. #RavensFlock
— Braxter (@Braxter_BJG) January 3, 2021
lol Germaine Pratt. What a goofball. #Bengals
— Mason (@allunsolicited) January 3, 2021
YOU KNOW WHO MISSED THAT TACKLE. GERMAINE PRATT HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
— Jackson (@BALandDCsports) January 3, 2021
Watching Germaine Pratt do nothing to stop the run pic.twitter.com/kVXBDePIia
— Ace™ (@Blainey_Montana) January 3, 2021
You thought you were stone cold but now you’re just a stone cold meme
— Mitch misses MF DOOM (@NorthernFlock) January 3, 2021
Maybe Pratt can do a little more next season.
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