His absence may’ve not had that much of an impact on this game, but with Renell Wren being placed on the Reserve/Injured list last week, he became the fifth rookie for the Bengals to end up on on I.R. or the Physically Unable to Perform list.
Wren was slowly but surely developing into a quality rotational piece along the defensive line, and his injury lead to only five rookies being active for Sunday’s game against the Patriots.
Luckily, the ones who played had decent performances in another losing effort.
In his seventh career start, Pratt set personal highs for solo tackles (seven) and stops (four).