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Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images CINCINNATI — Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt was fined $22,511 for unnecessary roughness after delivering a helmet-to-helmet hit on ...

The NFL fined Cincinnati linebacker Germaine Pratt $22,511 for an illegal use of helmet hit against Pittsburgh running back Najee Harris in the fourth quarter of the Bengals’ 19-17 victory.

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CINCINNATI — Bengals linebacker Germaine Pratt was fined $22,511 for unnecessary roughness after delivering a helmet-to-helmet hit on Steelers running back Najee Harris in Cincinnati's season ...