Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski review all the news and notes from Cincinnati Bengals training camp on Aug. 1. Kareem Elgazzar, kelgazzar@enquirer.com
As the wide receiver competition has heated up through the first week of training camp, one pass catcher had hoped to jump out of the fire.
The agent for Brandon LaFell said he had asked for his client's release and the team will grant that request. He signed a two year, $9 million extension in March of 2017 that was going to pay him $2.25 million in base salary this year.