The Facts: The Bengals are cutting LaFell, his agent Jonathan Feinsod tells NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. “We have been lobbying for his release for some time now and appreciate the Bengals granting our request,” Feinsod said.

Diehards Line:HC Marvin Lewis said this week LaFell was “feeling the heat” of the other receivers and that they could only keep so many. Might’ve been a signal to the rest of the league that LaFell was available via trade. But he’s free to sign elsewhere when the transaction goes through today.