The Bengals are calling it “a minor health issue,” but it created a startling scene at the team’s training camp. Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati’s longtime head coach, was not only forced to miss a practice Tuesday, but the team released a statement saying that he “will be taking time away” from it.

According to reports, the 58-year-old Lewis was at Cincinnati’s Paul Brown Stadium on Tuesday and had planned to attend practice, but when he got to the field, Bengals staffers convinced him to head back inside. It is unclear if the former Ravens defensive coordinator will return in time for the team’s preseason game Friday, and special teams coordinator Darrin Simmons has been given interim head coaching responsibilities.

Lewis “will be taking time away from the team to focus on a minor health issue,” the Bengals said. “He will be back as soon as possible, which could be today or later this week.”

NFL Network’s Stacey Dales had reported that Lewis was dealing with a blood clot in an ankle, but citing a team source, she revised that to a Baker’s cyst, adding, “Clearly [a] better prognosis than assumed clot.” She reported that Lewis wanted to coach through his issue, but was advised to get some bed rest.

Albert update: The Jacksonville Jaguars placed Glen Burnie High graduate Branden Albert on the reserve/retired list Tuesday, essentially ending the left tackle’s brief and baffling tenure with the team.

The Jaguars said in a statement they made the designation four days after Albert approached team officials “about the opportunity to return to the NFL at a later date.”

Asked about it after the team’s joint practice in Foxborough, Mass., with the New England Patriots, executive vice president of player personnel Tom Coughlin said, “Reserve/retired.”

“That’s it,” he said. “That’s all I have to say about it. There’s nothing really to say: Reserve/retired.”

Asked again what would happen if Albert tried to come back, Coughlin said, “We’ll cross that bridge when it comes.”

Placing Albert on the reserve/retired list means his contract is paused, and the Jaguars retain his rights. Albert was scheduled to make $8.8 million this season and $9.5 million in 2018.

For Albert to play elsewhere in 2017, Jacksonville would have to waive him.

Rally for Kaepernick:Spike Lee is promoting a planned rally for free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Lee tweeted an advertisement for the rally scheduled for Aug. 23 outside the NFL’s headquarters in New York City. The ad misspells Kaepernick’s name, omitting the first “e.” Lee says on Twitter he didn’t organize the protest, but adds that he supports Kaepernick and “His Stance On The Injustices In The USA.”

The former San Francisco 49er became a topic of national conversation last year for choosing to kneel instead of stand for the national anthem, citing police violence and social injustice against minorities. He parted ways with the 49ers in March and hasn’t been signed by another team. The Ravens expressed interest him with Joe Flacco sidelined because of a back injury.

Dale Jr. visits Redskins: NASCAR driver and avid Washington Redskins fan Dale Earnhardt Jr. treated quarterback Kirk Cousins and four other players from the team to ride-arounds at Richmond Raceway before heading to the team’s practice complex to watch their afternoon workout.

Earnhardt started by giving Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney a ride in a two-seat NASCAR racer, with Stoney exclaiming “I survived” after climbing from the car.

The race car then had mechanical issues, and Earnhardt took Redskins Will Compton, Cousins, Ryan Kerrigan and Morgan Moses for rides in a new Chevrolet Camaro.