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49ers team and coach stunned after linebacker refuses to play against Rams
49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell refused to play when asked during the team’s Thursday night 12-6 loss against the Rams as Los Angeles eked past San Francisco to keep its playoff hopes alive.
Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan told the media after the game that nine-year veteran Campbell was asked to enter the game in the third quarter after Dre Greenlaw – who was making his season debut after tearing his Achilles in the Super Bowl last season – felt some soreness but Campbell refused, walking to the locker-room shortly afterwards.Shanahan said in his post-game press conference that Campbell gave no reason for why he didn’t want to play.
Shanahan said he wasn’t sure if the team would release Campbell. “When someone says that, you move on. You don’t deal with that anymore,” Shanahan said. “That’s somebody who doesn’t want to play football, that’s pretty simple. I think our team and myself, we know how we feel about that. So, I don’t think we need to talk about him anymore.”
49ers tight end George Kittle called Campbell’s decision “selfish.”
“Look, if you’re on the roster and you suit up, you’re expected to play,” Kittle told reporters. “I think anyone in this building that got asked to go in, I would say 100% of everybody would die to get on that football field.
San Francisco cornerback Charvarius Ward, who was playing in his third game since returning following the death of his daughter, was critical of Campbell’s actions.
“He’s a professional, he been playing for a long time,” Ward told reporters. “I mean, if he didn’t want to play, he shouldn’t have dressed out, he coulda told them that before the game. So, I feel like that was some sucka sh*t that he did. Definitely hurt the team. Cause Dee (Greenlaw) went down, and we needed a linebacker.
“That’s some sucka stuff to me, in my opinion. Probably gonna get cut soon, so it is what it is with that.”
Campbell’s actions were the main talking point from a rainy affair at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, that featured two teams playing on four days’ rest, with both offenses struggling to get much going throughout.
Meanwhile, the 49ers drop to 6-8 and sit in last place in the NFC West with their chances for a playoff berth falling to under one percent.
Source: Bleacher Report
Admit it, we all thought of Randy Moss....
Shit year for the 9'ers after excellence and the football gods smiling on them for a long while
Rams are on a end of season roll for sure...
It's pretty clear to me; to win the NFC you gotta beat teams that can kill you with precision and speed like these guys (Puka, Kupp etc.) or just punch you in the mouth (i.e. Detroit, Philly).
I have a feeling the SB Champ is going to come from the NFC this year.
49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell refused to play when asked during the team’s Thursday night 12-6 loss against the Rams as Los Angeles eked past San Francisco to keep its playoff hopes alive.
Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan told the media after the game that nine-year veteran Campbell was asked to enter the game in the third quarter after Dre Greenlaw – who was making his season debut after tearing his Achilles in the Super Bowl last season – felt some soreness but Campbell refused, walking to the locker-room shortly afterwards.Shanahan said in his post-game press conference that Campbell gave no reason for why he didn’t want to play.
Shanahan said he wasn’t sure if the team would release Campbell. “When someone says that, you move on. You don’t deal with that anymore,” Shanahan said. “That’s somebody who doesn’t want to play football, that’s pretty simple. I think our team and myself, we know how we feel about that. So, I don’t think we need to talk about him anymore.”
49ers tight end George Kittle called Campbell’s decision “selfish.”
“Look, if you’re on the roster and you suit up, you’re expected to play,” Kittle told reporters. “I think anyone in this building that got asked to go in, I would say 100% of everybody would die to get on that football field.
San Francisco cornerback Charvarius Ward, who was playing in his third game since returning following the death of his daughter, was critical of Campbell’s actions.
“He’s a professional, he been playing for a long time,” Ward told reporters. “I mean, if he didn’t want to play, he shouldn’t have dressed out, he coulda told them that before the game. So, I feel like that was some sucka sh*t that he did. Definitely hurt the team. Cause Dee (Greenlaw) went down, and we needed a linebacker.
“That’s some sucka stuff to me, in my opinion. Probably gonna get cut soon, so it is what it is with that.”
Campbell’s actions were the main talking point from a rainy affair at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, that featured two teams playing on four days’ rest, with both offenses struggling to get much going throughout.
Meanwhile, the 49ers drop to 6-8 and sit in last place in the NFC West with their chances for a playoff berth falling to under one percent.
Source: Bleacher Report
Admit it, we all thought of Randy Moss....
Shit year for the 9'ers after excellence and the football gods smiling on them for a long while
Rams are on a end of season roll for sure...
It's pretty clear to me; to win the NFC you gotta beat teams that can kill you with precision and speed like these guys (Puka, Kupp etc.) or just punch you in the mouth (i.e. Detroit, Philly).
I have a feeling the SB Champ is going to come from the NFC this year.
