Posted on 12/13/2024 8:16:02 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
San Francisco 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell refused to enter Thursday’s game against the Rams, according to head coach Kyle Shanahan.
Campbell was spotted heading into the locker room during the third quarter of the 12-6 home loss. When reporters asked Shanahan about this, he replied, “He said he didn’t want to play today.”
The coach clarified that this conversation happened in the third quarter, when Campbell was asked to come in for Dre Greenlaw, who was dealing with Achilles fatigue and subbed out of the game. Shanahan added that this was the first time in his career that a player had quit on him in the middle of the game.
A clearly stunned press corps continued to pepper Shanahan with questions about this incident. One reporter asked what the coach needs to do to make sure he doesn’t lose anyone else in the locker room, and Shanahan replied firmly.
“Haven’t lost anybody,” Shanahan said. “That's somebody who doesn't want to play football anymore, it'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.”
When the topic of Campbell’s desertion came up in linebacker Fred Warner’s presser, the team captain said he wanted to keep things “in-house” and did not offer a comment on the situation, even when he was asked a second time about it. That was the opposite of what cornerback Charvarius Ward told reporters in the locker room.
“I mean he a professional, he been playing for a long time,” Ward said of the 31-year-old. “I mean if he didn’t wanna play, he shouldn’t have dressed out. They could have told me that before the game. I feel like that was some sucker s—t that he did.
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The Brown’s might be interested...they’re not too good at judging a player’s character.
He was only on a one year contract, so the 49ers have to pay him for four more games, then he’s a free agent.
His infant daughter just died, maybe give him a break.
It doesn’t appear to be in this case, but sometimes a player has an existing injury, and cant play, even without going in. An the 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who played in his first game last night since the Super Bowl, was injured walking onto the field in the Super Bowl.
Please. The Haslam’s knew everything they needed to know about DeShaun Watson’s character.
De'Vondre Campbell was Al-Pro for the Packers in 2021. In 2022, he signed a five year deal with the Packers, and he played pretty well in 2022. In 2023 he had a bad season, but he said, it was because of how the Packers' defense used him, and there seemed to be some evidence of this.
The 49ers signed him to a modest one-year-deal, mostly because there linebacker Dre Greenlaw was injured, and they knew he would not play for a portion of the season. And he is the sparkplug of their defense.
Campbell didn't not start the season very well. I think he can't cover receivers anymore, and shouldn't be asked to do that. He was playing a Little better the last month, but overall was regarded as a disappointment.
Greenlaw was able to play last night for the first time, so Campbell was likely playing less than normal. But being his first game back, he may have been a little winded in the 3rd quarter. Campbell knew that Greenlaw was supposed to return, and that he would take over the starting role, especially if Campbell wasn't playing excellently.
I don't know if Greenlaw's return had anything to do with this, but it was expected at some point, many expected it earlier.
Charvarius Ward missed two games before Thanksgiving, because his infant daughter died. No teammates held that against him because they accepted that was a valid absence.
I have my doubts Campbell will ever play again. One thing that people forget is sometimes players reach an age that their body won't do what they want, no matter how much they want it to. Campbell is 31 know. Last year he may have hit the wall. Not all players can accept that.
There was a cornerback named Vontae Davis, and he resigned with the Bills in 2018. He missed the first game, then in the middle of the second game, he said he was "done," and retired in the middle of the game. His teammates did not react well. He was 30, and I suspect his body was not responding, or his heart wasn't in it. [Vontae Davis's brother was a Tight End on the 49ers, but never did anything similar.]
Antonio Brown was something else. He is Bipolar. That was all on Tom Brady. The only reason he was on the Bucs is Brady demanded it. And the Bucs had to appease him. And it seems like the only reason Brown agreed to join was Brady asked him. He was apparently unmedicated, and had a manic episode. All to predictable.
True but dissension is dissension. Kinda too bad Kapernick didn’t quit
Major breach of contract there. He should end up impoverished.
Spoiled little baby plain and simple. He’ll never see another minute on the field.
But wouldn’t it have made more sense for him to take the coach aside and tell him that he can’t play, ask to be taken out of the game, etc? And spend the rest of the game on the bench? It seems he just decided to walk off the field and say “That’s it. I’m done with football.”
” An the 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who played in his first game last night since the Super Bowl, was injured walking onto the field in the Super Bowl.”
I didn’t know that. Poor guy — injured just WALKING onto the field!?
“He’ll never see another minute on the field.” No doubt about that. He cannot be trusted.
Whatever he chooses to do next, this episode isn’t going to help. It doesn’t sound like he’s rich enough to retire and he will need a second career.
There’s no room for quitters on any pro sports teams, Especially in the NFL.
In fact, that kind of stuff can even get a player thrown off a beer league slo-pitch softball team. It’s just not tolerated by coaches and other team mates. He surely must have known that and quit anyway.
So Buh-Bye, there’s plenty of other guys that want the job. As the old song goes, “You gotta’ have heart”
All I can say is, when you have been good at something all your life, and your body fails you, some people may have an identity break.
I don't know if that's the reason, it's just informed speculation on my part. I think he believed last year, it was the defensive scheme.
Yes, I've never seen anything like it. As he made his way onto the field, he just collapsed. And this is a guy who would never quit. An energizer bunny.
And to weeks ago, the running back Christian McCaffrey flopped down untouched during a play. Everyone knew it must be an injury.
The worse problem is nobody in the platoon is capable of running up a hill!
Paul Brown, in that big owner’s box in the sky, probably wishes his name went to Baltimore with the team.
This is not the first time this has happened in the NFL. Would the team be allowed to activate someone from the practice squad mid-game?
I understand the NHL has an “emergency goalie” rule.
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