49ers suspend De'Vondre Campbell after he refused to enter game vs Rams
The Los Angeles Rams beat the San Francisco 49ers 12-6, but the biggest story was 49ers LB De’Vondre Campbell exiting the game in the 2nd half by saying he "didn’t want to play". Craig Carton, Danny Parkins, and Mark Schlereth ask if he’ll ever pl...
The San Francisco 49ers suspended linebacker De’Vondre Campbell on Monday after he refused to enter Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. The 49ers lost the game 12-6.
49ers general manager John Lynch announced the three-game suspension in a statement.
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FILE - San Francisco 49ers linebacker De'Vondre Campbell plays during an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sept. 29, 2024, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
"We have suspended De'Vondre Campbell Sr. for three games due to conduct detrimental to the team. We will have no further comment on the matter," he said.
Campbell lost his starting job when Dre Greenlaw came back from the Achilles tear he suffered in a Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan wanted to put Campbell into the game because Greenlaw was aching from soreness in his Achilles tendon, Campbell refused. Shanahan said he never got an explanation about why the linebacker refused to play.
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San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan speaks at a news conference after an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Shanahan said Friday that he didn’t expect Campbell to be with the team from Week 16 onward.
"We're working through the semantics of exactly how