The San Francisco 49ers have chosen to sit linebacker De’Vondre Campbell for the remainder of the season following his refusal to go into their game against the Los Angeles Rams last Thursday
Head coach Kyle Shanahan revealed the player quit on the team midway through the game after he was seen walking to the locker room.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Niners will suspend him for three games, so he will not appear again this season.
“His actions from the game is just not something you can do to your team,” Shanahan said last week, suggesting the player was done in San Francisco.
De’Vondre Campbell Was Sent Into The Locker Room By Niners GM John Lynch
Campbell signed a one-year deal with the team back in March. A former first-team All-Pro, he reportedly refused to go into Thursday’s game both in the second and third quarters.
According to FOX’s Jay Glazer, GM John Lynch was the one who sent him into the locker room.
“John Lynch actually went down there in the [third] quarter and confronted him on it, saying, ‘You don’t want to go in the game? You’re refusing?’” the insider said on ‘The Inside Scoop’. “Yes. It was Lynch who sent him in the locker room.
“By the way, I got players who called me after and said, ‘Hey, we’ve heard you talk about this alter-ego John Lynch, this 47 Red character. Man, we saw it. That dude is crazy,’” Glazer continued. “They all saw it firsthand.”
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