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The San Francisco 49ers were barely hanging on in the playoff race, and desperately needed a win Thursday night to stay afloat.
And in the second half of a tight game, linebacker De’Vondre Campbell decided he was done playing.
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan told media after the game that Campbell, a nine-year veteran for the 49ers who had started 12 of 13 games this season before Thursday night, told the team he didn’t want to play. Campbell left to the locker room in the second half.
“He said he didn’t want to play today,” Shanahan said.
Shanahan was asked if Campbell told that to the coaching staff.
“He did when I asked him why he didn’t want to go in,” Shanahan said.
De’Vondre Campbell of the San Francisco 49ers said he didn’t want to play Thursday, according to coach Kyle Shanahan. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)
Shanahan said he had never had a player tell him he didn’t want to play. Shanahan said Campbell didn’t give him a reason.
“When someone says that, you move on. You don’t deal with that anymore,” Shanahan told the media, via 95.7 The Game. “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. I don’t think we need to talk about him anymore.”
Campbell’s playing time had been getting cut each of the last three weeks, but last week he still played 64.1% of the 49ers’ defensive snaps. On Thursday night he 49ers got Dre Greenlaw back from an Achilles injury he suffered during last season’s Super Bowl while running onto the field from the sideline. Greenlaw started and had a fantastic first half. Greenlaw missed snaps in the second half, and that’s presumably when the 49ers asked Campbell, relegated to reserve duty with Greenlaw back, to go in. Shanahan said he refused.
Kyle Shanahan revealed that De’Vondre Campbell didnt want to play in the 3rd quarter.
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Publish date : 2024-12-13 04:45:00
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