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Lynch reveals players, coaches plead for Campbell to play in 49ers-Rams originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
With a lot being made about the reported confrontation between John Lynch and suspended 49ers linebacker De’Vondre Campbell during last Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams, the general manager clarified what occurred during the interaction.
Lynch downplayed the encounter, but he revealed what led to him leaving his suite mid-game to handle the situation on the 49ers’ sideline.
“I think a lot was made of it in terms of it being a confrontation. I’m not sure it was a confrontation. It was a quick conversation,” Lynch said Friday on KNBR’s “Murph & Markus.” “I think we had a little signal going in that his energy wasn’t right. [Coach] Kyle [Shanahan] had a conversation with him and we thought everything was going to be all right. It wasn’t. And you could see that right away during the game. At some point, it became clear to me that he was refusing to go in the game. We had a couple linebackers down. And as you’re watching it, they come out the half and whatnot, it was becoming a distraction in what was essentially a playoff game for us.
“At that point, Kyle’s coaching the team. I usually don’t go down until late in a game but I could see that it was really becoming a distraction as one by one, players [and] coaches were trying to get him to go. I finally just said I need to see what’s going on, [and] if what’s going on is what I think’s going on, he needs to get off the field.
“So that’s simply what it was. That’s how it ended up. It’s unfortunate. It’s nothing that anyone wanted, but you can’t stand for that. Just as we’re talking about finishing [the season] and having each other’s backs, when you have something contrary to that, that’s not who we are, that’s not who we’ll ever be.”
The 49ers suspended Campbell for the remainder of the 2024 season after the veteran linebacker refused to play in San Francisco’s “Thursday Night Football” loss to Los…
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Author : NBC Sports BayArea
Publish date : 2024-12-20 22:54:00
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