Niners scorn 'selfish' De'Vondre Campbell's refusal to play

[Logic]

As I've seen pointed out elsewhere:

This is a PARTICULARLY egregious situation, because of the specifics of that 49ers team.

Ward coming back after the death of his daughter. Trent Williams coming back after the death of his son. Multiple guys battling injury to get onto the field. An absolute MUST-HAVE game against a division opponent.

This is different than retiring at halftime early in the season. This was BAD. The 49ers are right to cut ties with him immediately, and the only reason he hasn't been cut yet is that Shanahan says they're working through it to evaluate all their options (suspension vs release, contract money related things).

Whether or not Campbell realizes it, he likely just put an end to his NFL playing career.

Edited December 13 by Logic

[Harold Jackson]

Just another WWE moment.

But what's his name? 

D Campbell. He left In third qtr.

 

Watch Lions fall apart in 3rd qtr , Sunday 

[chongli]

2 hours ago, Brand J said:

Think he was pouting b/c Greenlaw took his spot when he returned from injury. It’s the only thing that makes sense, he had started all season I believe. 

 

2 hours ago, Virgil said:

 

I came into this thread to find out why he refused to play.  All I've seen so far is the speculation you just said.  I'm really surprised more information hasn't been released. 

 

On local sports radio in SF, they speculated it wasn't because he was moved to be a backup to Greenlaw, whom he knew in advance was returning from injury later this season, but because he was also put him behind Dee Winters, who was third-string. He had commented earlier in the year that he didn't want to be behind him. He suited up before the game only because he gets a roster bonus for each game he suits up for.

 

They also said someone told him to head to the locker room in the 4th because things might have gotten ugly between him and the other players, but it wasn't Shanahan who told him to leave (e.g., see how Kittle was pissed).

 

This whole topic was also being discussed here this morning on the other thread:

 

 

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[chongli]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL. Now he can!

 

 

 

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[Beck Water]

3 hours ago, Returntoglory said:

All I can say is WOW!

Can you imagine playing with a selfish POS like this guy? I know we had a guy retire in the middle of the game, but to get the call to play and out-right refuse??

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42942978/niners-say-devondre-campbell-refusal-play-vs-rams-selfish

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With injuries to their linebackers accumulating in the middle of the third quarter Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams, the San Francisco 49ers turned to veteran De'Vondre Campbell to enter the game.
 

Campbell declined the invitation.
 

Then, in the fourth quarter, Campbell walked to the locker room with a towel over his head without playing a snap. After the Niners' 12-6 defeat at Levi's Stadium, head coach Kyle Shanahan explained that Campbell elected not to enter the game even though linebackers Dre Greenlaw (knee) and Dee Winters (neck) were dealing with injuries.
 

"He said he didn't want to play today," Shanahan said." 

 

WTF? 

They were 100% in the game, too. 

 

I assume they told him to go home and not come back while they figure out how to handle it in terms of contract?

 

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[syhuang]

 

 

[Big Turk]

[ganesh]

mental health of the players needs to be taken seriously by the NFL.   We have no idea what the players are going through and questioning their "unusual" decisions is beyond our means. 

[TheBrownBear]

1 minute ago, ganesh said:

mental health of the players needs to be taken seriously by the NFL.   We have no idea what the players are going through and questioning their "unusual" decisions is beyond our means. 

I had that thought as well. Guy is 31 years old. Who knows how the hits have added up in his brain. But it's telling how quickly and thoroughly his teammates threw him under the bus for his selfish act. I doubt they'd be so quick to bury him if they thought he was going through some type of mental health or personal crisis.

[zow2]

The 49ers culture has taken a beating this season. This Campbell situation is awful, Deebo was being a Diva and complaining and Aiyuk earlier in the season wasnt he giving them troubles and sounding off in the media? 

[Big Turk]

2 hours ago, chongli said:

 

 

On local sports radio in SF, they speculated it wasn't because he was moved to be a backup to Greenlaw, whom he knew in advance was returning from injury later this season, but because he was also put him behind Dee Winters, who was third-string. He had commented earlier in the year that he didn't want to be behind him. He suited up before the game only because he gets a roster bonus for each game he suits up for.

 

They also said someone told him to head to the locker room in the 4th because things might have gotten ugly between him and the other players, but it wasn't Shanahan who told him to leave (e.g., see how Kittle was pissed).

 

This whole topic was also being discussed here this morning on the other thread:

 

 

 

 

Pretty much what it says in the article here

 

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-vondre-campbell-quit-refused-190006936.html

[Sojourner]

3 hours ago, Sweats said:

I reserve judgement until i completely understand what's going on here, but until then..........."ain't nobody got time for that".

Neither did D’vondre lol

[chongli]

A fan on SF sports talk radio was worried that if he is cut, he'll sign with Detroit, who needs a LB...right in time for the Bills game. ☹️

[SoonerBillsFan]

2 hours ago, Logic said:

As I've seen pointed out elsewhere:

This is a PARTICULARLY egregious situation, because of the specifics of that 49ers team.

Ward coming back after the death of his daughter. Trent Williams coming back after the death of his son. Multiple guys battling injury to get onto the field. An absolute MUST-HAVE game against a division opponent.

This is different than retiring at halftime early in the season. This was BAD. The 49ers are right to cut ties with him immediately, and the only reason he hasn't been cut yet is that Shanahan says they're working through it to evaluate all their options (suspension vs release, contract money related things).

Whether or not Campbell realizes it, he likely just put an end to his NFL playing career.

Can you imagine being this guy's poor kid someday?  "your dad is a ******* quitter"  and tons more.

 

These idiots don't understand the implications of their actions. And I agree with others, it should end his NFL career.  

5 minutes ago, chongli said:

A fan on SF sports talk radio was worried that if he is cut, he'll sign with Detroit, who needs a LB...right in time for the Bills game. ☹️

No way in hell does their HC bring someone who refused to play in that locker room he has built

[4merper4mer]

So the is the consensus “kick the tires” or “ on the cheap”?

[Captain Hindsight]

When the Bills had a player quit in the middle of the game, they went to Minnesota and destroyed the Vikings

 

The 49ers opponent this week is Miami 

[Thrivefourfive]

How was the starting job handled and talked about all week? Maybe the staff was feeding this volcano a BS game plan and never went to him at all. And he was pissed about it. 

[Returntoglory]

4 minutes ago, Thrivefourfive said:

How was the starting job handled and talked about all week? Maybe the staff was feeding this volcano a BS game plan and never went to him at all. And he was pissed about it. 

Still. He's paid to play. 

[Bookie Man]

Might be able to get him at a discount price...

[eSJayDee]

Another confusing thing about this is that he didn't play AT ALL.  Didn't this occur well into the game?  In most instances, if you're not playing a "regular" position, you're active on Special Teams.  I'd think this particularly to be the case w/ something as versatile as LB.  Curious.