Angry 49ers stars turn on teammate De’Vondre Campbell for refusing to play in Rams loss

By JAKE FENNER

San Francisco 49ers stars were stunned to learn that one of their teammates decided to quit on the team in the middle of a rivalry game on Thursday Night Football.

De’Vondre Campbell, a nine-year NFL veteran and linebacker, decided to walk off the field in the third quarter of the contest – telling the coaches that he simply didn’t want to play anymore.

After the game, which the 49ers lost 12-6 a number of Campbell’s teammates expressed their anger and frustration with one of their own deciding to pull themselves out of the game.

When asked if a decision like that leads to disconnection in the locker room, Niners star tight end George Kittle said that Campbell’s actions were his own and the team would try to move past them.

‘Not disbelief or disconnection as a team. That is one person who just decided not to play for his teammates,’ Kittle told reporters after the game. 

‘That doesn’t make our offense look at each other like “wow man, we’re falling apart” or the defense [saying] “hey we’re falling apart”.

Niners players are furious with teammate De’Vondre Campbell after he left the team in the middle of a rivalry game against the Los Angeles Rams because he didn’t feel like playing

Niners players Charvarius Ward (L) and George Kittle (R) expressed their disappointment

‘It’s more of one person making, like [cornerback Charvarius Ward] said, a selfish decision. and I’m with [Ward] on that. I’ve never been around anybody that’s ever done that, and I hope I’m never around anyone that does that again.’

Ward, who recently lost his young daughter, was the most vocal in his criticism of Campbell, telling reporters in the locker room after the game, ‘He a professional, he been playing for a long time. I mean if he didn’t wanna play, he shouldn’t have dressed out. Y’know he could’ve told me that before the game. So I feel like that was some sucka s**t that he did.’

‘Definitely hurt the team cause you know Dee [Winters] went down and we needed a linebacker, I think [linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles] was banged up too. 

‘So for him to do that, that’s some sucka stuff to me in my opinion. Probably gonna get cut soon, so it is what it is with that.’

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