There's no end to the Devondre Campbell fiasco.
On Monday, 49ers defensive back Deomodore Lenoir echoed the chorus of condemnation, calling Campbell a “cancer on the team.”
“I lost all respect for something like that to happen, for him to do something like that,” said Lenore, 25.
Campbell's decision to call off his 49ers teammate midway through a Week 15 game against the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football in San Francisco drew criticism from all corners of the football world. There is.
Lenoir's accusations came a day after 49ers general manager John Lynch announced that Campbell, 31, would be suspended for the remainder of the season “for conduct detrimental to the team.”
It was a long fall for Campbell, now in his ninth season in the league.
The Florida native was selected in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft and played the first four years of his career with the Falcons. Campbell spent time at Arizona and then Green Bay, where he earned his first and only All-Pro honors before the Packers released him ahead of the 2024 season.
The veteran agreed to a contract with the 49ers five days later.
“When I first signed him, I was thinking in my head, 'Here's another player to add to our defense.' [another guy] It can contribute.” Lenore said on Monday..
Campbell started 12 games in 2024, but was replaced late in the season when 27-year-old linebacker Dre Greenlaw returned to health.
Greenlaw was injured again during the third quarter of the Niners' loss, and Campbell was selected in his place. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters after the team's 12-6 loss that the linebacker refused.
“I mean, you heard from me last night, you heard from our players, you heard about his actions during the game, but that's not something you can do to your own team or your teammates, and yet we… It's about being a part of this team,” Shanahan said. Reporters the next day. “We are currently working out the exact semantics of that, but we will address the situation as appropriate.”
As Lenore said just a few days later, “If I'm hurt and the person behind me can't support me or can't get in or doesn't want to get in, I think it's cancer. to the team. ”
Even if you manage to deal with it, the resentment remains.
