De’Vondre Campbell, predictably, won’t play for the 49ers anymore after quitting on the team during their “Thursday Night Football” game.
, with head coach Kyle Shanahan telling reporters that the organization is just “working through the semantics” for Campbell’s exit.
When the 49ers needed Campbell in the third quarter, though, that’s when Shanahan said he found out that the nine-year veteran — who was named a first-team All-Pro with the Packers in 2021 — no longer wanted to play. Campbell was criticized by his teammates postgame, with cornerback Charvarius Ward predicting that Campbell was “probably going to get cut soon” and tight end George Kittle blasting the linebacker for the move.
San Francisco will travel to face the Dolphins next weekend before hosting the Lions, and in both of those games, as well as the others that follow this season, their defensive depth chart will look different.
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