Veteran linebacker De'Vondre Campbell walked off the 49ers' sideline in the second half Thursday night after apparently deciding that being a backup was beneath him. As a result, the 49ers will soon serve Campbell with his walking papers. Shanahan said Campbell will no longer be a member of the team. "We're working through the semantics of exactly how to deal with it," 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said on a conference call Friday with Bay Area reporters. "But you guys heard from me last night. You guys heard from our players. His actions from the game is not something you can do to your team or your teammates and still be a part of our team." When asked about Campbell following the 49ers' 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, Shanahan said Campbell "didn't want to play today." While some teammates chose not to answer questions about Campbell's actions after the game, teammates George Kittle and Charvarius Ward blasted Campbell for deciding he was not going to play. Campbell started 12 of the 49ers' first 13 games of the season. But he took a backup role Thursday night with Dre Greenlaw returning to action for his season debut after recovering from surgery to repair a torn Achilles. When...
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