
San Francisco 49ers linebacker De'Vondre Campbell tapped out of the team's Thursday night loss to the Los Angeles Rams, refusing to take the field and walking off into the locker room in the third quarter. His actions did not sit well with his teammates, who continued to fight only to see their slim playoff hopes get even slimmer thanks to an inability to muster more than six points on a rainy night. The unusual move has understandably become catnip for the sports talk shows. Takes from those who never played the game and risked serious injury can be discounted but Campbell is not getitng a very good edit from former players now in analyst positions.
ESPN's Ryan Clark weighed in on the situation, which came on a night where 49ers defensive star Dre Greenlaw was making an emotional return from an Achilles injury suffered 10 months ago in the Super Bowl.