Report: Confronted, Lynch sends Campbell to 49ers locker room

The report: Lynch confronted, sends Campbell to 49ers locker room originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

John Lynch reportedly had no time for quarterback De’Vondre Campbell’s sideline antics Thursday night.

San Francisco’s president of football operations/general manager confronted Campbell on the 49ers sideline when he refused to play in the third quarter of the 49ers’ 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, league insider Jay Glazer reported on “FOX NFL Sunday,” and it was Lynch, who sent the dejected defender to the locker room.

“John Lynch actually went down there [third] quarter and confronted him saying, “Don’t you want to go to the game? You refuse?’ ” said Glazer. “Yes. It was Lynch who sent him to the locker room.

“By the way, I’ve had players call me afterwards and say, ‘Hey, we heard you talk about this John Lynch alter-ego, this 47 Red character. Man, we’ve seen it. That guy’s crazy.’ Everyone saw it first hand.”

Campbell appeared in all 13 games for the 49ers this season before Dre Greenlaw returned from an Achilles injury to face the Rams on Thursday. After Greenlaw left the game in the third quarter with some soreness, Campbell refused to play when 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan asked him to come on.

Shanahan told reporters Friday that San Francisco is “working on the semantics” of parting ways with Campbell after the incident, and NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday that the 49ers are expected to suspend the veteran linebacker rather than release him.

Lynch and Shanahan have helped the 49ers build a culture admired by many across the NFL, with a cornerstone of toughness and determination to win. And when the GM saw a player going against those standards, he took matters into his own hands.

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