Rams win as a 49ers player shocks the NFL on TNF by just quitting

The LA Rams not only defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Week 15 on Thursday Night Football for the entire NFL to see, but the team made a starter tap out. Seriously, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker De'Vondre Campbell walked off the football field in the third quarter, and told the team that he didn't want to play anymore.

So he quit. Tapped out. Called it a night. Left his teammates and his coaches on the sidelines and just stopped playing football. And it is the craziest thing that I have ever heard of in an NFL football game

This was the footage of the game, and even the Amazon Prime broadcast crew was stupefied in the post-game wrap-up. You can tell the way they reacted to Campbell's actions that they had no logical reason for his decision to just . . . quit.

De'Vondre Campbell just quit the 49ers on Thursday Night Football

In a post-game interview Charvarious 'Mooney' Ward discussed Campbell just up and quitting on his team.

Per ESPN's post-game wrap-up, Campbell was apparently livid due to the fact that the team chose to activate Dre Greenlaw and start him over Campbell in Week 15. Campbell started every game but one, Week 3 against the Rams. Greenlaw, coming off an Achilles Tendon injury, was playing in his first game since being injured. And Campbell was not pleased.

But the matter became even more complex when Greenlaw had played the entire first half, but was seldom seen on the football field in the second half of the game. It was the perfect opportunity for De'Vondre Campbell to join his teammates, and perhaps even play well enough to win his starting job back. But he opted to take off his helmet and head to the locker room.

He did not play a single snap in the game.

The Rams offense, held to just three points through three quarters of play, scored nine more points in the fourth and final quarter of the game. De'vondre Campbell is a 31-year-old veteran who is playing in his ninth NFL season. It would be very surprising to see him play in his tenth NFL season.

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