Greg Rosenthal (0:00)

What's up everyone? It's Greg Rosenthal and I'm teaming up with the King of Spring, Daniel Jeremiah. He requires me to say that we're going to be bringing you 40s and free agents, the only podcast you'll need this NFL draft season. From DJs mock drafts to my top 101, free agents will have it covered for you with all new episodes every Thursday keeping you up to date as we head to the NFL Draft. Listen to 40s and free agents starting on March 6th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Julie Swearbinks (0:30)

What's up everyone? Julie Swerbinks here along with former NHL player Nate Thompson.

Nate Thompson (0:35)

We're doing a new podcast together. Here we go.

Julie Swearbinks (0:38)

The name Energy Line with Nate and jsb.

Nate Thompson (0:41)

Each week we'll get together and talk about hockey life. All topics are fair game, right?

Julie Swearbinks (0:46)

Exactly. And you'll never know who will drop by to join us.

Nate Thompson (0:50)

Julia's pretty well connected. She has text threads going that you wouldn't believe.

Julie Swearbinks (0:55)

Listen to Energy Line with Nate and jsb on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Unnamed Analyst (1:06)

Thursday Night Football Last night in San Francisco, the Los Angeles Rams came into town and essentially ended the Niner season, beating them 12 to six. But the biggest headline of the night was what we saw from the Niners linebacker group, specifically devondre Campbell. Campbell was asked to enter the game after two starters, Dre Dre Greenlaw and D. Winters, were dealing with injuries. Campbell refused to enter the game and then eventually left the field during the fourth quarter. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said the plan was for Campbell to enter the game after Greenlaw went down with knee soreness. As mentioned, Campbell refused to play on left the field and the team leaving the locker room fuming afterwards. Here's what Niners quarterback cornerback Chavarius Ward said after the game. Quote, he's a professional. He's been playing for a long time. If he didn't want to play, he shouldn't have dressed out. He could have told them that before the game. I feel like that was some sucker that he did. It definitely hurt the team. D went down and we needed a linebacker. So for him to do that, that's some sucker stuff to me. In my opinion, he's probably going to get cut soon. So it is what it is, ladies and gentlemen. Had that been me, he'd have been cut by the time he got out the shower. And that's assuming we either let him in the shower if he had Walked off the field, I'd have made sure he was no longer a member of the team before he left that damn locker room. It's one of the most egregious things if you don't want to play, ladies and gentlemen, he could have refused to dress for the game. People would have said, yo, that's business. That's what comes with it. We understand you might have been a bit salty about it or whatever, but never something like this. Understand the magnitude of what devondre Campbell did. He's on the sideline in uniform, dressed to play, and not one but two of his teammates go down and they go to him, who's a former all Pro, by the way, and he refused to enter the game and then walked off the field. This is in the middle of the game. This is in the third quarter. There is nothing on the planet that he can say to a player to justify doing that. We're not players and we know how effed up that is. That is the epitome of leaving a soldier on the field. In the field of battle. That is the epitome of abandoning your teammates. That is the epitome of selling out. It is unforgivable. His career may be in jeopardy because of this and no one will defend him. You see the way George Kittle talked about him? You see the way Javarius Ward talked about him? You think they're the only two that feel that way? Let me tell you something, he's lucky he heard that. Because you know what's more conspicuous, what's most palpable, what's more riveting than their words? You see those words right there by George Kittle? I don't like distractions on the sideline. I think that's ignorant and I think it's just dumb. It's just stupid and it's very immature. I just don't see how you could do something like that to your team. It's one person making a selfish decision. I've never been around anybody that's ever done that, and I hope I'm never around anybody who does that again. That's George Kittle. It's an all Pro tight end. Do you understand that? What he did, where it's really going to be riveting is with silence. See, those brothers spoke. 99 of the league is going to look at him and be like, man, I don't want that dude as my teammate. Got nothing to say to him. They're gonna have the Kyle Shanahan approach in the postseason. In the post postgame news conference last night where he said, why are we talking about him? He's. That's history. In other words, he's done. It's over. It's over. You can't blame Kyle Shanahan. I don't care. What could. You can say whatever you want. Not before the game is one thing. To dress in uniform for the game to be ongoing and then for you to quit and walk into the locker room by refusing to enter the game when called upon in the middle of the game is unforgivable. It's unforgivable. Maybe somebody will forgive him, but I doubt it. Foreign.