49ERS' PRO BOWLER WANTS TEAM TO ACQUIRE RAIDERS' $94 MILLION STAR

Las Vegas Raiders' edge rusher Maxx Crosby reacts after a play in the third quarter of a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers

The San Francisco 49ers 2025 offseason just got a bit spicier. Tabling the Brock Purdy contract talk for a minute, it looked as if San Francisco would not be able to make a big splash in free agency or the trade market. While the 49ers can certainly retain some big names such as Dre Greenlaw and Talanoa Hufanga, the odds they are big players feel slim even with $50 million in cap space. However, one 49ers’ Pro Bowl is advocating for the team to acquire a perennial defensive player of the year candidate.

49ers Star Advocating to Acquire DPOY Candidate

During the NFL’s Divisional Round playoffs, San Francisco 49ers’ cornerback Deommodore Lenoir took to social media, sharing his desire for the team to acquire Las Vegas Raiders’ defensive lineman Maxx Crosby.

Max Crosby would look crazy in a Niners Jersey🔥

— Deommodore lenoir (@Dmo_lenoir) January 19, 2025

The post sparked instant conversation amongst the fan base, with members of the “Faithful” in agreement with Lenoir.

San Francisco has other needs, like rebuilding the interior offensive line or finding a dominant defensive tackle. But imagining the damage Crosby could inflict playing opposite Nick Bosa is tantalizing.

Crosby, a former Raiders’ fourth-round pick, has been one of the most dominant and consistent edge rushers since entering the league. With three double-digit sack seasons to his name, Crosby ranks sixth among sacks in 2019 — two spots behind Bosa. Add in nine forced fumbles and 423 total pressures in six seasons, the Eastern Michigan product is known as one of the more dangerous players to face off against.

Lenoir’s comments are not the first time Crosby has been linked to the San Francisco 49ers. Due to general manager John Lynch’s propensity for making splash moves at the trade deadline, Crosby’s name was floated around. A trade never came to be, but Crosby has not been shy about his potentially fading future in Silver and Black.

Crosby Open to a Trade?

On Friday, Crosby joined Good Morning Football, sharing his thoughts on trade rumors involving his name.

“Yeah, I see all those things. Right now, I am just focusing on my process and day-to-day getting healthy. We are going to see what happens with the coaching situation. I have been with the Raiders for six years, and I’m currently under contract. I talked about it before, I have no guaranteed money left. There are a lot of things that need to be discussed. We are going to do that.”

Crosby added he is happy but has been persistent about his desire to win a Super Bowl. If the Las Vegas Raiders undergo another rebuild, trading Crosby could result in a win-win scenario, barring San Francisco’s involvement.

Acquiring Crosby will not be cheap, with the asking price starting at a first-round pick and more. However, the 49ers have plenty to offer. Possessing the 11th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the 49ers can afford to be aggressive. Lest we forget, the last time San Francisco picked outside the top ten, they mortgaged their future to select Trey Lance.

Unlike Lance, Maxx Crosby is a proven star and can help the 49ers win now. If San Francisco is serious about maximizing their window, they will, at least, consider making a move.

According to Over the Cap, Maxx Crosby is under contract through 2026, and any acquiring team would owe Crosby $42.8 million. Nevertheless, his contract has no guaranteed money left, making it much easier to swallow. With three void years in his deal, the 49ers could also extend him and lower his 2025 and 2026 cap hits.

If there is one acquisition the 49ers should make this offseason, it is trading for Maxx Crosby. He is a game-changing player, would pair well with Nick Bosa, and could push San Francisco over the top.

- Sterling Bennett

NINERS SCORN 'SELFISH' DE'VORDE CAMPBELL'S REFUSAL TO PLAY

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With injuries to their linebackers accumulating in the middle of the third quarter Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams, the San Francisco 49ers turned to veteran De'Vondre Campbell to enter the game.

Campbell declined the invitation.

Then, in the fourth quarter, Campbell walked to the locker room with a towel over his head without playing a snap. After the Niners' 12-6 defeat at Levi's Stadium, head coach Kyle Shanahan explained that Campbell elected not to enter the game even though linebackers Dre Greenlaw (knee) and Dee Winters (neck) were dealing with injuries.

"He said he didn't want to play today," Shanahan said.

Campbell's decision and subsequent stroll to the locker room left Shanahan, teammates and coaches fuming after the loss. Shanahan said the plan was for Campbell to enter the game after Greenlaw had departed because he was dealing with some knee soreness. It was also Greenlaw's first game back from an Achilles injury he sustained in Super Bowl LVIII.

After Campbell said no, the Niners inserted Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles, the team's only healthy linebacker left on the roster, into the game. When the third quarter ended, Campbell walked to the locker room.

"People noticed, but when someone says that, you move on," Shanahan said. "That's somebody who doesn't want to play football. That's pretty simple. I think our team and myself, we know how we feel about that, so we don't need to talk about him anymore."

When asked whether Campbell would be released, Shanahan said simply, "We'll figure out something."

In the aftermath of a dispiriting defeat that almost certainly ends San Francisco's chances at a playoff berth, a few of Campbell's teammates declined to speak on the situation because word was just making its way around the locker room about what had happened. Linebacker Fred Warner and defensive end Nick Bosa said they didn't know enough details to offer much of an opinion.

"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."

Niners TE George Kittle

Others, such as tight end George Kittle and cornerback Charvarius Ward, had plenty to say. Kittle spoke to reporters for about 11 minutes, and with each passing minute he seemed to grow more irritated with what had occurred.

Kittle lamented that he wasn't on the sideline when it all went down so that he could have intervened.

"I'm a leader on the team, and if that is something that is being a distraction on the sideline, I would've loved to voice my own opinion in the moment," Kittle said. "And we're past that moment. So, it doesn't matter what I wish I could have said or wish I could have done, but 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."

Kittle added: "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."

The Niners signed Campbell as an unrestricted free agent from the Green Bay Packers in March with the idea that he would be the placeholder at weak side linebacker until Greenlaw returned. That signing came after veteran linebacker Eric Kendricks agreed to a deal with the Niners then backed out at the last minute to sign with the Dallas Cowboys instead.

Campbell started 12 of the team's first 13 games, with the lone exception being because the Niners started five down lineman and only one linebacker (Warner) before he entered. Coincidentally, that nonstart also came against the Rams. In the team's first 13 games, Campbell played 90% of San Francisco's defensive snaps with 79 tackles, including three for loss, and a pair of passes defended.

But with Greenlaw back, the Niners started in the nickel package with Greenlaw and Warner as the two linebackers, and Winters entering as the third option in base defense.

It wasn't until injuries to the other linebackers that Campbell revealed he didn't want to play, a decision that angered Ward, who played only weeks after the death of his 1-year-old daughter.

"He's a professional," Ward said. "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 selfish s--- that he did. It definitely hurt the team. Dee went down and we needed a linebacker. ... So, for him to do that, that's some selfish stuff to me, in my opinion. He's probably going to get cut soon, so it is what it is with that."

- Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff Writer

NFL BANS EAGLES SECURITY CHIEF DOM DISANDRO FROM SIDELINE FOR REST OF REGULAR SEASON, AP SOURCES

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The NFL has banned Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro from being on the sideline for the remainder of the regular season after he was ejected from a game earlier this month for a scuffle with 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, two people familiar with the league’s decision told The Associated Press on Saturday.

DiSandro is still allowed to travel with the team to Seattle for its Monday night game and he can perform all other work duties but he is not permitted on the sideline, one of the people said. Both people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the league hasn’t announced its decision, said DiSandro can return to the sideline for the playoffs.

DiSandro pulled Greenlaw off Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith and shouted at him after a reception in the third quarter of Philadelphia’s 42-19 loss to San Francisco on Dec. 3. Greenlaw, who was penalized for unnecessary roughness on the play, popped up and reached over two officials to put his hand in DiSandro’s face.

49ERS LINEBACKER DRE GREENLAW, EAGLES SECURITY CHIEF DOM DISANDRO EJECTED IN NFC TITLE GAME REMATCH

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected from Sunday's 42-19 win against Philadelphia for putting his hand in the face of the Eagles' chief security officer.

Dom DiSandro, a constant presence on the Eagles' sideline and whenever players are out in public, pulled Greenlaw off Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith after a reception in the third quarter. Greenlaw popped up and reached over two officials to touch DiSandro's face with a closed fist.

Greenlaw was ejected. DiSandro also was told to leave and walked to the locker room to a roaring ovation from Eagles fans.

Greenlaw also was flagged 12 yards for unnecessary roughness