Charles Omenihu, a former edge rusher for the San Francisco 49ers, earned a two-year, $16 million contract after spending a season and a half with Nick Bosa and under Kris Kocurek. However, after being detained in January for misdemeanor domestic abuse, Omenihu was suspended for six games at the beginning of August 2023 for breaking the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
Six snaps into the AFC Championship game, Omenihu sustained a season-ending injury that prevented him from playing further in the playoffs. On the Up and Up show, Omenihu discussed his feelings over missing the Super Bowl against a team that did not give him a contract in free agency with Kay Adams.
“I think pre-game was the worst: pre-game and kickoff. Just seeing everybody warming up. I could feel the atmosphere of being at the Super Bowl. But then you’re on the sideline with nothing around. That was the worst of it all. I was just telling myself, ‘Hopefully, you will be back here and playing.’
It wasn’t good. It wasn’t a good feeling at all. I wanted to play so bad. Especially being my former team last year. I felt like this was my opportunity to show y’all like, ‘You didn’t want to pay me.’ Y’all let me go. This is kinda like my opportunity to show y’all that was a horrible decision. And the fact that I wasn’t able to do that against them. I have got over it now, but at the time, it very much ate at me.
I was our schedule came out, though, and we do have them on the schedule next year. I’m hoping it’s around the time I will be back. I really, really want to be available for that game.”
NFL Network recently released the top “revenge” games in 2024, and the 49ers were listed twice. As you might expect, one of those games was against the Kansas City Chiefs:
It’ll be the main event: a championship rematch from last season. It would be cool if the 49ers could have the Chiefs put the Lombardi Trophy on the line in this rematch, but they will just have to settle for a regular-season victory for now. We recently had WWE Superstar Bayley on NFL Total Access, and I asked her if the Chiefs, who’ve won three titles in five seasons, have come full circle to become the heels (bad guys) of the NFL. I think she agreed. But given that San Francisco has lost two Super Bowls to Kansas City in that span, it’s clear this is very personal for 49ers faithful.
The Chiefs have the 49ers number. There’s no way around it. But it is a bit odd for Omenihu not to understand the business aspect, especially when you factor in his arrest.
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