Briefs
49ers sign top picks
The San Francisco 49ers have signed their top two draft picks to four-year contracts just before the start of training camp.
The Niners announced deals Thursday with No. 2 overall pick defensive end Nick Bosa and second-round receiver Deebo Samuel. The 49ers report to camp Friday and will hold their first practice the following day.
Bosa will be paid about $33.5 million under the deal. His older brother, Joey, missed all of training camp as a rookie with the Chargers during a contract holdout.
Samuel is slated to earn $7.7 million under his deal, according to the rookie wage scale.
San Francisco also waived offensive lineman Erik Magnuson with an injury designation and cut defensive back Alex Brown.
Titans’ Lewan to
appeal suspension
Tennessee left tackle Taylor Lewan plans to appeal his four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy against performance-enhancing drugs, even knowing he’ll most likely lose.
The three-time Pro Bowl tackle spent his time Thursday answering every question from reporters defending himself, apologizing for missing the Titans’ first four games of a crucial season and explaining what happened.
“I don’t want the legacy or whatever I’ve done in the last five years to be tarnished by something like this, which was a complete accident,” Lewan said.
Lewan said he met with doctors and nutritionists this offseason looking for a way to keep himself healthier for life after football, thinking of his 2-year-old daughter following a concussion he had in the 2018 season opener.
He passed a drug test in April, then failed a test on May 28. Lewan said that likely was due to a bad batch of a supplement found to contain the banned substance ostarine.
The NFL notified him by July 1 that he would be suspended for four games due to the failed test.