49ers vs. Saints: Darrell Luter Jr., young DTs and everything else we’re watching (paywall)
“Sunday will be Luter’s first preseason game. He was dealing with a knee issue last summer and was out with an ankle injury Saturday in Tennessee. He returned to practice this week, mostly lining up at left cornerback with the second-team defense.
The 49ers like what they see from Luter in practices. However, he got only 64 defensive snaps as a rookie last season, most of them in the low-stakes regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Rams backups. Game-day repetitions, even in the preseason, are valuable for him.