The Facts: According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the NFL has suspended 49ers Simpson today for six games -- reduced down from 10 games he was facing.

Diehards Line: He was suspended for violating the league's substance abuse policy. The Niners knew this was coming. Simpson did not play last season after the Vikings released him in September as he was finishing a three-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on substances of abuse as a repeat offender. It was the second suspension of his NFL career. Simpson pleaded guilty to a felony charge resulting from two pounds of marijuana being shipped to his home in Kentucky in September 2011 while he was with the Bengals. He was then arrested for suspicious of DWI in November 2013. ... Simpson, 29, last played in 2013 when he caught 48 passes for 726 yards (15.1 average per catch) with the Vikings. In 2011, he had 50 receptions for 725 yards and four touchdowns with the Bengals.