PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Will Nick Bosa’s political views become an issue for 49ers?

By grabbing Nick Bosa with the second pick of the NFL draft, the 49ers got a man most agree should disrupt opponents’ quarterbacks and backfields for years to come. But is there a chance Bosa will also become a disruptive force within the team’s fanbase or even its locker room because of his political beliefs?

Bosa hasn’t hidden his right-leaning political views and fervent support of President Donald Trump, but before the draft he did delete a number of controversial social media posts from when he was a teenager that included racial tones.

“I had to,” Bosa told ESPN before the draft. “There is a chance I might end up in San Francisco.”

Among the items deleted were a Bosa tweet calling then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick “a clown” for kneeling as part of his social justice protests in 2016. He also criticized the movie “Black Panther” and Beyonce’s music while liking tweets from conservative political analyst Tomi Lahren.

The 49ers’ decision-makers are confident that Bosa’s online presence will not become an issue, which is why general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan didn’t hesitate when picking him Thursday.

If there’s one thing I learned from the 49ers in recent years, some issues are much bigger than football, and a quarterback must be free to discuss them, even on Sunday. Hopefully Bay Area fans will continue to demonstrate their tolerance for diversity by accepting Bosa’s outspokenness on any issue he wishes to opine upon.