49ers trade Punter Andy Lee

[MadCardDisease]

@AdamSchefter

Cleveland is trading a 7th-round pick in 2017 to San Francisco for three-time Pro Bowl punter Andy Lee, league sources told ESPN.

 

[MadCardDisease]

I guess they like their rookie punter. Lee was pretty good though when paired with their solid defense. Now they have neither.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Lee, 32, is the longest tenured member of the 49ers. He was selected in the sixth-round of the 2004 NFL Draft and spent his entire year with San Francisco up to this point. Lee is a three-time Pro Bowl selection and first-team All-Pro. Lee has never missed a game during his 11-year career and has a lifetime average of 46.2 yards per punt.

The 49ers will turn their punting job over to rookie Bradley Pinion, selected with the No. 165 overall pick of the draft last month.

Link.

Sounds like a good deal for the Browns. But doesn't he have a big salary?
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ns-trading-pick-to-49ers-for-punter-andy-lee/

 

[Ronin]

Sad to see Andy Lee go.:-(

 

[Ronin]

Link.

Sounds like a good deal for the Browns. But doesn't he have a big salary?
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...ns-trading-pick-to-49ers-for-punter-andy-lee/

Yes.

 

[jw7]

Wow. I've never heard of a punter being traded before.

 

[gmabel830]

wow. I've never heard of a punter being traded before.

punters are people too!

 

[Shane]

I'm trying to figure out why you would trade arguably the best punter and all the football for a seventh round draft pick I don't care how good your rookie looks....

 

[oaken1]

all the chaos,.. defections,...retirements,....


and their big move is to trade a punter..................

anybody have any ideas on what kind of team they will even put on the field this season?

 

[jw7]

I'm trying to figure out why you would trade arguably the best punter and all the football for a seventh round draft pick I don't care how good your rookie looks....

Yeah, I have no idea, either. It is really rare to get a good player not named Tillman in the 7th.

Maybe they are stockpiling draft picks to trade up next year? Dunno.

Special teams are so important, you don't mess with that.

 

[Drop D]

Maybe he threatened to retire?

 

[Iceman]

I'm trying to figure out why you would trade arguably the best punter and all the football for a seventh round draft pick I don't care how good your rookie looks....

Maybe they want to dump his big salary?

 

[Redneck Voodoo]

I'm trying to figure out why you would trade arguably the best punter and all the football for a seventh round draft pick I don't care how good your rookie looks....

Same here...

 

[unseenaz]

all the chaos,.. defections,...retirements,....


and their big move is to trade a punter..................

anybody have any ideas on what kind of team they will even put on the field this season?

They will field a terrible team!!

 

[ajcardfan]

My GUESS is that he has been shooting his mouth off around the locker room about how things are going for the Niners and being negative about it. Other than him being what they see as a cancer, this trade just doesn't make sense. Yeah, there is his salary but they've already had a bunch of salary come off the books due to the retirements.

Besides, there are no free agents worth spending much on now. And, if it is planning for the future, they could've gotten just as good a deal after this season was over.

 

[Son of RedRage]

Seems like a bad idea, man.

 

[Son of RedRage]

Not that I'm complaining, though.

 

[Brak]

I'm trying to figure out why you would trade arguably the best punter and all the football for a seventh round draft pick I don't care how good your rookie looks....

Definitely a salary dump. He was well-paid for a punter, and had "big" drop-off last year (to hear the Niner fans defend it anyways). His net average fell off considerably, though his gross was above his career average.

After suffering with some of the ham & eggers we've had to endure other than Zasti the last few years, I think this was a HORRIBLE move and big risk taken by the Niners. I don't care how good the rook looks, that's' no guarantee that he will perform on Sundays. We've seen it a zillion times before - awesome in college or on the practice field, can't cut it on Sunday. Hopefully that's exactly how it plays out.

 

[ARZCardinals]

Andy is a GREAT punter! Glad he's out of the division.