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Punter Andy Lee will remain in San Francisco, after the 49ers chose to match the offer sheet tendered by the Steelers.

With only three punters available in free agency who played in the NFL last season, the team will likely be forced to either take Gardocki for another mediocre season or look to the draft to fill the position. Because they were willing to cough up a 6th round pick for Lee, it seems pretty likely that they will continue to entertain the idea of “a draft pick for a punter” but may use it in a more straight-forward manner than they tried with the San Francisco restricted free agent: they may actually draft one. Unfortunately, there just isn’t much out there to look at, so it’s a good possibility that we’ll be looking at another season of punts that barely make it 40 yards — but no one will block any!

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