he Atlanta Falcons traded running back T.J. Duckett to the Washington Redskins on Tuesday as part of a three-team deal and acquired holdout receiver Ashley Lelie from the Denver Broncos.

The Broncos received Washington’s third-round pick in the 2007 draft as part of the deal, according to two officials within the league who spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been officially announced.

I have also been a 49er fan for a long time. And I would like to see things get better quickly. However, your post is not realistic.

First of all, Kevin Lynch of the Chron reported way back in February that there would be very few FAs who would want to come to SF because the franchise had a reputation for being “cheap.” He predicted that any player that did come here would demand a premium of up to 30% above what other teams might offer.

Now I don’t know anymore than you do what teams offered but I do know that the 9ers were interested in several players they were not able to sign for unstated reasons.

Second, in making trades, the other team has to want what you are offering. In the Lelie deal, Denver didn’t need a running back and they wanted a higher pick than he was worth. It was the equivalent of demanding a #2 for Barlow – it wasn’t going to happen. The Jets wanted Barlow but they had no one that would have improved the 49er team. They had offered Derek Strait to Cleveland in the Suggs deal, and it is assumed they would have been willing to send him here. However, Suggs is an underachieving 4th round pick who COULDN’T KEEP A STARTING JOB WITH THE JETS. Would you want a guy like that? We just dumped Rumph because he wasn’t going to make the team. Strait was Rumph with different cloths.

Back in April there was talk here about Koren Robinson. Nolan was asked about it and he said they weren’t interested. No we find Robinson in big-time legal trouble and will probably face a 1 year suspension for his DUI, because it violates his probation.

I could go on…

Third, what player left in “house cleaning” that you think we should have kept? And, been able to pay what other teams were offering and still be under the cap?

Finally, it was acknowledged around the league that the 49ers were one of the very weakest of the weak last year. They had NO talent. Do you really think we should have kept any of the dead wood left over from the Donahue/Erickson days?

Man, read your post before you hit send. You have passion for your team but your points are just not realistic.

1. Nolan comes back next year. This is a scenario I am not wanting.

2. We get inexperienced players who, when they finally do become good players, we will cut because penny pinching York will not pay them what really contenders will pay.

Unfortunately, instead of getting angry and demanding better of your team I have noticed people are just settling for what it is, like this team has always been shit. (AND IT HASN’T!) Instead of wanting veterans, I hear ridiculous arguments like “bringing in Ty Law (For example) will only take away opporunity for our young inexperienced cornerbacks. We need to let them play.” Are you idiots? We want to win and win now. Rookies behind veterans build great players. T.O. is what he is because he was a kid that sat on the bench when Rice played. Mar Bulger was good because he learned behind Kurt Warner. Hell, even the Raider’s Lamont Jordan who punished our linebackers last Sunday is good because he was behind Curtis Martin. So what do the 49ers do? WE GET A FREAKING 4th ROUNDER FROM NEXT YEAR

I mean give Nolan an co. some credit…he’s cleaning up erickson’s mess that no doubt set us back at least 3 years…give it time, u’ll all see this was a great move in the end…especially come draft time