Jim Steiner Quotations

We're going to be prepared to make a deal. We're going to talk numbers. We're going to be prepared to make a deal if they are.

This was a personnel decision on the part of the 49ers. It was a decision to go with younger players versus the veteran. It's a philosophy. They have the right to have that philosophy, but I'm not going to let them off the hook by calling it a cap decision and letting them cloak it in that language. They have younger receivers that they want to play.

This was a personnel decision on the part of the 49ers, ... It was a decision to go with younger players versus the veteran. It's a philosophy. They have the right to have that philosophy, but I'm not going to let them off the hook by calling it a cap decision and letting them cloak it in that language. They have younger receivers that they want to play.

What's at stake is his career as a starter in the NFL, ... whether it's with 49ers or anybody else.

No time soon. This all happened so quickly.

Whether they would even attempt to keep him and what the other opportunities might be is difficult to say at this point, ... I'd never say never as it relates to 49ers, but it appears if you have a No.1 pick and $24 million guarantee going to a player, there would be an accelerated time frame to get him on the field.

That's what his goal was. That's what he wanted.

What is affecting them are the basic rules (currently in place).

They've got an issue with the cap. As it is right now, they can't add without subtracting.

If they were prepared to pay him $1 million to retire, you can't say it was a money thing, ... It was just a personnel decision to not bring him back. Case closed.