Elvis had to take some risk in order to become a Raven. They needed his first-year cap number to be low, and the deal wasn't going to happen unless we agreed to that structure. That was not negotiable. He's certainly not worried about his playing ability and he's totally covered relative to injury. Baltimore is where he wanted to play.
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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.Jim Steiner
The retirement thing came down very quickly with Jerry. It came a week ago Saturday, and by the following Monday Labor Day he was announcing his retirement. We had about an hour together before that happened.
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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.
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It'll probably go down to the last hour Thursday night.
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I was there to make a deal and I wanted to make it on my own terms a little bit. But I couldn't make it on my own terms. They just weren't prepared to give me their best shot right now.
Jim Steiner
That's out of the picture.
Jim Steiner
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