It potentially could have an impact, yes.

Potentially, yes, because we have so many young stallions. And now we have some guys who can teach them how to be pros. That's the key. We've got plenty of young stallions, I promise you. Look at our roster. But we needed some veterans to show them how to be good pros. We've got some of those guys now.

It's hard to characterize negotiations, but there are issues that we have not agreed on. We're just going to move ahead and see if we can reach an agreement. If not, we'll analyze our options and move forward.

Simeon's got a huge cap number [$9.2 million], so people just assume somebody's going to try to do something with him. But I don't know anything about a trade.

Based on what he's accomplished and on his statistics, if you compare what he's done to what some of the other top quarterbacks have done, he certainly doesn't come anywhere near them in terms of compensation.

[With Alex Smith and the 49ers still far from reaching a contract agreement, the team's plans for the No. 1 pick in the N.F.L. draft remains uncertain.] It's hard to characterize negotiations, but there are issues that we have not agreed on, ... We're just going to move ahead and see if we can reach an agreement. If not, we'll analyze our options and move forward.