UPDATE NEWS: Jerry Rice Dismisses ‘Game Manager’ Label on Brock Purdy: ‘He Is Elite’

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver legend Jerry Rice had nothing but high praise when speaking about his former team’s current starting quarterback, Brock Purdy.

There’s been a lot of doubters of Purdy, who had an unlikely rise to the starting role after being the last pick of the 2022 draft, earning him the “Mr. Irrelevant” title.

Rice doesn’t believe people should disprove Purdy’s successes, which includes back-to-back NFC championship appearances and now a ticket to Super Bowl LVIII, just because of his path thus far.

“‘Mr Irrelevant,’ Brock Purdy, supposed to be that, I guess that game manager, that’s what they keep saying,” Rice told NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. “I feel like he’s an elite quarterback. I think we have a chance.”

Caught up with @JerryRice, who offered up a game plan for how his #49ers can stop the #Chiefs’ best weapons in Super Bowl LVIII, while watching his son Brenden compete in the @seniorbowl.