JERRY RICE Reacts to 49ERS Victory Over JETS & Breaks Down BROCK PURDY’S Potential | Yahoo Sports

we are fresh off of a Monday night season opening win for the 49ers against the Jets and I saw that you were in attendance for that game what was the vibe like and what's it like for you to be back in Levi Stadium to be back in Levi Stadium Monday Night Football to me when you play on Monday night that's a statement game so I was all fired up even though I was not in uniform or anything like that you know going against the Jets going against Aaron Rodgers and uh you know the 49ers I I I felt they did what they had to do uh you know the energy in the stadium was uh at a high uh everybody wanted to get off to a very uh positive start I I think offensive wise uh you know we did what we had to do to win that football game we ran the ball Jordan Mason uh exceptional uh Brock py exceptional uh the receivers uh we had a couple drops Brandon iuk uh he had a touchdown and also one reception that he dropped two that was two but I think overall because he G to have to get up the pace uh with regular season no preseason games or anything like that uh surprised that mcaffrey didn't play uh defensive Wise Wise uh Fred Warner just running all over the place defensive wise you know cost and havoc and uh you know uh they were able to get a turnover but you know first of all great win but now we got to get ready for the Vikings on to the next one and you just laid out so many reasons for optimism for this 49ers team Jordan Mason surely missing no time uh trying to get adjusted and make his impact felt with Christian mcaffrey out but obviously the 49ers have enjoyed a lot of success in recent years back to backto back trips to to the NFC championship game off of an appearance in the Super Bowl but they haven't been able to break through and win the big one what gives you optimism that this could be the year and this could be the season that the 49ers Hoist the Lombardi trophy you know you have to put the work in you can't guarantee anything but you you got to fight your way back and get in that position and I feel like we have the guys to do that we we you know we have the offense we got the quarterback and and and I and I know they still continue to uh for some reason feel like Brock py is not the guy Brock is the guy and you know you could tell by his anticipation of throwing the ball and not holding on to it uh and the respect that he gets uh in the Huddle all of that but you got to work you got to go you know try to win a lot of football games uh get back to those playoff games and once you get to those play playoff games uh the season actually starts all over again you know because all the work that you you put in to get there now it goes to a whole different level so but I I think we have uh the leadership uh we have the players in position now we just got to uh somehow fight our way back and somehow not let and and everyone is saying that it's gonna be KC but nobody is saying it's gonna be 49ers so I felt like that was a little dis respect but we are not going to let KC if if if we are facing each other we're not going to let them three peat that cannot happen Okay that cannot happen but uh you know I'm hoping that my my team is able to get back and just kick that door in you bring up Brock py how some people might not believe that he's the guy where do you think that sentiment comes from and what gives you confidence that he is the guy you know to come from being Mr Irrelevant to where he's at now can you you know because he was the last pick in the draft what a storyline this is this is like a movie you know that's happening and and just to watch him grow and and and his leadership how composed he is he doesn't get rattled the velocity uh on his throws the execution all of those things and and I think he's only going to get better he's only going to get better and he's going to get more comfortable and uh and he's going to put us in position and win again it is such a great story you know Mr Irrelevant to fast forward a few years later he's now quarterbacking in the Super Bowl maybe a little bit of a sense of Doubt or a chip on their shoulder you mentioned how everyone's talking about the Chiefs getting back to the Super Bowl but maybe the 49ers aren't getting as much love what does that do to a team maybe hearing the outside noise or maybe feeling a little bit of Doubt from everybody else in the League you know you hear that outside noise uh you try not to uh retaliate you know just be quiet just do what you have to do on the football field uh win football games and uh you know if this was a talking game uh you know you would probably go out and hire some of the best talkers to get it done you know you actually have to play the game so uh you know just you know just go and and take care of what you have to do and uh just get back to the big dance and once you get to the big dance uh you know just know that you have the confidence you have the players you you you have the dogs to get it done that's it anything can happen in the National Football League that is for sure uh I got to talk with Divo svil a few weeks ago and I brought your name up and his eyes just lit up and I'm sure he's not the only one who gets so excited to be in your presence or to be able to partner with you so many players at that position that would want to shape their careers and have a career like you had so maybe that's a piece of advice or maybe a lesson that you learned in your time in the league that you pass on to some younger receivers just work hard show up be accountable every day uh lead by you know uh what you do on the football field and off the football field and make your teammates better so when your teammates when they see you doing that over and over they going to buy into to it they're going to do the same thing uh Debo Samuel uh you know slash running back slash receiver does it all uh his physicality uh the way he can make cuts and and just run away from people is incredible so uh you know one one of the things that I always did back in the day I was the first one on the football field I was the last one to leave so when you when you have uh you know players that uh totally committed to uh winning football games and winning uh you know trying to win a Super Bowl uh it's going to happen so those are some of the things I I sort of like when I'm around the guys I try to let them know that hey man look this is the greatest opportunity ever you get a chance to play the greatest sport professional football where you can you know you can touch so many lives and then get so many fans excited but you know what they also they pay pay you for it they pay they pay you big money for it what you know how can it get any better than that