Sunday, Fox sports commentator Bill Maas described watching Rice play at this stage in his career to watching Larry Holmes fight late in the boxer's career. Maas often commented that a younger Jerry Rice would be able to make certain plays the '99 version could not.
Rice deserves more respect than that.
He has been there throughout quarterback changes, he has been there as the front office of the organization was thrown into an uproar and more importantly, he has been there for three Super Bowls. All of those are NFL records. He owns a total of 14. Now the eternal question of age has come up when talking about the NFL's most prolific receiver. But Rice deserves more respect than that.