Rice loves playing football.
It's what he lives for. But it seems like he doesn't get to do it often enough any more, even though the season just ended. Rice would have taken the number 88 to the 49ers, except that the legendary Freddie Solomon was wearing it at the time. A total, narrow- minded focus made him what many have called the greatest receiver ever to play the game. It's a cold February afternoon, and it's the first time Jerry Rice has been back to the San Francisco 49ers training facility in Santa Clara since the season ended.