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Jerry Rice blasts officials’ calls during 49ers’ Super Bowl loss

While Jerry Rice doesn’t want to outright blame officials’ calls for the 49ers’ Super Bowl loss, the Hall of Famer implies some egregious officiating mistakes were hard for San Francisco to overcome.

Rice rattled off three plays in particular he feels officials blew in San Francisco’s 31-20 loss he calls “devastating” and helped send him into an emotional tailspin.

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“We had some bad calls, too, against us,” Rice said Wednesday morning on 95.7 The Game’s “Joe, Lo and Dibs” show. “The one with (George) Kittle right before halftime. I’m like, ‘Are you serious?