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Jerry Rice says 49ers will win the Super Bowl despite killer second half schedule

If it’s Monday, it must be time for Jerry Rice to predict a Super Bowl championship for the 49ers.

Yes, this year’s 49ers.

Appearing Monday on ESPN’s “First Take,” Rice — whose zeal for his former team makes you wonder if he’s angling for an appointment to the club’s public relations staff — started slowly, hawking his new book “America’s Game.”

Then he got to the meat of the matter.

“They’re going to continue winning,” Rice said of his former team. “They’re going to win the whole thing. I picked them from Day 1. Jimmy G’s going to get them to the promised land.