Bryant McKinnie says it will be time to begin placing some critical respect on Brock Purdy‘s identify if the QB scores a victory on Sunday … telling TMZ Sports activities he’ll think about the signal-caller “elite” if he is in a position to beat Patrick Mahomes at Tremendous Bowl LVIII.

McKinnie — who gained an SB of his personal again within the 2012 season — mentioned he is been impressed with what Purdy’s performed thus far in his first two years within the league … and if he is in a position to showcase it another time in Las Vegas, the previous Ravens O-lineman says BP’s detractors higher get their flowers prepared.

“At a sure level,” the ex-left sort out mentioned, “you need to begin giving him respect and credit score for what he is been doing.”

“Successful a Tremendous Bowl is certainly going to place him at a special stage as a result of plenty of quarterbacks have not gained one.”

McKinnie mentioned followers will merely don’t have any alternative however to fit Purdy of their top-10 rankings if he outduels Mahomes at Allegiant Stadium.

As for if the Chiefs star will get the dub over Purdy — McKinnie mentioned that’ll put Mahomes in some severely uncommon air … telling us the 28-year-old will probably be “in conversations” for a spot on the NFL’s Mt. Rushmore if he will get all of it performed.

There’s extra … McKinnie additionally spoke with us about his former Baltimore staff, and it isn’t arduous to see he is a bit disenchanted with how the Ravens bowed out of the playoffs.

He instructed us he wished Lamar Jackson had used his legs extra within the AFC Championship recreation in opposition to Okay.C. … saying straight up, “if he stayed true to his recreation, it will have been a special end result.”

McKinnie, in the meantime, has been staying busy in retirement … linking up with LetzChat — an organization that may translate phrases to completely different languages in real-time — and he tells us he is stoked about its potential going ahead.