Speaker 1: To us fires touch style by waddle stuck into the
Speaker 1: end zone of Miami Boy, tight froll, tight window. They
Speaker 1: had to get that touchdown on that play they gain it.
Speaker 1: What ends up? Dolphins And Welcome to the Drive Time Podcast,
Speaker 1: part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team,
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield And on today's show, we're right back into
Speaker 1: free agency edition of the Drivetime Podcast. My guest today,
Speaker 1: running back Raheem Mostert, will break down his game and
Speaker 1: hear from him about football, his decision to join the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins, coach McDaniel, and a heck of a lot
Speaker 1: more from the Baptist Health Studios in the Baptist Health
Speaker 1: Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast, Dophins. So I
Speaker 1: think a lot of you know by now that Raheem
Speaker 1: Mostart has speed four days. He's also especially efficient running back.
Speaker 1: Since entering the NFL, no running back with at least
Speaker 1: two hundred carries has a better rushing average than Mostre's
Speaker 1: five point seven YPC. And he's done that on two
Speaker 1: four carries, one thousand and six hundred and ten yards
Speaker 1: and eleven touchdowns on the ground, he has sixty eight
Speaker 1: first downs. It's an impressive twenty three point nine percent
Speaker 1: first down conversion rate. I mean first and ten. You
Speaker 1: know that's a tough down to get first downs on.
Speaker 1: He's doing that. He's converting short yardage almost a quarter
Speaker 1: of a time his runs go for a first down.
Speaker 1: Not a bad way to finish off a third down
Speaker 1: run or to start a drive on first and ten.
Speaker 1: But he also contributes in the passing game thirty six catches,
Speaker 1: three hundred sixty one yards, three touchdowns, A couple of
Speaker 1: big explosive plays there as well. And how about to
Speaker 1: round out the entire game, eighty four career pass blocking
Speaker 1: snaps four Raheem Mostert he's been charged with. There's four
Speaker 1: pressures allowed over those eighty four reps per Pro Football Focus,
Speaker 1: and Trent Williams, his former teammate there in San Francisco,
Speaker 1: had a nice will nod about what he thinks of
Speaker 1: most arts game, talking about his speed. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and hear from Trent Williams on Raheem Mostert. I like
Speaker 1: Raheem Moster man. I know a lot of people may
Speaker 1: not think that, but to me, he the new age
Speaker 1: Chris Johnson and like blocking form with that he like that.
Speaker 1: Look up, nobody cares. Ain't nobody in NFL at a
Speaker 1: faster ball carry a mouse power in the last two years. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: as a running back, not even Unna as a players
Speaker 1: as a player, bro look it up well over twent
Speaker 1: So you hear those numbers there that he's spitting. That's
Speaker 1: kind of our next thing here on the list. Room room, man,
Speaker 1: this guy goes. The speed is quantifiable, like Trent Williams
Speaker 1: mentioned there, through next Gen stats, and Mostert had the
Speaker 1: first and second fastest recorded speeds of any player, as
Speaker 1: Williams mentioned there, clocking in at twenty three point o
Speaker 1: nine mph on an eight yard touchdown run in Week two,
Speaker 1: which followed up a seventy six yard touchdown catch in
Speaker 1: the season opener, with a top speed of twenty two
Speaker 1: point seven three miles per hour on that catch and run.
Speaker 1: So week one, week two, he puts the number one
Speaker 1: and number two times for the entire season on the board,
Speaker 1: and nobody else catches that the rest of the way.
Speaker 1: And that eight yard touchdown run was the first play
Speaker 1: of the game against the Jets last year in Week
Speaker 1: number two, that will help your offense a little bit.
Speaker 1: And then the touchdown catch was the first play of
Speaker 1: the Niners first series in a game against the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: So where he most got things going for that offense early?
Speaker 1: And that's obviously going to go a long way towards
Speaker 1: help when you win football games when you can put
Speaker 1: seven points on the board quickly like that and let
Speaker 1: your defense get after the quarterback. So Wherehee mostert? We
Speaker 1: know that he was with Miami back in for a
Speaker 1: brief period of time. He's now given the NFL eight years.
Speaker 1: How unlikely is that spending time with four teams in
Speaker 1: the National Football League before Fine that home in San Francisco.
Speaker 1: This season in Miami's gonna be his eight campaign in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. So how does one dig deep
Speaker 1: and find the persistence to overcome repeated adversity? That's just
Speaker 1: part of home starts DNA man quote. I've always been
Speaker 1: a person with that drive to succeed, he said in
Speaker 1: an article written by Tyler Doone. I never really had
Speaker 1: much when I was younger. It was a hunger to
Speaker 1: succeed and make it out. So, man, this guy is
Speaker 1: why are the right way? He runs the right way
Speaker 1: He's a big play waiting to happen, especially when it
Speaker 1: comes to big plays like the Niners post season run
Speaker 1: back in twenty nine team, when he piled up three
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty six rushing yards and five touchdowns on
Speaker 1: fifty three post season carries in those three playoff games.
Speaker 1: He was an integral part to that entire run after
Speaker 1: leading the team and rushing in the regular season. And
Speaker 1: how about that NFC championship game he had against the
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers two and twenty yards on the ground
Speaker 1: four scores and seven years ago, just kidding, just four
Speaker 1: scores he scored on the ground in that game. Only
Speaker 1: Eric Dickerson had more rushing yards in a scene go
Speaker 1: playoff game, and only Ricky Waters had more rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: with five Like Garrett Blunt tied the four touchdowns, so
Speaker 1: tied for a second for touchdowns in a game in
Speaker 1: the playoffs and second overall in rushing yards in a
Speaker 1: playoff game. And just for some posterity, former Dolphin Lamar
Speaker 1: Smith had two d nine yards back in two thousand.
Speaker 1: That's the third most all time in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and finish up here with the cool story.
Speaker 1: How about the surfing and the skateboarding. You know, a
Speaker 1: few things are more thrilling in the national in the
Speaker 1: National Football League than an eight yard touchdown rips something
Speaker 1: that he has experienced a few times. But while most
Speaker 1: NFL players are exceptional athlete and believe they can be
Speaker 1: great pros on the hard wood in any other sport,
Speaker 1: you give them. How about being offered a surfing contract.
Speaker 1: Here's a quote from a story on The Athletic. I'd
Speaker 1: be out there surfing your skateboarding on my own, not
Speaker 1: really trying to make a scene or anything, and this
Speaker 1: guy came up to me and wanted to offer me
Speaker 1: a contract. He was intrigued. Basically, he talks about the
Speaker 1: town most it does where he grew up, where it's
Speaker 1: still car called shark Bite Capital of the World. I'll
Speaker 1: go ahead and avoid that. We would go out there
Speaker 1: and surf and they would buy on people and stuff.
Speaker 1: They were just usually small sharks, but they mistake us
Speaker 1: for food. I also went ahead and included a video
Speaker 1: that he posted to his Instagram of him surfing at
Speaker 1: y ki Ki a couple of years back on his Instagram,
Speaker 1: So go check that out. Very fluid player, very fun player.
Speaker 1: As you'll hear here in this interview with that I
Speaker 1: had with Raheem mos Dirt on the Drivetime podcast presented
Speaker 1: by Auto Nation. What's Up? Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here, the
Speaker 1: host of the Drivetime podcast on the Miami Dolphins podcast network,
Speaker 1: and I'm thrilled to be joined today by new Dolphins
Speaker 1: running back Raheem most Dirt. Raheem welcome in, Man, Hey,
Speaker 1: welcome man, Man. I appreciate it, man, thanks for having
Speaker 1: me trail. So just getting down here, kind of getting
Speaker 1: the land. How as it hitting yet? How do you
Speaker 1: feel about being a Miami Dolphin? Oh? Man, I mean
Speaker 1: I was here in fifteen, so, um, you know, it's
Speaker 1: it's full circle and it's it's crazy. I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: I'm back, and you know, I'm feeling better than ever
Speaker 1: and I'm excited to you know, just put on and
Speaker 1: and show everybody what I can do. You know, with
Speaker 1: this organization and the coaching staff and you know the
Speaker 1: fan base. You know, that's that's really where you want
Speaker 1: to make your statements. Have the fans understand who you
Speaker 1: are as a person, and um, I believe that you know,
Speaker 1: this organization has gotten a great player, and you know
Speaker 1: and myself, and I hate to boost myself phone, but yeah,
Speaker 1: but I mean, you know, I'm just enjoying it, man,
Speaker 1: I'm enjoying the process and being back here in Miami.
Speaker 1: I love Miami first and foremost. You know, I coming
Speaker 1: down here during the off season, so um, you know
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a whirlwind, but it's it's the right whirlwind.
Speaker 1: So I asked Teddy this earlier because he's a Miami
Speaker 1: native as well. A little further north, But what's the
Speaker 1: what's the go to Miami thing? After you're done with
Speaker 1: all your responsibilities here, what's the one thing you gotta
Speaker 1: go do for some leisure and some fun. Um? Well, people,
Speaker 1: people think it's a little bit corny, but there's a
Speaker 1: spot called Wappo Taco right over in Helendale. Um, they
Speaker 1: have the best tacos. I'm gonna go ahead and check
Speaker 1: that spot out, you know, in my leisure time. So going,
Speaker 1: So that's up next before we gotta finished this first. Okay,
Speaker 1: Wappa Taco. But you mentioned being here at the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Much changed since then, new building, Davy to to Miami Gardens.
Speaker 1: Bit of a change here, huh yeah, definitely a bit
Speaker 1: of a change. I don't know if people really experienced
Speaker 1: the full full change yet, but you know it was
Speaker 1: nice seeing seeing uh, you know back in the day
Speaker 1: where in Davy it was all the trophies and stuff
Speaker 1: like that in the lobby area and the spiral staircase
Speaker 1: and stuff like that going up into the the offices
Speaker 1: and all that, and you know, it was a little
Speaker 1: bit smaller over locker room. But you know, being here, man,
Speaker 1: it's just it's unbelievable. How you know that everything is
Speaker 1: transpired and all everything is bigger, better, you know. Um,
Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of different signs and everything like that. Man,
Speaker 1: new building, so new turf and all that indoor facilities
Speaker 1: nice instead of the bubble, you know. Um, So it's
Speaker 1: all it's all nice to see you man, It's it's
Speaker 1: definitely growing pretty good backdrop there behind the problem. Not
Speaker 1: not too bad to look at out there, No, not
Speaker 1: at all. So you mentioned here again, coming back here,
Speaker 1: how do you think you've grown as a player in
Speaker 1: that time? Yeah, you know that was my rookie year. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I didn't, I didn't, I just I was undrafted,
Speaker 1: um by the Eagles, and then I had just got
Speaker 1: picked up by the Dolphins. Um. Actually the very first
Speaker 1: after the very first game. Um, and I never forget, man,
Speaker 1: I came here with nothing but Eagles gear on. Um.
Speaker 1: I showed up with Joe and Charlie down there and
Speaker 1: equipment room, and those dudes were just laughing at me
Speaker 1: because that's all I had on my on me was
Speaker 1: just nothing but Eagles year because I had traveled with
Speaker 1: the team and you know, I'm just a rookie. I
Speaker 1: don't know much about dressing up and yeah, just wearing
Speaker 1: what I had, you know, all the free gear and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So it was it was nice, man.
Speaker 1: But um, yeah, now it's it's all changed. You know.
Speaker 1: I I understand the business aspect of the NFL and um,
Speaker 1: you know, I'm I'm an eight year vet now, so
Speaker 1: I'm I'm excited man, and um looking forward to this journey.
Speaker 1: You know, there's another chapter in my in my book
Speaker 1: that you know, it's hasn't been written yet, and I'm
Speaker 1: I'm ready to write that. We got you hooked up
Speaker 1: on the aqua hat here looking good the colors on. Now.
Speaker 1: So you know, we talked about being from update by Daytona,
Speaker 1: but what was the name of the city actually beach. Okay,
Speaker 1: So I saw a story about you on the athletic
Speaker 1: growing up that you were pretty nifty, not just on
Speaker 1: a skateboard but also on a surfboard. Is there any
Speaker 1: crossover between the footwork that goes into those two sports
Speaker 1: with football? Uh? Yeah, I mean there's a lot of crossover.
Speaker 1: You know, you have to you have to have good
Speaker 1: balance first and foremost. I mean I know that you
Speaker 1: you surfing skateboard as well, it's up your alley, so um, yeah,
Speaker 1: and you can relate you know, skateboarder. Man's there's a
Speaker 1: lot of different tricks that you can do. Um. And
Speaker 1: you know, translate that into surf and surface is a
Speaker 1: little bit easier. But you have to gauge a certain wave. Um.
Speaker 1: And you know that's just that's just how it is, man.
Speaker 1: You just go out there and just try to catch
Speaker 1: a wave. So, you know, being able to transition those
Speaker 1: things into football itself, you know, having good balance, good vision,
Speaker 1: being able to you know, read a certain waves the
Speaker 1: same thing as being able to read a certain hole.
Speaker 1: So um, you know, there's there's different ways of maneuvering
Speaker 1: in the NFL compared to like surfing or skateboarding. But
Speaker 1: it's all relatively the same though. Yeah, I love that parallel.
Speaker 1: I didn't think about the idea of the wave and
Speaker 1: the offensive line kind of reading your blocks, reading your waves.
Speaker 1: So I've been around a few beaches down here since
Speaker 1: I moved to South Florida, and it's pretty flat out there.
Speaker 1: What is there down here? Yeah? Um, not down here.
Speaker 1: You know, once you get down into the south southern
Speaker 1: or Southern Florida, man, this Uh, you're not really getting
Speaker 1: those pop waves. You know where I'm from, up in
Speaker 1: New samarna Um, there's the inlet and stuff stuff like that.
Speaker 1: You know, that's where the rocks come. There's rocks and
Speaker 1: stuff like that, and you could ride the waves, and
Speaker 1: you know, the rocks create the waves. So essentially you're
Speaker 1: getting good waves, especially in December and then those Hurricane
Speaker 1: was Yeah, definitely get those go those like ten foot waves. Man, Yeah,
Speaker 1: that scary stuff. I'm not quite that advantage about that.
Speaker 1: So you're back here with Mike McDaniel in Miami now,
Speaker 1: and you know he's you joined him after being with
Speaker 1: him in San Francisco. What do you with the most
Speaker 1: about his system? Offensively? Man, first and foremost, I love
Speaker 1: Mike as a person, you know, his tenacity. Um, people
Speaker 1: don't really get to see that just yet. You know,
Speaker 1: once once the season kicks off, once he's able to
Speaker 1: you know, uh, the dust is settled, and you know,
Speaker 1: you get your draft picks, you get your people that
Speaker 1: you want, buildings and and you know, go through meetings
Speaker 1: and you're gonna see a whole different Mike that you know,
Speaker 1: not not too many people see. Um. And I've been
Speaker 1: fortunate enough to you know, see him and stuff like
Speaker 1: that in San Francisco, So um, to be able to
Speaker 1: see him, you know, become transition from the offensive coordinating
Speaker 1: job and the run game specialist, the runk game coach
Speaker 1: to not being the head coach man. It's just it's
Speaker 1: just amazing, you know, his his tenacity, his his leadership,
Speaker 1: the way he wants you to feel when he comes
Speaker 1: into when you come into the building. You know, I'm
Speaker 1: I've already had several talks with him in the buildings
Speaker 1: since I've been here, and um, he just makes you
Speaker 1: feel at home. You know. He does everything in a
Speaker 1: fashion where you know you're you're part of family. And
Speaker 1: it's not just about the exits and ohs. He wants
Speaker 1: to get help you grow as a person, as a man,
Speaker 1: um and and as a human. You know that, And
Speaker 1: that's one of the biggest things that you want to see,
Speaker 1: Um from a head coach, you know, player wise, so
Speaker 1: that you know, I just can't wait to see how
Speaker 1: this whole thing turns out. And I'm excited to be
Speaker 1: a part of it. That's a pretty great testimonial that
Speaker 1: we'll take that. Speaking of the coaches you're familiar with,
Speaker 1: here two more guys from Nars west welco or John Embry.
Speaker 1: What can you tell us about them? Yeah, Um, west Man,
Speaker 1: he's gonna he's gonna bring a lot out of little receivers. Um.
Speaker 1: You know he's been he's been one of those guys,
Speaker 1: especially in the league. You know, he's played several years
Speaker 1: and Um played played at Denver and played with the Patriots,
Speaker 1: played with Tom Brady, and so you know, he he
Speaker 1: brings that knowledge to the game. UM, and he can
Speaker 1: help the receivers out, you know, especially how to win routes.
Speaker 1: Went on there in breaking routes outbreaking routes and uh,
Speaker 1: just go up and be a dog. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: the receiver corps is definitely gonna get Um Tenage just
Speaker 1: stock uh coach out of the West. So I'm excited
Speaker 1: about that. And then you go over to you know,
Speaker 1: the tight ends with coach Embree, Um Ambo, Man that
Speaker 1: that guy is. He's a legend in himself. You know.
Speaker 1: He he coached Tony Gonzalez, you know, so you know
Speaker 1: that right there just tells you the type of enthusiasm
Speaker 1: that he has um with his coaching techniques and his
Speaker 1: coaching style. So, um, you know, he's He's a guy
Speaker 1: that I've I've leaned on, you know when I was
Speaker 1: um in SF with him and stuff like that and
Speaker 1: gotten to learn him and his sons and stuff like that. Um,
Speaker 1: and they're all just great, great people, man. And both
Speaker 1: of them, both of these coaches are definitely someone to
Speaker 1: keep an eye out for it because they're gonna they're
Speaker 1: trying to involve the game. Man. You know, truly we
Speaker 1: love to hear that. And you know, talking about your
Speaker 1: time in San Francisco two yards and four touchdowns and
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game in twenty nineteen, do you know
Speaker 1: that second all time in the NFL playoffs? Yeah, how
Speaker 1: much that I take a lot of pride in it,
Speaker 1: you know, Um, And what's crazy is I'm you know,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm trying to mimic that even better. You know,
Speaker 1: I want, I want better for myself. I set myself
Speaker 1: to a certain standard now, um, and I just want
Speaker 1: to go out there and just prove that. You know,
Speaker 1: every time I touched the ball, you know, it's it's
Speaker 1: gonna be either record breaking or you know, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: just trying to help this team win. You know, the
Speaker 1: same thing what I what I was doing in San Francisco.
Speaker 1: You know, just trying to help you know, turn that
Speaker 1: thing around. And we were able to do that. You know,
Speaker 1: we made it to the playoffs. Um, you know, and
Speaker 1: we were able to make it to the super Bowl
Speaker 1: right here in hard Rock. So you mentioned Mike's coaching
Speaker 1: and kind of what he meant to you in your career.
Speaker 1: So you're the two fastest runs and according next Gen
Speaker 1: stats back in as far as top speed reached. What
Speaker 1: what does speed do for your game? Like? What the
Speaker 1: role to speed play in your game as a running back? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, speed especially when you get to the outside edges. Man,
Speaker 1: and um, Mike or I keep saying, my coach, Mike
Speaker 1: is gonna definitely bring bring out the best in you.
Speaker 1: You know, he wants to attack the edges often and early,
Speaker 1: and you've got to understand that the scheme him of um,
Speaker 1: put your foot in the ground and go. So UM,
Speaker 1: I know it's gonna be a different transition for a
Speaker 1: lot of guys, but you know it's all just relative
Speaker 1: and and it's all the same. You know, just put
Speaker 1: your foot in the ground and go and don't think
Speaker 1: about it. Just hit the holes and and ride, ride away.
Speaker 1: So that's that's all you can do, and especially in
Speaker 1: this offense. So last one for you here and let
Speaker 1: you get out there for the waves are or so
Speaker 1: you got this opportunity here at the Miami Dolphins. What
Speaker 1: are you most excited about about the whole experience? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean this team is an unbelievable team. You know
Speaker 1: last year they were they had one game where they
Speaker 1: just missed the playoffs. And you know, if if I
Speaker 1: can come in and help, you know, with one game
Speaker 1: to make it to the playoffs, hopefully I can bring
Speaker 1: an aspect to the game too, in the run game
Speaker 1: to make it a little bit easier for everybody. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, me Chase Edmonds and some of the other
Speaker 1: backs that are that are here, so you know it's
Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna be challenged, especially because you
Speaker 1: know they don't know the offense just yet, but they're
Speaker 1: they're in for a special surprise man when it comes
Speaker 1: to you know, knowing what we gotta do to get
Speaker 1: to get to our ultimate goal, and that's to win
Speaker 1: a championship. Um, once you can implement that and everybody's
Speaker 1: on board. And I could tell everybody was on board
Speaker 1: last year. Um, like I said, it was just one
Speaker 1: game away. But if you've got enough guys and enough
Speaker 1: characters and in the in the in the building and
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. Well, we're looking forward to you can
Speaker 1: part in some wisdom on the players here in the
Speaker 1: locker room and also scoring some touchdowns across the street.
Speaker 1: They are hard rocksteady. Yeah, where he most start new
Speaker 1: Dolphins running back. I thank you so much for your
Speaker 1: time and appreciation. Man, thank you having me, and away
Speaker 1: he goes. Another fun interview here in the books on
Speaker 1: the Drivetime podcast with Travis Wingfield, brought to you by
Speaker 1: Auto Nation. We're gonna come back on the other side
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