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free agency edition of the Drivetime Podcast. My guest today, running back Raheem Mostert, will break down his game and hear from him about football, his decision to join the Miami Dolphins, coach McDaniel, and a heck of a lot more from the Baptist Health Studios in the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast, Dophins. So I think a lot of you know by now that Raheem Mostart has speed four days. He's also especially efficient running back.

Since entering the NFL, no running back with at least two hundred carries has a better rushing average than Mostre's five point seven YPC. And he's done that on two four carries, one thousand and six hundred and ten yards and eleven touchdowns on the ground, he has sixty eight first downs. It's an impressive twenty three point nine percent first down conversion rate. I mean first and ten. You know that's a tough down to get first downs on.

He's doing that. He's converting short yardage almost a quarter of a time his runs go for a first down. Not a bad way to finish off a third down run or to start a drive on first and ten. But he also contributes in the passing game thirty six catches, three hundred sixty one yards, three touchdowns, A couple of big explosive plays there as well. And how about to round out the entire game, eighty four career pass blocking

snaps four Raheem Mostert he's been charged with. There's four pressures allowed over those eighty four reps per Pro Football Focus, and Trent Williams, his former teammate there in San Francisco, had a nice will nod about what he thinks of most arts game, talking about his speed. Let's go ahead and hear from Trent Williams on Raheem Mostert. I like Raheem Moster man. I know a lot of people may not think that, but to me, he the new age Chris Johnson and like blocking form with that he like that.

Look up, nobody cares. Ain't nobody in NFL at a faster ball carry a mouse power in the last two years. No, no, no, as a running back, not even Unna as a players as a player, bro look it up well over twent So you hear those numbers there that he's spitting. That's kind of our next thing here on the list. Room room, man,

this guy goes. The speed is quantifiable, like Trent Williams mentioned there, through next Gen stats, and Mostert had the first and second fastest recorded speeds of any player, as Williams mentioned there, clocking in at twenty three point o nine mph on an eight yard touchdown run in Week two, which followed up a seventy six yard touchdown catch in the season opener, with a top speed of twenty two point seven three miles per hour on that catch and run.

So week one, week two, he puts the number one and number two times for the entire season on the board, and nobody else catches that the rest of the way. And that eight yard touchdown run was the first play of the game against the Jets last year in Week number two, that will help your offense a little bit. And then the touchdown catch was the first play of the Niners first series in a game against the Cardinals. So where he most got things going for that offense early?

And that's obviously going to go a long way towards help when you win football games when you can put seven points on the board quickly like that and let your defense get after the quarterback. So Wherehee mostert? We know that he was with Miami back in for a brief period of time. He's now given the NFL eight years. How unlikely is that spending time with four teams in the National Football League before Fine that home in San Francisco. This season in Miami's gonna be his eight campaign in

the National Football League. So how does one dig deep and find the persistence to overcome repeated adversity? That's just part of home starts DNA man quote. I've always been a person with that drive to succeed, he said in an article written by Tyler Doone. I never really had much when I was younger. It was a hunger to succeed and make it out. So, man, this guy is

why are the right way? He runs the right way He's a big play waiting to happen, especially when it comes to big plays like the Niners post season run back in twenty nine team, when he piled up three hundred and thirty six rushing yards and five touchdowns on fifty three post season carries in those three playoff games. He was an integral part to that entire run after

leading the team and rushing in the regular season. And how about that NFC championship game he had against the Green Bay Packers two and twenty yards on the ground four scores and seven years ago, just kidding, just four

scores he scored on the ground in that game. Only Eric Dickerson had more rushing yards in a scene go playoff game, and only Ricky Waters had more rushing touchdowns with five Like Garrett Blunt tied the four touchdowns, so tied for a second for touchdowns in a game in the playoffs and second overall in rushing yards in a playoff game. And just for some posterity, former Dolphin Lamar Smith had two d nine yards back in two thousand. That's the third most all time in the National Football League.

Let's go ahead and finish up here with the cool story. How about the surfing and the skateboarding. You know, a few things are more thrilling in the national in the National Football League than an eight yard touchdown rips something that he has experienced a few times. But while most NFL players are exceptional athlete and believe they can be great pros on the hard wood in any other sport, you give them. How about being offered a surfing contract.

Here's a quote from a story on The Athletic. I'd be out there surfing your skateboarding on my own, not really trying to make a scene or anything, and this guy came up to me and wanted to offer me a contract. He was intrigued. Basically, he talks about the town most it does where he grew up, where it's still car called shark Bite Capital of the World. I'll go ahead and avoid that. We would go out there and surf and they would buy on people and stuff.

They were just usually small sharks, but they mistake us for food. I also went ahead and included a video that he posted to his Instagram of him surfing at y ki Ki a couple of years back on his Instagram, So go check that out. Very fluid player, very fun player. As you'll hear here in this interview with that I had with Raheem mos Dirt on the Drivetime podcast presented

by Auto Nation. What's Up? Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here, the host of the Drivetime podcast on the Miami Dolphins podcast network, and I'm thrilled to be joined today by new Dolphins running back Raheem most Dirt. Raheem welcome in, Man, Hey, welcome man, Man. I appreciate it, man, thanks for having me trail. So just getting down here, kind of getting the land. How as it hitting yet? How do you feel about being a Miami Dolphin? Oh? Man, I mean I was here in fifteen, so, um, you know, it's

it's full circle and it's it's crazy. I mean, I'm I'm back, and you know, I'm feeling better than ever and I'm excited to you know, just put on and and show everybody what I can do. You know, with this organization and the coaching staff and you know the fan base. You know, that's that's really where you want

to make your statements. Have the fans understand who you are as a person, and um, I believe that you know, this organization has gotten a great player, and you know and myself, and I hate to boost myself phone, but yeah, but I mean, you know, I'm just enjoying it, man, I'm enjoying the process and being back here in Miami. I love Miami first and foremost. You know, I coming down here during the off season, so um, you know it's it's it's a whirlwind, but it's it's the right whirlwind.

So I asked Teddy this earlier because he's a Miami native as well. A little further north, But what's the what's the go to Miami thing? After you're done with all your responsibilities here, what's the one thing you gotta go do for some leisure and some fun. Um? Well, people, people think it's a little bit corny, but there's a spot called Wappo Taco right over in Helendale. Um, they have the best tacos. I'm gonna go ahead and check that spot out, you know, in my leisure time. So going,

So that's up next before we gotta finished this first. Okay, Wappa Taco. But you mentioned being here at the Dolphins. Much changed since then, new building, Davy to to Miami Gardens. Bit of a change here, huh yeah, definitely a bit

of a change. I don't know if people really experienced the full full change yet, but you know it was nice seeing seeing uh, you know back in the day where in Davy it was all the trophies and stuff like that in the lobby area and the spiral staircase and stuff like that going up into the the offices and all that, and you know, it was a little bit smaller over locker room. But you know, being here, man, it's just it's unbelievable. How you know that everything is

transpired and all everything is bigger, better, you know. Um, there's there's a lot of different signs and everything like that. Man, new building, so new turf and all that indoor facilities nice instead of the bubble, you know. Um, So it's all it's all nice to see you man, It's it's definitely growing pretty good backdrop there behind the problem. Not not too bad to look at out there, No, not at all. So you mentioned here again, coming back here, how do you think you've grown as a player in

that time? Yeah, you know that was my rookie year. Um, you know, I didn't, I didn't, I just I was undrafted, um by the Eagles, and then I had just got picked up by the Dolphins. Um. Actually the very first after the very first game. Um, and I never forget, man,

I came here with nothing but Eagles gear on. Um. I showed up with Joe and Charlie down there and equipment room, and those dudes were just laughing at me because that's all I had on my on me was just nothing but Eagles year because I had traveled with the team and you know, I'm just a rookie. I don't know much about dressing up and yeah, just wearing what I had, you know, all the free gear and stuff like that. So it was it was nice, man. But um, yeah, now it's it's all changed. You know.

I I understand the business aspect of the NFL and um, you know, I'm I'm an eight year vet now, so I'm I'm excited man, and um looking forward to this journey. You know, there's another chapter in my in my book that you know, it's hasn't been written yet, and I'm I'm ready to write that. We got you hooked up on the aqua hat here looking good the colors on. Now. So you know, we talked about being from update by Daytona,

but what was the name of the city actually beach. Okay, So I saw a story about you on the athletic growing up that you were pretty nifty, not just on a skateboard but also on a surfboard. Is there any crossover between the footwork that goes into those two sports with football? Uh? Yeah, I mean there's a lot of crossover. You know, you have to you have to have good balance first and foremost. I mean I know that you you surfing skateboard as well, it's up your alley, so um, yeah,

and you can relate you know, skateboarder. Man's there's a lot of different tricks that you can do. Um. And you know, translate that into surf and surface is a little bit easier. But you have to gauge a certain wave. Um. And you know that's just that's just how it is, man. You just go out there and just try to catch

a wave. So, you know, being able to transition those things into football itself, you know, having good balance, good vision, being able to you know, read a certain waves the same thing as being able to read a certain hole. So um, you know, there's there's different ways of maneuvering in the NFL compared to like surfing or skateboarding. But it's all relatively the same though. Yeah, I love that parallel.

I didn't think about the idea of the wave and the offensive line kind of reading your blocks, reading your waves. So I've been around a few beaches down here since I moved to South Florida, and it's pretty flat out there. What is there down here? Yeah? Um, not down here. You know, once you get down into the south southern or Southern Florida, man, this Uh, you're not really getting those pop waves. You know where I'm from, up in New samarna Um, there's the inlet and stuff stuff like that.

You know, that's where the rocks come. There's rocks and stuff like that, and you could ride the waves, and you know, the rocks create the waves. So essentially you're getting good waves, especially in December and then those Hurricane was Yeah, definitely get those go those like ten foot waves. Man, Yeah, that scary stuff. I'm not quite that advantage about that. So you're back here with Mike McDaniel in Miami now, and you know he's you joined him after being with

him in San Francisco. What do you with the most about his system? Offensively? Man, first and foremost, I love Mike as a person, you know, his tenacity. Um, people don't really get to see that just yet. You know, once once the season kicks off, once he's able to you know, uh, the dust is settled, and you know, you get your draft picks, you get your people that you want, buildings and and you know, go through meetings and you're gonna see a whole different Mike that you know,

not not too many people see. Um. And I've been fortunate enough to you know, see him and stuff like that in San Francisco, So um, to be able to see him, you know, become transition from the offensive coordinating job and the run game specialist, the runk game coach to not being the head coach man. It's just it's just amazing, you know, his his tenacity, his his leadership, the way he wants you to feel when he comes

into when you come into the building. You know, I'm I've already had several talks with him in the buildings since I've been here, and um, he just makes you feel at home. You know. He does everything in a fashion where you know you're you're part of family. And it's not just about the exits and ohs. He wants to get help you grow as a person, as a man,

um and and as a human. You know that, And that's one of the biggest things that you want to see, Um from a head coach, you know, player wise, so that you know, I just can't wait to see how this whole thing turns out. And I'm excited to be a part of it. That's a pretty great testimonial that we'll take that. Speaking of the coaches you're familiar with, here two more guys from Nars west welco or John Embry. What can you tell us about them? Yeah, Um, west Man,

he's gonna he's gonna bring a lot out of little receivers. Um. You know he's been he's been one of those guys, especially in the league. You know, he's played several years and Um played played at Denver and played with the Patriots, played with Tom Brady, and so you know, he he brings that knowledge to the game. UM, and he can help the receivers out, you know, especially how to win routes. Went on there in breaking routes outbreaking routes and uh,

just go up and be a dog. Um. You know, the receiver corps is definitely gonna get Um Tenage just stock uh coach out of the West. So I'm excited about that. And then you go over to you know, the tight ends with coach Embree, Um Ambo, Man that that guy is. He's a legend in himself. You know. He he coached Tony Gonzalez, you know, so you know that right there just tells you the type of enthusiasm that he has um with his coaching techniques and his

coaching style. So, um, you know, he's He's a guy that I've I've leaned on, you know when I was um in SF with him and stuff like that and gotten to learn him and his sons and stuff like that. Um, and they're all just great, great people, man. And both of them, both of these coaches are definitely someone to keep an eye out for it because they're gonna they're trying to involve the game. Man. You know, truly we

love to hear that. And you know, talking about your time in San Francisco two yards and four touchdowns and the NFC Championship game in twenty nineteen, do you know that second all time in the NFL playoffs? Yeah, how much that I take a lot of pride in it, you know, Um, And what's crazy is I'm you know, I'm I'm trying to mimic that even better. You know, I want, I want better for myself. I set myself to a certain standard now, um, and I just want

to go out there and just prove that. You know, every time I touched the ball, you know, it's it's gonna be either record breaking or you know, I'm I'm just trying to help this team win. You know, the same thing what I what I was doing in San Francisco. You know, just trying to help you know, turn that thing around. And we were able to do that. You know, we made it to the playoffs. Um, you know, and we were able to make it to the super Bowl

right here in hard Rock. So you mentioned Mike's coaching and kind of what he meant to you in your career. So you're the two fastest runs and according next Gen stats back in as far as top speed reached. What what does speed do for your game? Like? What the role to speed play in your game as a running back? Yeah, you know, speed especially when you get to the outside edges. Man, and um, Mike or I keep saying, my coach, Mike is gonna definitely bring bring out the best in you.

You know, he wants to attack the edges often and early, and you've got to understand that the scheme him of um, put your foot in the ground and go. So UM, I know it's gonna be a different transition for a lot of guys, but you know it's all just relative and and it's all the same. You know, just put your foot in the ground and go and don't think about it. Just hit the holes and and ride, ride away. So that's that's all you can do, and especially in

this offense. So last one for you here and let you get out there for the waves are or so you got this opportunity here at the Miami Dolphins. What are you most excited about about the whole experience? Yeah, I mean this team is an unbelievable team. You know last year they were they had one game where they just missed the playoffs. And you know, if if I can come in and help, you know, with one game to make it to the playoffs, hopefully I can bring an aspect to the game too, in the run game

to make it a little bit easier for everybody. Um, you know, me Chase Edmonds and some of the other backs that are that are here, so you know it's it's gonna be it's gonna be challenged, especially because you know they don't know the offense just yet, but they're they're in for a special surprise man when it comes to you know, knowing what we gotta do to get to get to our ultimate goal, and that's to win a championship. Um, once you can implement that and everybody's

on board. And I could tell everybody was on board last year. Um, like I said, it was just one game away. But if you've got enough guys and enough characters and in the in the in the building and it's gonna happen. Well, we're looking forward to you can part in some wisdom on the players here in the locker room and also scoring some touchdowns across the street. They are hard rocksteady. Yeah, where he most start new Dolphins running back. I thank you so much for your

time and appreciation. Man, thank you having me, and away he goes. Another fun interview here in the books on the Drivetime podcast with Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. We're gonna come back on the other side and put a bowl on this edition of Drive Time. All right back here on the Drivetime Podcast brought to you by Auto Nation. You just heard Raheem Mostert. That is the sixth of the seven interviews. We have one

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