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Raheem Mostert – December 14, 2022 Download PDF version

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

RB Raheem Mostert

(If you’re playing in snow, how does that affect you?) – “Honestly, it’s going to be a ground type of game, I guess you can say. That’s what I like to see it as. There’s going to be more carries or whatever. If we could throw the ball, that’d be beautiful. But I feel like snow and rain are quite similar.”

(It seems like, at least the stats seem to suggest that running backs have more of an advantage in a snowy condition as opposed to the passing game. Why do you think that is?) – “Because the ball might be a little bit tougher. I think the cold really makes it a lot harder to catch, but it’s definitely a game where it’s also like a rainy game where you’re going out there and running backs do a little bit better in the cold because they’re ready for handoffs.”

(Is it a thing where you know where you’re going and they don’t know where you’re going?) – “Yeah, that too – scheme. That’s what it boils down to.”

(There are a couple of 200-yard rushing performances in snowy conditions in Buffalo by some Dolphins – Reggie Bush and Ricky Williams.) – “Yeah, I’m ready. (laughter).”

(I know that players will say it’s one game at a time. Coming off the two losses, how important is this game Saturday night and that you don’t put that much pressure on yourselves?) – “It’s an important game. But at the end of the day, we have to focus on our ball and our gameplan and how we’re going to execute on Saturday and try to get a win. That’s the most important thing. We’re not necessarily worried about playoff pictures or what that entails. We’re just focused on how we can improve and get a ‘W’ since it’s been two weeks since we got a win. We just have to hone in on that.”

(If I could ask you some non-football questions, a lot of you during the holiday season are out there in the community around kids. Why is that important to you?) – “It’s important to me because I’m actually doing a toy drive this Monday and I’m collecting all the toys for my hometown who was hit with the hurricane and the families that were severely impacted. I’m going to be driving up on my off day on Tuesday and delivering those toys in person. I’ve got a couple people behind me like Morgan and Morgan, PER4ORM, Nick (Hicks) over there who is doing a heck of a job with players in the offseason. We’re using his facility for the drive on Monday. I just try to give back as best as possible because there are families out there that don’t have the necessary means to come up with gifts for their little ones or for their loved ones. I think that is a major role in my life to give back as best as possible, especially in the position that I’m in, to be able to go out there and help those that are, like I said, affected by tragedy or loss and just don’t have the right means to go about Christmas or the holidays.”

(If I told you I’m going to be talking to Santa Claus tomorrow and if I could say to him what you would want this holiday season, what would you want me to ask him?) – “First off, I would just tell him thank you. Thank you for bringing a lot of joy to families and giving the time that it takes to wrap presents and get his little elves going and stuff like that. What I would ask is just for healing for everyone, people that are going through tragedy, people that are going through down times right now because it is definitely not the ideal world right now. I know that COVID actually did a lot of damage more than good for a lot of families and set a lot of people and businesses back. Just trying to regroup on that is definitely important, so I would just ask him for that.”

(What about the Bills defense makes them so tough, even when they lose a guy like LB Von Miller?) – “They’re very sound. They’ve been together for quite some time, and they know what they have going on. We just have to try to find a way to score points and break their will, I guess you could say. I’m not talking about physical will, more of a mental will, because like I said, they’re very passionate about the defense and they know exactly what they’re doing and they’re always in the right positions, it seems like.”

(I know this is a different game, but is there something that you can take from the first meeting with Buffalo?) – “Yes, we just have to play more aggressive, and that’s on both sides of the ball and even on special teams. I think that that is a key thing, especially now with it being the weather playing into a major effect. We definitely have to go out there and try to handle the elements as best as we possibly can and handle our execution.”

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