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Raheem Mostert – October 8, 2024 Download PDF version

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

RB Raheem Mostert

(On how dangerous the offense can be when going under center) – “Pretty dangerous obviously, but this offense if you go back to the roots is more so under center. Eighty percent of the offense is supposed to be 18, 19, 14, 15 from the running standpoint and everything else plays off of that. Once we get back to that who knows. Especially with a different quarterback, you’ve got ‘Snoop’ (Tyler Huntley) out there, he can do a lot of things. Utilize his legs and stuff like that as well as Tua (Tagovailoa) and some of the other guys. But we’re just trying to get back to the basics and the understanding of the offense and I think this past game definitely showed that.”

(You mentioned QB ‘Snoop’ (Tyler Huntley) there. What did you think of incorporating him into the running aspect of the offense especially after a game that he just got put in?) – “Obviously utilizing his legs is going to be very key and it’s exciting to watch. I’m not going to lie, I’m a huge fan of him because he’s like that Lamar-esque type quarterback where he can throw it and he can also run the ball, too. Just excited to give him more opportunities out there. We got this bye week, but next week when we get back it’s going to be fun to see.”

(One more question about under center. What does it open up in the passing game?) – “A lot of the play-action stuff. We threatened them so hard and we got them out of the two-shell and they were single-high. That opened up more of the pass game and the pass windows for the receivers. All of that stuff goes hand-in-hand in this offense.”

(Although you were other side of the ball, I’m sure you heard the news of Robert Saleh that he was let go from the Jets. What are your thoughts on that?) – “I haven’t really fully digested it yet. I think that he’s going to be all right wherever he goes if he gets picked up. I think that he’s a great coordinator, great coach and he brings the best out of players. It’s unfortunate that he was let go over there but still excited to see where he lands. It’s going to be probably a quick transition, but honestly I’m excited for him.”

(With you obviously being sat down the last three weeks that had to be hard. Where are you physically, not just the rehab, but the cardio?) – “Cardio is good, rehab is good. I’ve been feeling lot better. It was more so the chest, but I’m doing good. I’m game ready. Last week I was on a limited count, but then unfortunately something happened to ‘Von’ (De’Von Achane) and so my count had to go up a little bit. I played about 65 percent of the game. Still trying to work in and try to get those hits. That was my main concern, was getting hit and seeing how this bad boy does.  I did good, I felt like I did a decent job coming back.”

(Any worry about you not being able to be as physical as you normally are because of the chest injury?) – “No, this game just helped me establish right back to where I’m at, where I need to be and bringing that physicality to the game.”

(Did you surprise yourself a little bit?) – “Not really. I wasn’t really surprised, but it felt good to get a couple of hits early on.”

(When you watched the postgame film and you know because you’ve lived it that there are several successful runs – 17-yarder, 22-yarder, 14-yarder – you and RB Jaylen Wright. Do you go into that knowing, hey, this is going to be a different feeling? And how is it when you watch it again?) – “It’s comforting to know we were getting those type of runs. And then being able to utilize the run game the way we did. It’s just going to open up more doors for everything else. I feel like once you establish the line of scrimmage everything else will take care of itself and that’s what we have to do.”     

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