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Raheem Mostert – September 14, 2023 Download PDF version

Thursday, September 14, 2023

RB Raheem Mostert

(So you were able to do a little bit more today than Wednesday?) – “Yeah, absolutely. Yesterday I know it was a big scare for a lot of people. There was nothing to worry about. They just wanted to give me a vet day. They feel like with my age, with how many years I’ve played, how much ball I’ve been around and how much I’ve seen throughout the years, they were trying to look out for me. I was itching, I was telling them the day before, I was like, ‘hey, look, I’ll be good. Let’s go. I don’t need a day off.’ They were like, we’re going to do it anyway. Yeah, there’s nothing to worry about. My knee is good.”

(So more vet rest then? Because the knee is listed on the injury report but that’s more so like preventative treatment?) – “Yeah, preventative treatment. But honestly, nothing’s wrong. Nothing is really wrong with it.”

(What’s your favorite recovery tool that you like to use?) – “Actually, there’s a thing called Shockwave. It basically is like a shock therapeutic deal where you put some gel and it just pounds your knee. I get it done for my knee and it’s pretty good. I do it before practice.”

(Let’s talk about this offense, because you guys are all over the field. How do you replicate it this week against what you’ve seen on film from the Patriots?) – “At the end of the day, we’ve just got to do what we’ve got to do. We know our abilities. For this week, the challenge is going to be trying to get Bill (Belichick) and his defensive side of situational ball because they’re very good at situational football. Bill Belichick is one of the best to ever do it in the entire league across the NFL. He knows situational ball. He knows what he has to get done and he’s been running this same defense for quite some time now. It’s a dynasty-type of defense. There’s two-gap and he’s trying to shed blocks and fall off and make the tackle on the run game. Even in the pass game, you want to set the edges. We’ve just got to control the line of scrimmage as best as possible and just make plays.”

(The celebration, everyone hitting it in sync. You’ve got to be proud for the boys on that one.) – “It was funny because I looked at the video while I was doing it, and then we all hopped up in synch at the same time. I was like, ‘that’s what I’m talking about.’”

(Hold up, did you all practice the in-sync?) – “No we didn’t. I just naturally do my celebration and then everybody wants to join in. I’ve got River (Cracraft) grabbing me like ‘come on, let’s go, let’s go.’ (laughter) I’m like, ‘you ready to catch this wave?’ Let’s go man.”

(Did you see QB Tua Tagovailoa at the end of it?) – “I did, I saw Tua. He popped up. I couldn’t be more proud. Honestly I couldn’t.”

(Can you actually surf?) – “I can, yeah.”

(Longboard, shortboard? Take me through it.) – “Both. I can do both. So actually, I grew up three hours north of here in New Smyrna Beach, 15 minutes south of Daytona. I used to surf. I actually got offered by Billabong to come surf for them when I was 14. Obviously, I turned that down and thought about college and playing football. I guess it turned out pretty good, I guess you could say so.”

(Most 14 year olds are not taking scholarship offers from a college football team either. You were also offered from Billabong.) – “It’s because I have a really good friend, his name is Evan Geiselman. He’s a pro surfer and man, we used to catch waves and stuff like that back in the day. I know he’s still going at it. He’s still going strong. Him and his family, he’s got an older brother, too, Eric Geiselman. Honestly, I looked up to them when they were doing it big over there for our city. It was pretty cool to know those guys and still have a relationship with them.”

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