Raheem Mostert Discusses Super Bowl Week & Business with GoDaddy

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00:00Live on SportsGrid, we're out here on Radio Row in New Orleans, Kevin Walsh, Raheem Moster

00:06running back for the Miami Dolphins.

00:08He's been in a Super Bowl before, it is Super Bowl week, Raheem, how are we feeling?

00:12Feeling great.

00:13You know, it's a great matchup.

00:16Two prominent teams that have done exceptionally well this year and, you know, I don't know

00:22man, I want to see who's going to win this thing.

00:24I have a good feeling that both teams can end up losing, right?

00:28But no, it's going to be a good game, I'm going to be watching for sure.

00:32Now we'll get down to brass tacks, but people are probably thinking, wow, Kev, that's the

00:36best you've looked on air all year.

00:38Why am I wearing these?

00:39What's the story out here with GoDaddy?

00:41Yeah, so out here we partner with GoDaddy.

00:44They have been in hiatus for a while in regards to advertisement for the Super Bowl and now

00:50they're back with their new platform that they just launched coming up.

00:55It's called GoDaddy Aero and it's AI technology for, you know, to get small businesses up

01:02and running and help them expand in the small business world.

01:09And what we have here is the Walton Goggles, Walton Goggins Goggles.

01:14So they're pretty neat.

01:15He's a small business owner that created these goggles and they're comfortable, they're really

01:20comfortable.

01:21They are legitimately very comfortable.

01:23I wear my regular glasses.

01:25I put these on.

01:26This is a nice little break for me here.

01:29Let's talk some ballroom.

01:30So here's my question to you.

01:32We're out here in New Orleans.

01:33It's pretty nice weather, right?

01:35So that would be good weather for the Miami Dolphins.

01:37You guys have to be aware because it's been addressed.

01:41When it's freezing, things don't operate as smoothly.

01:45Maybe that's normal.

01:46Maybe it's not.

01:47I want you to tell me.

01:48Do you think there is something about your group, you know, led by two at the quarterback

01:52Coach Mike McDaniel, where you guys get into those frigid temperatures and it impacts what

01:57you're trying to do?

01:58Yeah, I don't, I think it's just, we try not to think that it's the element factor, right?

02:03It's more so a mindset.

02:05Our mindset is, hey, we're just going to go out here and try to win the game.

02:09Now being in Miami, you do have the luxury of, you know, playing in warm weather at times.

02:16But if you think about it, I mean, we beat New York in the Jets in cold weather before.

02:21So it hasn't really dawned on us the fact that we're playing against really good teams

02:26in cold weather.

02:27It's just, you know, those teams are just, they just had our number that day.

02:31You know, and that's the way that, you know, it works out in the NFL.

02:35It felt maybe like it was kind of a perfect storm thing, right?

02:39I think it's hyper-focused because you do play in Miami, so the weather's always really

02:42nice.

02:43You play in one of the coldest games of all time last year.

02:47That arrowhead, obviously, which I imagine had to be a completely different thing than

02:52you've ever experienced weather-wise.

02:53Yeah, no, that was definitely by far the worst conditions I've ever played in.

03:00I played in pretty harsh conditions, you know, playing out of Purdue, you know, Indiana,

03:06and going to Iowa, playing in Iowa in the cold, going to Ohio, playing up there, you

03:12know, Michigan.

03:14Those places are cold, but nothing beat that game, man.

03:17I tell you what.

03:18Tell me, for you playing in both Kyle and Mike McDaniel's offenses, you know, Mike kind

03:23of comes from the Shanahan tree.

03:26What about those, the way those guys, I guess, are scheming up the run game, create so many

03:31opportunities for a player like yourself?

03:33Yeah, you know, it's a run-style offense, and we've transitioned and tweaked a couple

03:41things in our offense with the Dolphins, you know, utilizing a little more speed and

03:48motions and everything like that.

03:50Now, motions go hand-in-hand with play action and everything like that, so you have to account

03:57for all that stuff as a defense, right?

03:59But yeah, it's just trying to tweak the offense a little bit, and we've been able to do that.

04:04Unfortunately, this year was a little bit of a rigid road for us due to some injuries

04:09and everything like that, and not clicking on the same pages, but I mean, once again,

04:14that's just how ball goes, right?

04:16I mean, yeah, injuries can dictate a lot, right, and it hit you guys in a tough way.

04:21I think you were comfortably over .500 when Tua was out there.

04:26It clearly impacted Tyreek, that post-game, kind of like, yeah, I got to get out of here.

04:31I'm curious, when you saw that, when you heard that, did you have a reaction?

04:34Yeah, you know, when we finished that game against the Jets, and then we headed to the

04:41locker room, you know, I just came out the shower, and one of our media guys gave us

04:48a heads-up that, you know, Tyreek said those words, and for me, I didn't take it personal,

04:54because I know the type of competitor he is.

04:57You know, I do, however, feel like you shouldn't ever quit on the team.

05:01That's just because we're all bleeding out there, but when you're a competitor and you're

05:06just so fed up with how the year has gone for yourself and gone for the team and gone

05:10for the organization, at some point, you do have that breaking point, and I'm not, you

05:15know, faulting him for his actions or anything like that, but, you know, he does have a right

05:21to feel that way.

05:22He does have a right to feel, you know, discouraged about how the season went, how he played,

05:28and, yeah, I mean, you know, you have, for him, and I've had multiple conversations

05:34with him, you know, he's one of my guys, you know, we were texting back and forth this

05:37morning when he's coming out here, and we're going to grab a dinner or something like that,

05:43but, you know, he's definitely, having those talks with him, he's definitely one of those

05:47competitors that just wants to win.

05:49He knows what winning looks like.

05:50He has a Super Bowl, you know, unfortunately I don't, because I lost to him, but, you know,

05:55he has one of those championship mindsets in him, so, you can't fault him for feeling

06:02that way.

06:03Can I ask you, I mean, you know, if it's a personal conversation, but, have you touched

06:07base with him?

06:08Does he still want in?

06:09Yeah, oh yeah, no, he definitely wants in, he's a competitor, he wants to win, you know,

06:13he just...

06:14In Miami.

06:15In Miami, yeah, he was just fed up at that moment, you know, and just like everybody

06:18else was, but they just didn't have the courage to say it like he did, and he's a guy that's

06:24just truly a competitor, and wants to win.

06:27Yeah, now, I want to ask you about the game against Green Bay, NFB title game, you know,

06:33for 224 scores, and it's one of those things, I don't know, I probably can't actually imagine

06:40what that is like.

06:41Yeah.

06:42Saquon had, you know, a few games this year, right?

06:44Hey, I'll tell you what, I was nervous, Kev, about that one, I thought he was going to

06:48break the record, I was watching him, I'm like, man, the first two handoffs were touchdowns

06:52already, and then his first one, he ran for 50, 60 yards, so I was like, oh my goodness,

06:58he's about to break this record.

07:00But for you, and that's awesome to think about, but is there like a moment in a game where

07:07you go, ooh, this could be a big game here?

07:10Yeah, when you, it's something about, you know, when you get that, like for me with

07:15that game, I got that first handoff, and you know, I was like, all right, I'm feeling it,

07:20and then my first touchdown, it was like a 50 yard, 40, 50 yard, or 30, 40, 50 yard,

07:24I can't remember.

07:2536, I was looking at.

07:26Oh, 36, okay, so yeah.

07:27All right, so yeah, the 36 yarder, and at first, I was just trying to get some yards,

07:33because it was a third and long, you know, we were in field goal range, trying to make

07:36it a little bit easier, but once you saw the hole, you're like, okay, yep, it's time to

07:40go, and then the rest just so happened, you know, we didn't have to pass the ball, we

07:46knew that we could take advantage of the run game, and we did that.

07:51I'll get you out on this, Raheem, and again, we're out here in New Orleans, Raheem Moser,

07:55he's with GoDaddy.

07:57Do you feel that the season Saquon had, Derek Henry, some of what we saw from your guys'

08:05rush attack, especially I know last year, there was a lot of explosive plays, McCaffrey's

08:11season, the running back position is about to get re-elevated, and start to get a little

08:17bit more respect, maybe a couple extra dollars?

08:19Yeah, you know, I've had this conversation with multiple people, and I truly feel like,

08:24you know, what's been on display these past couple years, you know, at the running back

08:30position, it's only necessary that, you know, our pay increases, I saw a stat the other

08:37day that, you know, Saquon is tied for 27th, or something like that, highest paid receiver,

08:46and to imagine the things that he's done this year, I wouldn't say he carried the team,

08:53you know, to the Super Bowl, but he's definitely been a very beneficial part, and an intricate

08:58part in the offense.

09:00I said this to someone the other day, and I'm trying to elevate both parties, Saquon

09:04Barkley is as important as Justin Jefferson, and I don't even think that people would

09:09disagree with that.

09:10Yeah, no, I mean, you can't disagree with that.

09:13He's helping the position so much, and he's helping, you know, just like everybody though,

09:18if you look at it now, yeah, this league, our position takes the most beating, right?

09:26Because we take the most hits, you know, unlike receivers, and that's, I mean, you gotta do

09:32right, you gotta do right by the position itself, so it's encouraging to see guys getting

09:37their opportunities and raising the position and its value.

09:42Yeah, absolutely so.

09:43All right, man, Raheem Ostert, out here in New Orleans with Codaddy, it was an absolute

09:49pleasure.

09:50Thanks for joining us.

09:51Yeah, thank you, Kev, I appreciate you, man, huge fan, brother.

09:53You look good, too, man.

09:54Yeah, I feel great.

09:55I feel great.

09:56Yes, sir.

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