Raheem Mostert and Speed Issues

The Miami Dolphins had been nicely represented when it got here to the Madden 23 pace rankings with Tyreek Hill proper on the prime with a 99 mark and Jaylen Waddle tied for fifth at 97.

However the Raheem Mostert was unnoticed, and the speedy working again made clear on Twitter he wasn’t having it.

As we chronicled throughout within the offseason, Mostert belongs in any dialog concerning the quickest gamers within the league based mostly on what the NFL’s personal NextGen Stats inform us.

Over the previous six common seasons, Hill has the very best mph on file at 23.24, which occurred on a kickoff return for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs towards the Houston Texans in Week 2 of the 2016 season, however Mostert has the one different clocking exceeding 23 mph, with a 23.09 on an 80-yard landing for the 49ers in Week 2 of the 2020 season. Then it is Hill with a 22.77 in 2016 and Mostert once more with a 22.73, once more in 2020.

So, yeah, Mostert belongs within the prime 10.

THE CASE FOR MOSTERT

Oh, and it it is a problem of Mostert recovering from a knee damage that minimize brief his 2021 season with the 49ers after one recreation, then why is Detroit Lions rookie broad receiver Jameson Williams within the prime 10.

He is trying to bounce again after sustaining a torn ACL in Alabama’s BCS Championship Sport in January; Mostert’s damage occurred final September.

For the file, Mostert got here in tied for thirteenth with a pace ranking of 95, which occurred to be the identical quantity as one other newcomer, defensive again/particular groups ace Keion Crossen.

No different Dolphins participant was among the many prime 100 within the pace rankings.

MOSTERT’S HEALTH STATUS

The Dolphins open coaching camp this week and the truth that Mostert wasn’t among the many two gamers they placed on PUP and the non-football damage listing Friday definitely was excellent news so far as his availability for the beginning of camp.

Mostert tweeted in mid-June that he was rehab was “going nice” and he was near one hundred pc, and head coach Mike McDaniel stated the expectation was that Mostert could be prepared for the beginning of the common season.

There’s nonetheless the potential of Mostert ending up on PUP when the Dolphins open camp for his or her veterans this week, but it surely does seem all techniques are go so far as Mostert being prepared for Week 1 towards the Patriots.

And, who is aware of, perhaps it will not take many video games for Mostert with the Dolphins to flash that big-time pace like he did with the 49ers. You realize, the pace that ought to have had him within the prime 10 in these Madden rankings.