Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel lauds RB Raheem Mostert for how he's handled 'ton of noise' this offseason

Dalvin Cook, Josh Jacobs and Jonathan Taylor's names were bandied about as potential acquisitions.

Jeff Wilson is gone for the first four weeks on injured reserve, and rookie De'Von Achane is dealing with a dinged-up shoulder.

Raheem Mostert remains, though, standing tall in the Miami Dolphins backfield, and head coach Mike McDaniel couldn't be more impressed.

"Outstanding focus," McDaniel said of what he's seen from Mostert on Thursday, via team transcript. "I couldn't highlight a guy in a better light. He's someone that's directly heard a ton of noise for months and months and months. It's almost like every day that it's loud, you see extra focus, and that epitomizes the journey of an NFL player."

Mostert's NFL journey has seen him paired with McDaniel since 2017, when the latter joined the San Francisco 49ers staff as the team's run game coordinator. Having bounced around the league in stints with the Cleveland Browns, the Dolphins and the Baltimore Ravens, Mostert found his footing in San Francisco. It was Mostert who drove the 49ers into the Super Bowl during the 2019 season, producing an NFC Championship Game-record 220 rushing yards in a win over the Green Bay Packers.

It was last season, however, in which Mostert rushed for a career-best 891 yards and tallied a career-high 1,093 yards.

The 31-year-old has been overlooked amid rumors regarding signing Cook, who went to the New York Jets, and trading for Taylor and Jacobs, who remain with their squads. Achane has drawn more preseason hype, it would seem, also.

Mostert has handled himself well, by McDaniel's account -- on and off the field.

"We're in a very fortunate business to be able to do the things we do on the stage we do and be compensated the way we are," McDaniel