The Las Vegas Raiders headlined their NFL Draft by taking Ashton Jeanty to be their running back with the sixth overall pick.
But it's in the sixth round that they may have won the draft.
ESPN's Kaylen Kahler determined that two Las Vegas sixth-round selections were the two best picks of the entire draft.
Here's the statement:
"Receiver Tommy Mellott (No. 213) and quarterback Cam Miller (No. 215) to the Raiders," Kahler writes. "Yes, I'm writing about Mellott again, but I really loved the back-to-back FCS picks by Las Vegas. Mellott will likely convert from quarterback to receiver and become a Taysom Hill-like gadget player on special teams. Miller was a favorite developmental quarterback for several scouts. He had a really impressive pro day and could prove to be a great pick."
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Mellott has been compared to owner Tom Brady's new Julian Edelman, a small-school converted QB with great physical traits who can be a star receiver after his quarterback career at Montana State.
Miller comes from powerhouse North Dakota State and will get to learn behind Geno Smith.
It's a cool nuanced pairing of selections by Kahler in a list that saw other ESPN writers picking much earlier draft selections as their favorites.
The Raiders took two strong chances in the back half of the sixth round. Famously, their owner Brady was a sixth-round choice.
If they paid off even a bit as well as Brady, Mellott and Miller would be huge winners.
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