To be fair, Las Vegas did take a sixth-round flier on North Dakota State's Cam Miller, and they still have Aidan O'Connell under contract for two more seasons. Yet, Sanders was there for the taking and would have made sense for several reasons.

ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. got downright weird ― or weirder, in his mostly likable way ― as Sanders slid past the Steelers at No. 21, then the Giants at No. 25 (after they traded back into the first round for Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart), and all the way to Friday’s Day 2 of the draft.

Shedeur Sanders’ dramatic fall to Day 3 of the NFL draft baffled fans, analysts and some general managers and coaches.