LAS VEGAS — Tommy Mellott and Junior Bergen ran up against each other in the most literal sense Saturday at Allegiant Stadium.

With just over 14 minutes remaining in their NFL preseason matchup, the San Francisco 49ers' Bergen returned a kickoff 25 yards before he was tackled by the Las Vegas Raiders' Mellott, who made a solo stop at the 29 yard line.

Watch Saturday's game action and hear from Mellott and Bergen afterward: Preseason meeting links Tommy Mellott, Junior Bergen as NFL rookie hopefuls

It was a garden variety special teams play, but it was also an encounter between a pair of 2025 NFL draft picks from Montana who were meeting on the field as part of a game with plenty of Treasure State flavor. The 49ers won the game, 22-19

Mellott, from Butte, was selected in the sixth rou

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