Pump the brakes on comparing Tommy Mellott to Taysom Hill.

"He just got here the other day," New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore said. "The main focus is just to let him play receiver."

When the Saints signed Mellott to the practice squad this week, it was easy to wonder if New Orleans envisioned the team using the 23-year-old in a Hill-esque gadget role. After all, Mellott, like Hill, was a former college quarterback who was explosive in the run game.

But in April, Mellott switched to wide receiver after the Las Vegas Raiders drafted him in the sixth round.

And the Saints plan to keep him there.

"He's a great kid," Moore said. "Transitions are really hard in this league when you go from one position you played just about most of your life to a new one. It's exciting just to see h

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