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Raiders' young regime has years of bad draft juju to exorcise

HENDERSON, Nev. -- The question seemed innocuous enough.

Is there inherent pressure to get it right?

Of course, a million times of course, there is pressure to get it right when it comes to the NFL draft.

But when it comes to the Las Vegas Raiders and their recent draft misses, especially early, well, pressure is what one makes of it, right?

"Yes," Raiders second-year general manager Dave Ziegler answered, "I want to get 12 contributing players."