Anyone will tell you that it is unfair to rate a draft until a few years have passed and even though the Raiders are getting panned for their effort now perhaps this class will wind up being a lot better than people think. However, in the NFL Draft it’s not just about who you take but also where you take them so even if Darrius Heyward-Bey, Michael Mitchell, Matt Shaughnessy and Slade Norris outperform expectations that won’t change the fact that they were drafted much earlier than they should’ve been. Will this crop of rookies be another feather in the cap of renegade Hall of Famer Al Davis or will it serve as yet another example of why this once proud Raider franchise has been mired in despair for so many years? Only time will tell.