You're making an argument no one is arguing. Caserio knew he had limited draft picks. Then traded half of them, some for vets that won't be here next year. And some picks for guys who didn't make the team. He knew there wasn't a lot of talent to build on. Then signed a bunch of guys that won't be here in a year or two with money he borrowed from future years.
This is not how a rebuild is done. The excuse is, so what? The team won't need the cap room next year. We aren't ready to sign big $$$ guys. I agree with that. So push the cap room into the next year. At some point, the team will need that cap space. My main concern is, how will Caserio operate going forward? Revert to signing young players that can grow with the team and develop? Or squander money and draft picks on has beens and never were JAGs? The future is unknown. I just don't like what I'm seeing in the present.
You are saying the rebuild isn’t done the way most rebuilds are done. Looking around the NFL some teams have gone through multiple rebuilds and still haven’t had success. (Looking in the mirror at us too). There are several teams that wen through the rebuild process, thought they had gold, and had to start over.
My point is why are we concerned not following the path that has the track record of not always working? Odds are unless you hit on a top QB in the draft your rebuild isn’t going to work.
Which brings back to we didn’t have a 1st this year to draft that QB. We either draft the guy next year or the following.
It is OK to be concerned. And it’s ok to hold judgement until seeing results that’s can be graded. It’s ridiculous to say it’s a failure. Small sample size. But you have to concede the fact that because of a small sample size of measuring his progress that Caserio still gets an incomplete. You can’t judge a GM until the 3rd or 4th year when his draft picks/free agent signings have actually come together.
A lot of what you are seeing now is the Bill OBrein hang over. Did Caserio make some head scratching decisions? Sure. But none of the decisions are going to impact the franchise to a substantial level. Not even the Mills pick which the jury is still out on. (I will admit it does not look promising) Nothing like the decisions of OB.
So why fret over contracts that only amount to 1-3% of the cap? Or 6th round draft picks that usually don’t amount to much? Especially in a year that was a write off to begin with? I don’t see what the fuss is all about.