We agree on that and I believe they realize that. The majority of our FA signings are stop-gaps, nothing more than to field a team while we continue to build through the draft. Some of them will probably end up being around for a bit even if eventually as backups.
Byron was a little more than I would like to have seen them spend, but at least they paid for a solid guy in his prime that will instantly contribute and should be around for a while. He is bolstering a major weakness on this team. When X went down, we got torched, can't risk that again, Jones being here should help elevate our coverage defense. Our previous mistake was trying to build solely through FA and you are correct, that doesn't work, I don't see that as being the case here at all. I think ist's a combination of the two, young ascending free agents on reasonable contracts and smart draft selections.