100000%. For some reason people thought getting rid of old, aging players meant we were going to 'rebuild.' I think this was more of a fan(and TBD) thing than a Bills thing.
My initial thought was "Ok, new pieces, we will probably struggle a little bit for 6 weeks and then as continuity happens we'll start to roll." Thankfully, I was wrong on that. I never thought rebuild but more so, "growing pains" early this year.