Saints Inactives

It's not unacceptable. Panic is in no way warranted. You're just overreacting and it's a hot take. You sound like a parent at a high school game.

Meachem was inactivated his first game, as has been pointed it. He was a first round pick. The team still 'competed through the draft' and went on to become a SB team that he was a significant part of. But by your logic he was unacceptable. Nonsense.
Meachem was inactive because he hurt his knee and had to have arthroscopic surgery, he was NOT a healthy scratch. Your own example doesn't fit.