How long should a successful rebuild take?

As other have said... a successful rebuild should take no more than 3 seasons.... which is why we should have started 3 seasons ago
You're right, we should have but that 2022 class was supposed to put us back on the map. We needed to replace Ted Ginn, so we got Olave and we needed to replace Armstead so we nabbed Penning. They thought that we would get back to the playoffs that year w/ a little tweak. Jameis got hurt and the wheels fell off. So they didn't truly decide to do a soft reset until 2023, making this 2025 draft class important.