No, no. Neri was recruited by Mike specifically to be, as Vito put it, Michael's Luca Brasi personally loyal to him and paid a salary. Rocco was recruited by Clemenza although Vito recognized his abilities as his driver to the Commission meeting in GFI. To Mike, Rocco was a capo, that's really about all. Yes, he was indeed expendable and his agreement to go after Roth was probably more bravado than thought through.