Beyond that our guy who mentored and helped develop Brett Favre and whose offense set modern GB records, actually wanted Tanny NOW as compared to Sanchez's former pro HC who declared him not ready for the pros.
Supporting Cast: Sanchez had 7 "classmates" selected in the 09 draft, including 4 in the first 56. This season, I believe, the next Aggie taken after T-Hill was Bullock in the 5th who was a ****ing kicker and overall by my fast count there were a total of 3 "classmates" taken. Beyond that Ryan had something like 65 certifiable drops on him by his receivers.
So you're right: anyone who criticizes the Tannehill selection damn well better be consistent criticizing Sanchez as at the least an equal "reach" considering number of games each started, number of passes attempted, what their respective coaches thought of their readiness and their relative supporting cast of characters.
Now given all of that, I've been saying Sanchez was a reach at 5 as the second QB taken before Josh Freeman, so I will concede that my feet are vulnerable to be held to the fire for taking T-Hill @8 as the third QB taken after essentially 1A and 1B at 1&2.