What other option did he have? Favre bitched out (Rex asked him to stay), and the other option was Kellen Clemmens
You draft one every year (in the first round) until you find one that is Pro Bowl caliber. Everyone in the organization (except Rex and Tannenbaum) knew Sanchez did not have it mentally by halfway through his second year. Rex and Tanny refused to accept it. It cost them a chance at a Super Bowl and eventually their jobs.
