Who was going to be the starter other than Fitz coming into this season?
He has seemingly recovered from 3 very poor performances vs Jets, Cowboys & Dolphins and is going to be the starter going into next season. He's making very average starting NFL QB money. If you waited to resign him, and he continued on his pace, there was a risk of losing him and then there's threads about how Ralph is cheap and won't retain any of his good players.