Yea being younger shows you still have a chance to improve. Being Fitz shows you had one good year out of a career and still couldn't do the job when needed most. He is getting to the age where the position starts to break down and obviously he won't be as good as his best year going forward. Younger guys have a chance to still get their best.
Took him how many years just to have one good year that still didn't produce playoffs.