‘Embrace every opportunity:’ Fine set for first start of 2023 regular season
If the Saskatchewan Roughriders had any trepidation about starting a young quarterback, they haven’t been showing it.
The Roughriders were expressing confidence all week in Mason Fine, the 26-year-old quarterback who’s preparing for his first start of the 2023 regular season.
The Oklahoma product has been tasked with being the first man up to replace veteran CFL quarterback Trevor Harris after the 37-year-old suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his right knee in the fourth quarter of the Riders’ 33-31 loss to the Calgary Stampeders last Saturday.
“You embrace every opportunity. You go in there and be confident,” Fine said ahead of Saturday’s game with the B.C. Lions in Vancouver. Kickoff for the game is set for 5 p.m.