Riders pull the plug on Vince Young experiment, still expect better offence in 2017
REGINA — Call it the comeback story that wasn’t.
Among the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ many off-season moves at quarterback, the signing of former Texas Longhorn and NFL quarterback Vince Young garnered the most attention.
But the 34-year-old, who hasn’t played a regular-season NFL game since 2011, had his shot at cracking the Riders’ 46-man roster cut short after he tore his hamstring at training camp on June 6, removing him from any pre-season play. The club cut Young 11 days later.
“It’s disappointing that we didn’t get to see him in the pre-season, because it’s an easier time to be able to evaluate someone in a real game situation,” said Roughriders general manager and head coach Chris Jones. “It was just unfortunate.”