Young shines as Titans record first win of the season against over the Jacksonville Jags! Posted by DieHardFans | at 10:23 PM

Vince Young did everything he needed to do on Sunday to stake a claim to the Titans' starting job for the rest of the season, but did he really do enough to show that he should be around in 2010 and beyond? Young clearly gave the Tennessee Titans a spark. In the most important stat of all, Young is 1-0 this season as a starter while Kerry Collins is 0-6.

Vince Young says the year of watching Kerry Collins from the bench helped him grow and mature. Young helped the Titans (1-6) win their first game of 2009, a 30-13 rout of Jacksonville on Sunday that snapped an eight-game skid dating back to Dec. 21. Now the 2006 Offensive Rookie of the Year, the quarterback who’s called Tennessee's future at the position over n over, has the final nine games to show how much he's really grown and whether he's worth keeping past this season.

Young currently is estimated to count $14.2 million against Tennessee's salary cap in 2010 with a $4.25 million roster bonus due in March. Owner Bud Adams wanted Young starting so the Titans could see what the quarterback could do. "We've got to find out how he's developed over the last two years," Adams said after the game. "He hasn't played that much.

We've got to get him in and find out what he can do. Otherwise we're going to have a high draft choice, and we're going to be looking for another quarterback."Adams liked what he saw as Young was 15-of-18 for only 125 yards, and almost all of his passes were of the dump-off variety. He also showed that he was just as comfortable taking off and running if no one was open downfield. Young was helped greatly by the Titans running more than throwing. Tennessee ran 49 times for a season-high 305 yards, and RB Chris Johnson set a franchise-record with 228 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Receivers that had struggled holding onto the ball didn't drop any this time around.

Questions still remain. How does Young react after a bad game or a couple interceptions? Or when fans boo? He handled himself very well and showed he can do it," the owner said. Coach Jeff Fisher isn't looking past Sunday's visit to San Francisco (3-4) when he was asked how much sway the rest of this season holds on Young's future. "That's not an issue of his or ours. What's important for us and for Vince is just to improve and play well this week. That's all.