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Texans interested in RB Chris Brown | Update: Signed

Vinny said:
People were making fun of the Patriots for signing all those WR's last season...looks like it turned out pretty nicely for them.
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Not 5 total but 5 on the active roster. We didn't even carry 3 last year, It was a rotation of Green, Dayne, Gado, and that other guy whose name I can not spell. You can have 5 but then who are you going to put onto the practice squad? Walker, Taylor, and our Draft pick, plus you know we will sign anther UDFA RB and he will land on the practice squad. So then you are looking at 6 backs with four on the practice squad if they really do sign another vet AND keep Green then you will have Green/Taylor/Walker/Draft Pick/UDFA/Vet.

Of course unless we cut Walker, which is possible. I do think we cut Green if we sign a Vet which leaves us Taylor/D.P./UDFA/VET. Which is what I think they are jockeying for.

Even if we do carry 3 on the active roster what spot do you short? OL? WR? DL? ect....

Who knows, maybe he only carried 2 backs last year b/c he really did think that lowly of Walker.
 
Here's the latest on Brown:

http://beta.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/


BROWN OUT OF TENNESSEE?
Posted by Mike Florio on March 12, 2008, 8:27 p.m.
Running back Chris Brown hit the open market a year ago after completing his rookie contract with the Titans. After finding not much interest, Brown returned to the Titans.

And after making jaws drop with 175 yards in Week One against the Jaguars, Brown disappeared. Over the balance of the year, he didn’t rush for more than 46 yards in any game, and he finished the season with only 464 yards.

So this time around Brown might not be going back to Tennessee. He has visited the Texans, and there is now a report that the Bears might be interested.

Chicago needs help at the position, with Cedric Benson still not making good on the potential that made him the No. 4 overall draft pick in 2005. With Thomas Jones traded away in 2007, Benson couldn’t get it done as the go-to back.

With all that said, Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that Brown could sign with the Texans as soon as Thursday.


Dear Chicago,

I never ask you for anything so I guess you owe me this: Please sign Chris Brown.

Thanks!

Andrew
 
The thing that bothers me most about Brown is that he has not had your typical severe ACL injuries that puts a finite end to your play for a season. He has a history of spaced multiple injuries at multiple different sites putting him out of action for indeterminate periods of time virtually every season. Now you see him, now you don't.
 
NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports a deal between the Texans and free agent Chris Browns is expected to be completed by Thursday.
It sounds like Houston may be offering Brown a multi-year deal, but we won't know for sure until the contract is finalized. The Texans seem set to use a running back by committee approach in 2008.
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Ahman Green, Chris Brown, Chris Taylor, Darius Walker.

What a crop of runningbacks!
 
Wait, was it acceptable to reply to a new thread started for his actual signing that might not be acceptable to start in the first place?
 
DiehardChris said:
At least I knew it might be wrong... that's something, right?

No, no it's not.
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You are right that it was wrong, but knowing that it was wrong, doesn't make it right, just becuase you knew it was wrong before you wrote it. Remember, GI Joe says, "knowing is only half the battle".
 
I still say this is a move to bring in the AARP crowd. They have lots of disposable income you know.
;o)
 
I tried to tell everyone that the texans aren't taking a rb in 1st rd. There are a lot of reason why gibbs and kubes don't like mcfadden, mendenhall, nor stewart.

It has been known for yrs that gibbs doesn't care for any back that runs out of the spread set in college. All of the guys drafted in denver while gibs was coaching the line and rbs came from traditional sets. Davis and Gary from georgia and portis from miami. Mayock talked about how difficult it is to judge a college rb that run out the spread. Its hard to see if the guy can press the heels of the lineman, plant his foot and explode. When playing the spread,it basically a bunch of draw plays.

I know how bad people want that ''franchise back'', but I just want the team to avg 130 ypg. I don't care what combinations, just get the yards. I know how much everyone loves peterson from last yr, but his backup ran for 5 ypc. So is it the back or the line?
 
I am actually pretty excited about Chris Brown. I know, I know, if anyone has actually read any of my posts I bash the guy, but that is b/c his colors where Viagra Blue trimmed neatly in a pretty Powder Puff Blue. Now he is changing colors to Steel Blue and Battle Red.

He is an upgrade at RB over Walker, and Younger than Green.

Also gives us a little more flexibility at RB if Green or Taylor go down in camp, than Brown and our Draft Pick can step in and be our one two.

I still think Green will eventually get cut with Browns signing, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon. My reasons are that Taylor was already going to push for the starting job in camp, so I doubt he makes it back to the practice squad, and Green was a Sherman guy so there is no one left to protect him.

Taylor/Brown has a nice ring to it.
 
hmmmm...

kubiak said they were looking to upgrade:
the secondary (reeves, possibly bryant/dyson)
rb (chris brown)
an LT (nope)
and a pass rushing DE (nope)

my money's on chris williams or harvey/groves
 
Are we really going to sign another player to help fill up the IR list?

All this guy seems to do is get hurt. Just what we need to be the team with the most players on IR again.
 
WaywardTexanFan said:
NFL Network's Adam Schefter reports a deal between the Texans and free agent Chris Browns is expected to be completed by Thursday.
It sounds like Houston may be offering Brown a multi-year deal, but we won't know for sure until the contract is finalized. The Texans seem set to use a running back by committee approach in 2008.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/clubhouse_relatednews.aspx?sport=NFL&majteam=HOU
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It's all going to depend on how the cotract is structured.
 
El Tejano said:
Danny Clark, who started eight games at outside linebacker until an injury allowed Charlie Anderson to replace him, agreed to a two-year contract with the New York Giants on Wednesday night.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/5614462.html

Okay so with Chris Brown agreeing with us, Danny Clark agreeing with NYG, I think that LB kid (USC) in the 1st is going to happen.
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I'd be all for Keith Rivers at 18, but I don't think he's going to last that long.
 
Maddict5 said:
hmmmm...

kubiak said they were looking to upgrade:
the secondary (reeves, possibly bryant/dyson)
rb (chris brown)
an LT (nope)
and a pass rushing DE (nope)

my money's on chris williams or harvey/groves
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I agree, even though I think a CB is still likely in the first round. I can't see how we draft running back now. We have two young running backs already in Walker and Taylor. And two vets in Brown and Green. I definately think this is servicable but is the secondary servicable? I don't think so. CB, LT, OLB, and DE are all bigger needs, in my opinion, than RB at this moment. As much as I like Chris Taylor, Darius Walker looked even more impressive last year and I think he could carry the load if it came down to it.
 
I could easily see Rivers in the first and Godfrey in the 3rd. I am really pulling for the kid, since he has a Texan logo tattooed on his hand.
 
I do like a healthy Brown. I hope that if this deal goes, through, there are heavy incentives penned into the contract which would occur only if he appears on the field proper...........not the sidelines.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
I do like a healthy Brown. I hope that if this deal goes, through, there are heavy incentives penned into the contract which would occur only if he appears on the field proper...........not the sidelines.
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I agree with this. I've always liked Chris Brown. I liked him coming out of school, and was kind of hoping we would draft him.

However, I'm very worried about his durability. I just don't know why he keeps getting injured. Do y'all think it is his upright running style, bad luck, karma, what? In other words is there something that either he or the team could do to cut his risk of injury again?

I do hope we sign him though. Adding talent is never a bad thing in general. Competition breeds success, and with Green, Brown, Taylor, Walker et al, we have some good potential. None of these guys alone will likely be a top 10 guy, but I see a lot of substitution to keep these guys fresh, and hopefully that will help keep them on the field. We shall see.
 
Chris Brown can easily beat any RB on our roster for the starting job ...... if he's healthy. Please let this be an incentive-laden deal.
 
eriadoc said:
Chris Brown can easily beat any RB on our roster for the starting job ...... if he's healthy. Please let this be an incentive-laden deal.
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You said it all. I like his ability. I like his skill. I just don't like running upright and how he gets injured. So incentives and lower money would be a key. This makes someone expendable.

Is Dayne now gone?
 
eriadoc said:
Chris Brown can easily beat any RB on our roster for the starting job ...... if he's healthy. Please let this be an incentive-laden deal.
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I agree. Hopefully the change of scenery and an incentive-laden contract will keep him healthy. Although the Texans track record with injuries would lead you to believe the opposite.
 
bckey said:
I agree. Hopefully the change of scenery and an incentive-laden contract will keep him healthy. Although the Texans track record with injuries would lead you to believe the opposite.
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Maybe this is the key.

We bring the healty guys and they get hurt, so if we bring in a hurt guy he will get healty.
 
eriadoc said:
Chris Brown can easily beat any RB on our roster for the starting job ...... if he's healthy.
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Probably true. Quite an indictment on the Texan RB corps.

Brown had some of his biggest games against Indy & Jax. So he's got that going for him.
 
In his only start this season he had 19 carries for 175 yards in the season opener AGAINST THE JAGS. Not sure why they didn't start him the rest of the season.

Finished the season playing 12 games with 102 carries, 462 yards, and 5 tds. 4.5 yard avg.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
I do like a healthy Brown. I hope that if this deal goes, through, there are heavy incentives penned into the contract which would occur only if he appears on the field proper...........not the sidelines.
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I also love a healthy Chris Brown. I have memories of him running for six touchdowns against Nebraska in 2001. Then he also ran over the Longhorns in the Big XII Championship that same year. Granted he hasn't been able to stay healthy, but I have enjoyed watching him since then.
 
raytex said:
Does this mean we are not going to draft a running back in the first round?
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With or without the C. Brown signing, I don't believe we were going to draft a 1st round RB anyway - especially if the reports of Stewart's Foot/Toe injury are accurate.
 
I am not a Chris Brown fan but if he does sign with us I will find a way to fit my fat butt on the bandwagon.

I can see that one of the big IF questions next season will be...

"If Ahman Green and Chris Brown stay healthy we will have a top 10 running game."

I like the idea of a healthy Green and Brown but I can't see both of them staying healthy a whole season.

:fans:
 
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