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Ronnie Brown
Pro Football Talk
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Aug 11, 2014 · 5:28 PM EDT

The Texans turned to a group of young backs Saturday night, but looked at some old ones Monday.

According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans worked out three running backs Monday: Ronnie Brown, Brian Leonard and William Powell.

The Chargers let Brown walk as a free agent this offseason, and the 32-year-old also worked for the Patriots earlier this offseason.

The 30-year-old Leonard was solid last year for the Buccaneers, and has shown to be a veratile run-pass player. Powell has spent time with the Cardinals and Eagles.

Fantasy Impact: 

The Texans have been without Arian Foster (hamstring), and they didn’t give free agent acquisition Andre Brown much work in the preseason opener, going with Jonathan Grimes, Alfred Blue and Dennis Johnson.

Arian Foster

RB Andre Brown buried on Texans depth chart

Pro Football Talk
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Aug 11, 2014 · 1:13 PM EDT

When the Texans signed running back Andre Brown as a free agent, it seemed they were going to have him take over for Ben Tate as the primary backup to Arian Foster during the 2014 season.

Things haven’t played out that way, though. Brown dressed for Saturday night’s game against the Cardinals, but didn’t see a snap even though Arian Foster was held out of the game. Coach Bill O’Brien said the team planned to play Brown after Jonathan Grimes, Alfred Blue and Dennis Johnson, but never got the chance because they only managed to run 48 offensive plays.

On Monday, O’Brien went a little further. He said, via Brian Smith of the Houston Chronicle, that Brown is battling but in a “tough spot” on the Texans’ roster. Smith’s colleague John McClain reports Brown said “all the right things” in response to questions about his status.

Fantasy Impact: 

Grimes started ahead of Blue on Saturday and O’Brien indicated that the depth chart is shaping up that way for now. There’s hope that Foster will be back at practice this week and getting him up to speed may not leave Brown with many chances to climb his way back up the pecking order, the story said. With Foster already banged up and missing much of camp, his fantasy handcuff will be a popular pickup, but so far it appears that's not going to be Brown.

Arian Foster
HoustonTexans.com
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Aug 10, 2014 · 10:05 AM EDT

The Texans running backs were the lone bright spot on offense, according to head coach Bill O’Brien.

Houston fell 32-0 in the 2014 preseason opener at Arizona on Saturday night. Despite not finding the red zone, the running backs combined for 90 rushing yards, averaging 5.3 yards per play.

“Andre Brown was out there," O'Brien said. "We went with Jonathan Grimes because we didn’t get a lot of plays in the first half. We stuck with him and then we wanted to go to [Alfred] Blue. Then it was Dennis Johnson, and then basically because we couldn’t run that many plays offensively, we didn’t get those guys into the game.”

Grimes led the backs with 10 carries for 39 yards and played for most of the first half.

"Grimes had a decent night,” O’Brien said. “Grimes is a smart guy. He’s a really good teammate and he’s doing a good job. He came back. He had a little hamstring [injury] when he first got back and since he’s been off the shelf, he’s had a good camp.”

Rookie Alfred Blue had five carries for 30 yards, including a 14-yard gain on his first career carry in the second quarter. Blue alsol caught two passes for 14 yards.

Fantasy Impact: 

This is especially encouraging since Arian Foster can't seem to get on the field due to a hamstring injury. Those who own Foster already, or are going to take a chance on him, it's probably a good idea to keep an eye on the rest of the Texans backs. Andre Brown should emerge as the team's RB2.

Arian Foster
Houston Texans
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Jul 30, 2014 · 11:38 AM EDT

John Harris, analyst of the Houston Texans, on the team's backup running backs: Andre Brown and Alfred Blue got a ton of reps with Arian Foster out with a "minor" issue. Neither one of them is Foster, but then again, who is? Brown, though, can pound and after absorbing a few hits, Blue ran hard, especially down during the goal line drill. He stuck up into the line a couple of times, hard, only to run into a defensive brick wall. More on the goal line drill in a second.

I was, and still am, a big fan of Brown. I wanted the Texans to draft him when he was coming out of NC State and he's a lot like I remembered him. Nagging injuries throughout his career have slowed his development a bit but that wasn't evident one bit today. The vet ran the ball hard all day long and continued to catch it well too.

Fantasy Impact: 

It's not yet clear who is the best handcuff for Foster, but it appears that Brown is still running ahead of Blue. Both players have been praised at camp.

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