So many threads about Chris' future. So many rumors of trades. So many injuries. So many flashes of one heck of a good RB. Chris is in his last year and wants an extension. OK Couch Coaches, what are we going to do?
He has potential but it's overshadowed by his constant injuries. I say we wait out his last season and see what happens.
I'd go in the middle, try to work out his contract before the season is over, based on what we're seeing. We start to lose leverage quickly at the end of the season.
Believe it or not, I'm a fan of Chris Brown, but I don't trust him. I don't trust his health. Chris was injury prone while in Colorado which was why he fell so far into the draft. The Titans took a chance on him and for what we have paid for him, I guess we got our monies worth but I wouldn't spend much more. I veiw Chris as a good 2nd behind a starter, but not as a starter himself. Sort of like Bennett, he's good, but not a starter. Bennett played better as a #2.
Signing Brown to long term might cause problems down the road. How soon do we want LenDale to start?
Brown is still injury prone, he has done nothing to prove otherwise.
Signing Brown to long term might cause problems down the road. How soon do we want LenDale to start?
Brown is still injury prone, he has done nothing to prove otherwise.
You have to wait until next year to do anything with him. The potential of LenDale is to great to not take notice and give him plenty of chances to prove his worth this season. And Chris is to much of a liability with the injury bug. Wait. If he comes cheap after ths year as a back up sign him but no way will we pay him #1 money.
Unless they don't like what they see from LenDale, there's no reason at all to re-sign Brown.
There's another way to look at these 3 RBs, all three of them have to prove something this year. Chris and Travis are in a contract year. If their play doesn't get better from last year, well, don't let the door hit you in the arse on the way out.
LenDale, if not the starter by October, will have to play his heart out to guarantee him the starting position in 2007.
This camp, this pre-season and this regular season should be very interesting to watch. The first one to get hurt, the other two will eat him alive!
LenDale, if not the starter by October, will have to play his heart out to guarantee him the starting position in 2007.
This camp, this pre-season and this regular season should be very interesting to watch. The first one to get hurt, the other two will eat him alive!
Assuming White can give you 25 carries a game, the Titans would still need a change-of-pace guy. Chow would probably like someone in the mold of Bush who is a speed guy and is good for 10-15 carries and a receiving threat. Those guys are easier to find.
Unless White totally busts this season with a big injury or just doesn't get it done, I don't see Brown a Titan in '07.
Unless White totally busts this season with a big injury or just doesn't get it done, I don't see Brown a Titan in '07.
Although Brown isn't the scat back type, he actually is a good 3rd down back. He is good at blocking, has good hands, and is excellent at running the draw play when he can see the lanes open up for the cut back.
I'd love to keep him and Lendale as our #1 and #2 backs and then have our #3 RB be the scat back type.
Concerning the question of the thread, personally I'd wait to see how he does early this yr and then try to sign him to a deal mid-yr. Hopefully Brown will see that the best thing for him long term is to be in a place where he can split carries and be put in positions to do the things that he does well. While avoiding the things that he struggles with i.e. short yardage.
I'd love to keep him and Lendale as our #1 and #2 backs and then have our #3 RB be the scat back type.
Concerning the question of the thread, personally I'd wait to see how he does early this yr and then try to sign him to a deal mid-yr. Hopefully Brown will see that the best thing for him long term is to be in a place where he can split carries and be put in positions to do the things that he does well. While avoiding the things that he struggles with i.e. short yardage.
CB was rated like 34th in NFL in rush success rate. Although I agree he should be a good 3rd down back, so far he has not actually been a good 3rd down back.
Puck said:
I'm not sure if it'll be that soon. But, he was drafted for a reason. And, it probably wasn't to back-up Chris Brown.
So, trading Brown is probably just a matter of time.
I think Brown is a good 3rd down back, as long as that's not 3rd and short with him running. He's good at blocking, and has success at the draws. I think his hands are so-so, but hey, can you have it all? Of yeah, Ladanian Tomilinson :lol:
Wait till camp is over, if LW looks good along with Henry and one other, then trade him.
I'd wait until midseason as well to do it, but I don't know if they will reach an agreement. I'd probably offer him something with the numbers he wants, escalating on the back end with some reasonable incentives in the first two years. White is going to be relatively inexpensive, unless he hits his incentives, but I think it would be worthwhile to have two backs scrappin on the field to reach 11-1200 yards a season or whatever.
Brown is really only a good 3rd down back when it's 3rd and long
I see LD being the guy to get the 3rd and short / goalline
Chris is better for 2nd and 15 on a draw
I see LD being the guy to get the 3rd and short / goalline
Chris is better for 2nd and 15 on a draw
I think White will prove to us he can be a starting back perhaps later on in the season though, but I believe that this year for Brown is his last chance to prove to other teams that he's got what it takes.
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