Is Chris Brown Really a Viable Option at RB?

[WMH]

I was reading thru PFT's one liners, when the Texan's post caught my eye.

From Texans.com via PFT:
PFT LinK: http://www.profootballtalk.com/category/rumor-mill/
Texans.com link: http://www.houstontexans.com/news/St...?story_id=5272

"Said Texans RB Chris Brown, “I think they’ve got big expectations for the whole running back group to go out there and have a 1-2 punch with [Steve] Slaton and I. Hopefully, we’ll get the job done and make the playoffs and go for a long run.”"

Rick Smith commented in the same article:
“Everybody’s talking about the fact that we need another back with Steve, a bigger back, a third-down back, and they forget that we’ve got a guy walking around in our building right now that could fill that role, and that’s Chris Brown,” Smith said in a pre-draft press conference at Reliant Stadium. “He was hurt, obviously, last year, but he’s still on our team and so there’s a possibility for him to fill that role.”

It sounds great, but how likely is it? The dude is a beast when he is healthy, but he is never healthy. Could we get lucky for a season? Do they try to limit him game by game to make him last a season? It is very hard for me to optimistic about a person that hasn't made it thru an entire season during his whole career, BUT, that is what the Texans are "feeding" us.

Thoughts?