The Facts: Following up on a previous item. ... Brown, who turns 27 next month, signed a two-year contract worth $3.6 million on Thursday. He received an $800,000 signing bonus.

Diehards Line: As noted in last night's Roster-Move Roundup, Brown joins a group that includes Ahman Green, Chris Taylor and Darius Walker. The Texans are still expected to draft another back. ... As Chronicle staffer John McClain suggested this morning, the Texans hope they are getting the Brown who rushed for 175 yards in Tennessee's season-opening victory at Jacksonville last season rather than the running back who was injured in each of his five seasons with the Titans.