New England Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin sacks
Houston Texans quarterback David Carr in the second half of
a game the Patriots won yesterday, 40-7, in Foxboro, Mass.

The Pats are back! We remember them, the confident, successful engine that could. (Who knew Ellis Hobbs could score touchdowns?) For fans, no nailbiting this time, just pure Sunday fun.

Houston suffered. Suffers still. Their fans, especially the loud, rude ones in the Chron newsroom, are disgusted.

Texans have disastrous showing vs. Patriots. John MCClain:

FOXBOROUGH, MASS. - For most teams, if your quarterback throws for more yards than Tom Brady and your leading rusher outgains Corey Dillon and your defense limits the Patriots to 230 yards, you don't lose to New England by 33 points.

But the Texans aren't like most teams. They're one of the five worst teams in the NFL. And their quarterback, David Carr, threw a career-high four interceptions that the Patriots turned into 16 points on Sunday.

That's why the Texans were pulverized 40-7 on a cool and windy afternoon at Gillette Stadium. And that's why they are 4-10 and so far down in the AFC South basement they need a telescope to see Tennessee, Jacksonville and Indianapolis.

"We were outcoached and outplayed," a gloomy Texans coach Gary Kubiak said afterward. "We got our butts kicked in every phase of the game. Apparently, we weren't ready to do our job, and that's on me."

Carr was awful, and the special teams were almost as bad...

McClain also blogs, and in a post after today's shellacking -- Is there a quarterback in the house? -- he launched a contest.

"Send me your ideas for the Texans' new theme song based on how miserable they've become in this 4-10 season," he wrote. As I type this there are 169 comments on this post, many calling for quarterback Carr's head, some with song titles.

One reader posts the complete lyrics to Bobby Bare's version of "Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goal posts of life."

Jerome Solomon, blogging at King Solomon's Mind (The Texans didn't get off the plane, and it's my fault), is "starting to feel sorry for David Carr."

A reader asks, "Can we send the Texans on a hunting trip with Dick Cheney?"

Richard Justice is the most bitter (This loss is convincing):

The Texans got off the bus, put on their uniforms and rolled over like dogs.

At least it's not us this week. With any luck, Sundays will just keep getting better.