Pathetic.  Atrocious.  Embarrassing.  Disgusting.  Feel free at any time to add your own negative adjective to describe the Houston Texans performance on Sunday in the season opener against the New York Jets at Reliant Stadium.

The 70,718 fans in attendance, mostly wearing white at the Texans request, should get a refund.  Now we all understand that this was just one game, but enough is enough.  Every year we get so excited and believe this is our year, just to have to sit there and watch a terrible product on the field.  Under head coach Gary Kubiak, the Texans are beginning to have an alarming trend.  They get out of the gate slow, get knocked out of playoff contention early, and play well and win a bunch of meaningless games down the stretch. 

Coach Kubiak on his team’s performance "Obviously very poor. We were pretty much dominated as a football team across the board. We obviously weren't ready to play and that starts with me. You play that poorly, that starts with the coach. I didn't have them ready to go."  How in the world do you not have your team ready to play in week one?

The offense was a joke.  I had to refer to my program several times during the game to make sure I was not watching David Carr.  Quarterback Matt “Ben Taub” Schaub was completely over-matched.  He managed to finish the game a measly 18 for 33, for 166 yards, 1 interception and 0 touchdowns.  I was sitting in section 139, and there were actually chants for Rex Grossman to get into the game.  Be careful what you wish for Texans fans. 

Running back Steve Slaton began his sophomore season with a thud.  Slaton managed only 17 yards on 9 carries, including a costly fumble that lead to a Jets touchdown.  Remember Andre Johnson?  Apparently the Texans don’t.  Johnson only caught 4 balls for 35 yards.  Overall, this is the worst I have seen a Gary Kubiak coached offense play.

Defensively, the Texans got carved up by a rookie.  Quarterback Mark Sanchez, making his NFL debut, looked like a seasoned pro as he tossed the ball all over the field with ease.  Sanchez finished the game 18 of 31 for 272 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception.  The Texans pass rush was non-existent, therefore their coverage was non-existent.  Master of the obvious coach Kubiak had this to say about the rookie’s performance “He's good—he's a good player. We were there making him move and he made a lot of plays off schedule. He did it preseason, he did it in college, and I told our guys he would come in here and do it here and he did. He's a hell of a player and they did a great job getting him ready to go. They've got a good football team built around him. He did a great job."

I have not officially hit the panic button yet, I have only hit the "here we go again" button.  It is only one week, but things have got to change quickly.  There is no way a team lead by a rookie head coach and a rookie quarterback should come into your house and slap you around.  The Texans head to Nashville next Sunday to play their bitter rival, the Tennessee Titans. 

The Titans are coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers last Thursday night, and should be very ready to greet the Texans to town.  Unless the Texans can come up with a small miracle, this team is staring 0-2 in the face.  If you are driving around Houston today and see an unusual number of people on the side of the roads throughout town, don’t worry, those are just people jumping off the Texans playoff bandwagon.