"One reason "wait 'til next year" is so often reviled is that it is the mantra of sports losers.

Not to mention, so often next year never gets here.

Luv all the Blue you want, but how many coaches and teams have promised to kick that you-know-what in next year? Most of them failed.

Every season, all but one NFL team — the Super Bowl champion — has to settle for pointing to the next campaign as the one in which it will win the title. And only one team can be right, while most of the others fall back on the same field of future dreams.

So what does the future hold for the Texans, who repeated clichés of "the future is bright" and "the sky's the limit" after they let an excellent opportunity slip away with a 20-13 loss at Baltimore in the AFC divisional playoffs?"