The Chiefs are out of the playoffs. They suffered a pretty bruising defeat at the hands of the Ravens. But it's not all bad news for Kansas City. Next year should be very exciting for Chiefs fans.

We're talking about a team that went from a miserable 4-12 straggler to a 10-6 AFC West Championship team in a single year.

As promising a leap as that is, they also have the worst record of straight playoff losing streak in NFL history. The last seven times the Chiefs have gone to postseason play, they've lost seven times. They've battled through a veritable gauntlet of the greatest sevenfold since 1994 and been turned away every time.

However, I find positives in both statistics. I can only hope to one day experience such flattering levels of defeat, to rise from a dismal stance and challenge the very best, only to march once more into the fray.