INDIANAPOLIS -- The music was blaring at such a thunderous level in the Indianapolis Colts' locker room Sunday afternoon that coach Shane Steichen could barely get through his postgame news conference in an adjacent room.
The jubilance prompted by the Colts' massive win over the Las Vegas Raiders was inescapable, even before you reached the locker-room doors.
But once you got past the thumping Lil Wayne track and the typical revelry that follows every NFL victory, something else became very apparent: an unwavering focus on the next step.
The Colts' very season is on the line in Saturday's regular-season finale against the Houston Texans, the rare win-and-in game in the NFL that will decide whether either team makes the postseason (if the game ends in a tie, the Colts will need help to make the postseason).