Sentences with phrase «playoff hunt»

Baseball As free agency looms, Vladimir Guerrero keeps Expos in playoff hunt Another Matsui in the bigs?

Brooklyn turned its season around at the start of the new year and finds itself in the middle of the Eastern Conference playoff hunt, while Charlotte lurks close behind while vying for one of the final spots.

The Colts need a win Sunday to stay alive in the AFC South playoff hunt.

Inside The NFL, Season 8, Episode 8: Boomer and Phil acknowledge the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders as two overlooked, yet highly legitimate teams within the NFL playoff hunt.

Curry's injuries aren't the only ones plaguing the Warriors, and the Western Conference playoff hunt has some tough opponents stacked between No. 1 and No. 8.

His defense, once one of his calling cards, has slipped this season, though perhaps he would ramp up the effort for a team in the playoff hunt.

Despite the Chargers» 0 - 4 start to the season, they are still in the playoff hunt in the final week of the season.

Despite being mathematically in the playoff hunt at the 2016 trade deadline, Francis held true to his long - term vision, moved several veterans — including captain Eric Staal — and headed into the summer able to stockpile talent in a deep draft.

Fuck OSU, fuck Urban, fuck the refs, and fuck the B1G for trying to keep their bellcow in the playoff hunt.

We are YEARS from competing, I don't understand this logic that we will draft Bridges, find some magical 7 - 8 $ mil athletic 7 footer that plays a perfectly complementary role and apparently doesn't have any better offers than the Bulls, and be right back in the playoff hunt.

And we're still in the playoff hunt somehow.

This tanking trend seems to become more obvious late in the season when teams know that they're out of the playoff hunt.

The Pelicans have struggled to maintain a place in the playoff hunt, but that isn't because of a lack of trying on Davis» part.

The year after that, then I will be prepared place some expectations on the record and a playoff hunt.

- At Week 14, after hundreds, if not thousands decisions since they took over, McBeane have the Bills in the playoff hunt.

Also, and I do nt know how this is possible btu somehow it seems that everytime a NFC East team loses they actually gain ground in the playoff hunt.

The Green Bay Packers are out of the playoff hunt and are in full evaluation mode.

If Atlanta's game — taking back one of Shumpert or Smith and another big man, along with the Nets pick — this addresses both of Cleveland's weaknesses while dealing with a team firmly outside the playoff hunt.

It's why they are 29 - 26 and currently in the playoff hunt in the Western Conference despite being rather poor defensively.

Fantasy Football NFL teams out of the playoff hunt still have players who can get your club to the postseason • Tyler Thigpen has revived the Chiefs» passing game • Ben Roethlisberger's end zone issues

But it's not just that they're winning — they're in the middle of the playoff hunt — it's the way they're doing it.

And while the team remains in the playoffs hunt with a 25 -20-5 record during the first half of the season, Brooks says the mandate is to to «build a Stanley Cup winner rather than to simply extend a seven - year playoff streak that is in jeopardy.»

How many cities can claim teams from all four sports in the playoff hunt, the most valuable players in two sports (Allen Iverson and, by all rights, Donovan McNabb), a run by a college (Temple) to the Elite Eight, two new stadiums on the way and the X Games to boot?

With offense at historically low levels, 20 teams are still in the playoff hunt as the season hits its midpoint

So they're officially eliminated from the playoff hunt.

They also beat Minnesota, Utah and, on Monday night, Miami; three teams in the thick of the playoff hunt.

The Chargers are still in the playoff hunt, while the 49ers stand at 5 - 8.

More importantly, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper have rejuvenated their big market teams with their youthful enthusiasm and have helped put both teams into the thick of the playoff hunt.

The Bulls are two games behind the Miami Heat (35 - 36) for the eighth seed in the playoff hunt and have only 11 games left on the schedule.

Christmas Day has two games and luckily all four teams are still in the playoff hunt.

and Russel / Din / Levert / Allen / RHJ / Harris / Cunningham stay around and stay healthy (and especially if Marks adds another proper big or 2 who can play), then we're 100 % in the playoff hunt imo.

49ers, Cowboys bring up the rear right now in the playoff hunt.

But with decent health from their starting pitchers and with Callaway, an inspired pick, helping to bring out the best in them, the Mets will be in the playoff hunt.

We are in the playoff hunt right now.

Washington is deeply entrenched in the playoff hunt and is among three teams tied atop the NFC East at 8 - 6.

They lost to the Redskins in Washington earlier in the year and with Washington still in the playoff hunt, bettors expect them to take care of business this weekend.

Baltimore's pre-season 150/1 odds to win the 2012 World Series trailed only the Houston Astros — yet this team remains in the thick of the playoff hunt as we approach the midway point.

Pittsburgh is coming off an impressive three - game winning streak, covering in all three games against the Ravens, Colts and Texans, teams that are all still in the playoff hunt.

Look at the rest of the AFC, we will be in the playoff hunt again this year as long as our QB can get our standard 3000 passing yards.

That means everyone is still in the Playoff hunt.

All three teams are expected to at least be in the playoff hunt.

The Bills technically remain in the playoff hunt, but would need several teams ahead of them to lose to move up.

Either way Team Goldin is right in the thick of the playoff hunt and should get there.

This game isn't meaningless for either team though, as a win would go a long way to helping them stay in the playoff hunt while a loss could end postseason hopes altogether.

The Vikings, too, are in the playoff hunt, needing a win to stay in the picture.

Now, if they pulled this in August while the Jays are in a playoff hunt, that could hurt them a lot.

Every team with a winning percentage of 53 % this season is in the playoff hunt and a couple (Cardinals & Giants) are actually below that threshold.

By this point in the season and with only a handful of games remaining, teams are either jockeying for postseason position or clearly out of the playoff hunt.

Atlas are still in the playoff hunt and would love to clinch a Liguilla spot at the home of their arch-rivals, Chivas.