Sentences with phrase «wild card spots»

It also seems probable that Pittsburgh and Kansas City will snatch up those final two wild card spots.

Wondering which AFC teams will land the final wild card spots?

Many football fans are likely wondering how last week's results affected the playoff race — specifically the race in the NFC East and the final two AFC Wild Card spots.

Based on these FanGraph projections, the American League playoffs would include the Red Sox, Indians and Mariners with the Tigers, Blue Jays, Athletics and Angels competing for the Wild Card spots.

New York is second in the NFC East with a 9 - 4 record, and they're in line for one of the wild card spots in the NFC.

The top two teams in each conference who don't finish in the top three of their division will take the Wild Card spots.

The four remaining teams will qualify via Wild Card spots: two in the East, two in the West.

Matt Harvey just isn't good anymore, their offense relies too much on Yoenis Cespedes, and there are several other teams that should be better than them that will vie for wild card spots.

St. Louis is mired in a close race for one of the two wild card spots with the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Cardinals haven't been doing themselves any favors with a 4 - 7 record in their last 11 games.

Jonathan Bernier stopped 28 shots and the Avalanche won for the third time in nine games (3 -5-1) to keep pace in a tightly contested race for the Western Conference's final two wild card spots.

The Ravens, Titans, Chargers, and Bills are all battling for two wild card spots in the AFC, while the NFC South still isn't decided.

The Seahawks finished 11 - 5, claiming one of the two wild card spots in the NFC.

From Week 8 onward, the Seahawks won seven of their last nine games and captured one of the NFC's Wild Card spots.

Currently, the rival Chiefs and Jets hold the two wild card spots in the conference.

There's similar bunching with three teams holding onto the two wild card spots in the Senior Circuit, as the Marlins and Cardinals are tied at 57 - 51 for the second one.

After dropping the game, the Bills are two games behind the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers for the two wild card spots in the AFC, making the postseason a long shot.

The Atlanta Falcons are the only team in the NFC that knows where they'll be when the playoffs begin, and there are still a group of teams in the hunt for Wild Card spots.

There's also a chance that we'll have a five - way tie for two wild card spots and the top of the AL East, which will create tiebreakers, chaos, more tiebreakers and more chaos.

The Titans are playing for a Wild Card spot on Sunday and with DeMarco Murray out for the game, a large portion of the Tennessee offense will be on the shoulders of Derrick Henry.

By reaching the.500 mark (71 - 71) for the first time since early June, the Phillies are now just four games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the second Wild Card spot in the National League.

And of course they're here, chasing a wild card spot against all odds.

They are just five games back in the AL East and 2.5 back of a wild card spot, so it's not ridiculous to think they might end up rolling that boulder up and over the hill before the season is out even with their problems.

They can still compete for a wild card spot, but they're not winning the NFC East.

It's just that the Astros find themselves 2.5 back of the Rangers and half a game out of a wild card spot, and upgrading to Bregman might be what tips the scales in their favor for at least one of those postseason opportunities.

They couldn't spend last year because of money owed to C.J. Wilson and Josh Hamilton, and it might have cost them a wild card spot.

The Falcons» loss opens the door wide open for teams like the Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants to grab the wild card spot for themselves.

The second NFC Wild Card spot belonged to the Atlanta Falcons, but they have now lost four straight after falling to a tough Minnesota Vikings team that had five consecutive wins before losing to the Green Bay Packers in Week 11.

The Bucs» loss to the Cowboys not only dropped them out of a tie with Atlanta, but it also booted Tampa out of the final wild card spot for an entire day.

The Giants are in a position to make the playoffs, while the Bengals and Bills may also be fighting for a wild card spot.

That gave Arizona 90 wins, assuring at least a tie for the top Wild Card spot with the Rockies.

The D - Backs have a 6 1/2 game lead over the Rockies for the first wild card and are seven up on the Brewers for a wild card spot in general.

Now, instead, you have people like me wondering if their September will end up more or less pathetic than that of say, the 2011 Red Sox, who went 7 - 20 in the season's final month and blew a nine - game lead over the Rays to lose the AL East and a wild card spot in the process.

In the National League, the Arizona Diamondbacks rebounded from a 93 - loss campaign to capture the top wild card spot with 93 wins in 2017.

The Colorado Rockies, winners of the second NL Wild Card spot, are back for the October dance for the first time since 2009 and just one season after an 87 - loss campaign.

In the NL, you've got six teams — the Dodgers, Marlins, Cardinals, Mets, Rockies, and Pirates — within three games of a wild card spot.

They have possession of the second wild card spot, and are a half - game behind the Dodgers for the first one.

The second game, the finale, is against the Vikings, and it could be the difference between a top three seed and a wild card spot for both teams.

It looked like a three - way race in that division, with the other two teams getting a wild card spot.

Going into Week 15, the Raiders come in ranked eighth in the AFC when it comes to seeding, with three teams above them in the running for a wild card spot.

They stayed within one winning streak of a wild card spot for quite a while.

But at the very least the Yankees have secured a Wild Card spot.

The Astros can't officially, mathematically lose either the AL West or the final Wild Card spot this weekend in their three - game set with the Rangers.

In the American League, six teams — the Orioles, Blue Jays, Red Sox, Tigers, Astros, and Mariners — are within five games of a wild card spot, and the Yankees are just 5.5 out.

The Blues, Blackhawks, Stars, and Predators are still better overall teams, and the Minnesota Wild leap Colorado in the final game of the season to earn the final wild card spot.

Imagine, then, how hopeful fans of the Royals, Rays, and Mariners are, given the three clubs are now in a three - way tie for the second wild card spot in the American League.

They beat the Dolphins, and got some help from the Bengals who beat the Ravens to give Buffalo the last AFC Wild Card spot.

Except there are six teams within three games of that final wild card spot.

A Miami loss would open the door for the Broncos to slide back into a wild card spot.

The Rangers are only four games back of the second wild card spot as things stand right now, with only a 5.9 % change of making the playoffs, but if they have any hopes of making it that far Beltre playing is obviously more ideal that him not playing.

Right now, they're on the bubble — needing to make a comeback in the NFC North to catch the Packers or hold off the Seahawks, Niners and Cowboys for a wild card spot.