Sentence examples for considered a playoff from inspiring English sources

The Falcons were considered a playoff contender before Vick was injured.

Despite the doom and gloom, however, Peter Vermes' side are considered a playoff lock.

It is largely a set team -- the primary reason the Giants are considered a playoff, even Super Bowl, contender.

The Chargers, considered a playoff contender in the preseason, are 5-9 and have lost handfuls of games in inexplicable fashion.

While that Marlins team was only in its fifth year of existence, it was heavily augmented by high-priced free agents and considered a playoff contender from the start.

And in Jacksonville, Fla., where the Jaguars had once again been considered a playoff contender, the expansion Houston Texans won their second game, and their first road game, on another late field goal, 21-19.

Without the Blue Jays, it is doubtful the Yankees would even be able to consider a playoff spot.

But the colleges that control the B.C.S. apparently will not consider a playoff system to determine the national champion.

It was a time when the Yankees and their fans did not consider a playoff appearance a divine right, a time when there were actually empty seats at Yankee Stadium and a time when Mariano Rivera was starting games in the minor leagues.

A team that was once considered a viable playoff contender, the Mets 55-566) fell nine games behind the Atlanta Braves in the National League East standings, and remained seven and a half back in the wild-card race.

Like the Knicks before their ascension, the Sixers were considered a middle-tier playoff team at best; second fiddle to the noted Eastern Conference powers of the time, the Knicks, the Heat and the Pacers.