Sentence examples for picks got from inspiring English sources

Too many years of wild spending and lost draft picks got the Mets into this mess.

Cox, the most outspoken Jet on defense, said that in his two previous seasons, several of the Jets' high draft picks "got a pass, a chance to hang around for a few years".

Overall, my picks would have made you a bit more money than the market, but I would have been happier if the year had ended Sept. 30, 1997; too many of my picks got whacked by the Asian crisis.

Too many players who didn't have the talent to be first round picks got drafted there because clubs forced the picks with the lack of quality players at the position.

The teams with the first picks get more money to spend on signing their draftees.

GOP leaders have only let six of President Barack Obama's judicial picks get confirmation votes this year.

Several hours later, Ms. Puccio-Pick got a telephone call from a police officer.

And the selection process for the electors was designed to ensure that Beijing's pick gets the top post.

"I was happy to see the young man, Stephen Hill, my draft pick, get two touchdowns," Ryan joked.

Although Shaun Ellis and John Abraham -- the two top draft picks -- got significant time early in the game, the Jets still did not expect to get the sort of pass rush they had against New Orleans while facing the Packers' Brett Favre, the master of the quick drop and release.

In 2006, the top pick, Mario Williams, got $26.5 million from Houston.