Sentence examples for playoff drafts from inspiring English sources

The Bears won decisively which is what should have been expected, and I don't think we can take too much from this game except to note that Matt Hasselbeck turned out to be quite a solid pick in playoff drafts, certainly much better than anyone on the teams guaranteed to play two games (Saints and Pats).

The Chicago Bulls, who stumbled badly this season after two straight playoff appearances, drafted Rose, the best point guard in the draft, with the first pick.

Atlanta's DeMarre Carroll, who is averaging 17.1 points in the playoffs, was drafted 27.

He does them now for big events -- drafts, playoff games... even Wrestlemania.

Due to the labour stoppage that suspended the entire 2004 05 NHL season, positioning for the 2005 draft was conducted via a weighted lottery based on each team's playoff appearances and draft lottery victories in the last four years.

The spending sprees pushed both teams into the Eastern Conference's upper tier, ensuring high playoff seedings, low draft picks and large luxury-tax bills for the foreseeable future.

There is a simple premise at work here, one that many teams still fail to grasp: that mediocrity is a dead end, resulting in first-round playoff exits, low draft picks and clogged salary caps.

Lynn helped organize a front office that turned the Vikings into a consistent playoff contender that drafted and developed three Hall of Famers — Randall McDaniel, Chris Doleman and John Randle.

And the owners voted to approve the reordering of the draft for playoff teams.

Though McHale helped turn a terribly unsuccessful franchise into a playoff team by boldly drafting Kevin Garnett out of high school with the fifth pick in 1995, he was heavily criticized by fans the last few years for a series of draft-day failures and other roster moves.

Griffin, the former Baylor quarterback,  said during Super Bowl week that Luck "was the de facto Heisman winner and the de facto No. 1 pick," but that "we already took one of those from him and we plan to continue to go out there and do that — whether it's with the first pick in the draft, a playoff win, or who goes to the first Super Bowl".