Random Card Of The Day: 2020 Prizm Black Joe Burrow

 

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2020 Topps Allen Ginter Cook

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2020 Bowman Platinum Gerrit Cole

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2020 Bowman Platinum Yadier Molina

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2020 Bowman Platinum Jarred Kelenic

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2020 Bowman Platinum Meteoric Andrew Vaughn

We Were Titans

We FINALLY did it.

We played a close game and won it.

Not to mention, we are above .500 for the first time in 6 years.

It was a long time coming for my NY Giants. Us, as fans NEEDED that win and that kind of win to prove us that the culture change wasn't just words being spoken. That those words were actually being put into motion.

The 21-20 win over the Tennessee Titans was huge for Giants players and Giants fans and kept us on edge throughout. Coming back from a sloppy first half down by 13, to taking a gamble on a late 2-point conversion when you could have simply kicked the extra point for a tie and possibly overtime, to the defense allowing the Titans to drive into field goal range only to miss it, it was like a Hollywood movie ending for the NY Giants.

I can't remember the last time I had a smile after a NY Giants football game.

On top of this, after a rough couple of seasons for Saquon Barkley, yesterday he looked like his rookie year self, tearing up Titans defense for 164 rush yards,1 touchdown and the key two-point conversion where he made two defenders miss. He carried the entire offense and team to victory. Basically, did the same for my Fantasy football team as well.

In honor of his performance, I thought I would post my Top 10 favorite non-hit cards I have of him.

1. Panini Instant "Barkley Caps Historic Rookie Season" card. Love the photograph on this one.

2. One of the most iconic plays for Saquon with the Legend Eli Manning watching in the background.

3. 2018 Prizm rookie card. The best non-autograph rookie card he has.

4.2019 Prestige Highlight Reel. This is the same photo from the Dallas game above, just at a different angle.

5. It's blue, he is all alone in the end zone, great photo again.

6. Shiny.

7. The face says it all on this one.

8. Throwback Zenith 1997 Zenith base card design, what isn't to like about this card?

9. Saquon always has his eye on the defense. He made sure yesterday to the Titans defenders were on his radar.

 

10. Zenith Z-Team. Anyone who collected Zenith knows how cool these cards actually are.

With those now being posted, I hope Saquon can continue to build off from his success yesterday. The Giants have their first home game of the season coming up this Sunday against the Carolina Panthers. Could the G-Men go 2-0? Fall flat at home? Will Saquon continue to build off last week? So many questions and the answers will be coming up in 6 days and I can't wait.

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2020 Optic Mythical Ronald Acuna Jr.

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2020 Optic Donruss '86 Autograph Aaron Sanchez

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2020 Optic Luis Robert

Random Cardboard Of The Day: 2020 Optic Diamond Kings Carolina Blue Bryce Harper

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2020 Optic Donruss '86 Rickey Henderson

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2020 Optic Illusions Mookie Betts

Random Cardboard Of The Day:2020 Optic Carolina Blue Johnny Cueto

Random Cardboard:2020 Illusions Clear Shots Eli Manning

Burrow Hunting

*the sun is out on this morning before the storm starts to creep its way in tonight. Coffee, cards and blogging is on the agenda for now. takes a sip and gets onto the post*

If 100 people were in a room just to simply guess who would be facing off in the Super Bowl this year, I would bet all 100 would be wrong. Not only be wrong, but not have a single one of them even breathe the word Bengals in the conversation. 

However, here we are. Rams vs Bengals.

With the NY Giants playing this year like the bad version of the Little Giants team if not worse, I had a pretty solid list of teams I didn't want to win in the playoff this year.

I had a reason for everyone of them.

• Cowboys-Division rival and can't stand their obnoxious fans
• Eagles-HATED division rival and once again, don't like their obnoxious fans
• Buccaneers- Who really wanted to see Tom Brady win again?? I mean really??
• Packers-Aaron Rodgers is a.........well..... you get the point. It was nice to see him struggle and lose
• Patriots-With or without Tom Brady, I just don't like them

I had a feeling I would have to deal with hating on one of these teams in the Super Bowl, but to my surprise and everyone elses, none of them even made it to the Divisional Championships. So then became the question of....who do I root on?

I chose the Chiefs. Despite how annoying Patrick Mahomes brother can be, Patrick is not. He is a humble Super Star who is fun to watch. He may also be a side PC, but we will talk about that another day. Sadly, the Chiefs didn't pull off the win and the Bengals did. That didn't really affect me too much though, as it's fun to see a team you wouldn't expect in a million lifetimes make it to the big game.

So, for the Super Bowl, I am a Bengals fan. It would be nice to see them finally take home the big one.

*takes a sip before continuing on with today's post*

I have been holding onto a couple of 2020 football boxes for the right moment and figured what moment is better than Super Bowl time that features rookie cards of the Bengals amazing Quarterback Joe Burrow.

  

The two boxes I had to open was a 2020 Chronicles NFL blaster box and a 2020 Prizm hanger box. I also wanted to point out the new background for these newer photos I will be doing on here. Needs a little tweaking, but they should look cool when I get it right.

The box that had my attention the most was the Prizm hanger, since everyone wants a Prizm rookie of top players. It's THE rookie card to have.

It was a good thought anyways as these were my two best and only rookie finds in the box,

 

Not that either of these guys are bad players, but the last thing you want to find in a "high end" box is two defensive guys.

With luck down on that break, I turned to the Chronicles where a very nice card was found in the first pack,

A Dynagon silver parallel of Joe Burrow.

Rest of the box wasn't to bad either, I found a couple Jalen Hurts, a couple Tua's, and then the other Top QB from 2020,

Justin Herbert.

The Chronicles break went pretty well I would say, and my Burrow hunt actually landed me one. That doesn't happen too often in a post like this.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

I think this year's NFL postseason games were the best I have ever seen and here's hoping the biggest game of them all will be just as exciting. Say what you want about other sports and Game 7's etc, the NFL has the best playoff system. You only get one chance to win so you give it your all.

I also apologize to the fans of the teams above I hoped to lose if you are reading this, nothing against you...unless your an Eagles or Cowboys fan...even still....I had my reasons and I am sure you have yours as well for teams you despise.

In comments, let me know which team you are rooting on for the Super Bowl and what your favorite Joe Burrow card is? While you are at it, let me know which teams you didn't want to see win.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Cardboard Review:2020 Bowman Draft Sapphire Edition

There are some releases that I never see or ever have thought about opening, but one I have been curious by and haven't had the chance to open is any of the sapphire releases.

Recently, I had a chance to open a box. Let's check it out,

In every box of 2020 Bowman Draft Sapphire comes with 32 cards. The only guarantee in every box is 2 parallels and each box goes for.....$400. The 2019 edition was $35 per. The 2020 version started out at $70. But now the Covid edition is $400.

BASE:

There are 200 base cards in the set.

The one card I wanted from the set, I landed.

Here are the other bigger names I found,

Outside of these guys, my box was loaded with catchers and especially.....pitchers.

PARALLELS

The following parallels can be found,

Yellow /99, Green /50, Orange /25, Aqua /20, Gold /15, Purple /10, Red /5, Padparadscha 1/1.

Green /50

 

Yellow /99

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

Well....at a $35 price point, I would say I did decent. At a $400 price point, well, not so much.

As for the cards themselves, holy smokes this is a beautiful product!!! These cards are quite stunning in person and even the light box cannot completely catch their magic.

Your thoughts on this product are welcomed below!

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Chase

Just like with next weeks post, I just wanted to update and show off a couple rainbow look-ins.

 

Here is my 2020 Select chase (minus the other green /5 because that arrived after I had this picture on here)

Just two 1/1's will finish up this bad boy. So far though, no sign of either.

When I do land them, I will be sure to post them and take a new picture of them all.

If any of you see them, PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY!!!

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Illusions Mirage Purple Autograph 1/1

Impressed is the word I would best describe how fast I put this rainbow together.

Usually it takes  years to build a rainbow with the 1/1 always being the last to chase, however, this one only took less than a year to build. I was impressed so many opened up Illusions with the price tag and only one auto.

The final piece I needed was of course the 1/1 which is this one,

Still the best card backs Panini has done for Rodney autographs.

 

Here is the rainbow completed. You really can't tell much of a difference in the cards other than a slight foil color change on the word Mirage.

The final 2 Rodney's Cardboard of 2021 will be two more rainbow chases. Stay tuned!

Rodney's Cardboard:2020 Select Green Prizm /5

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It's football Sunday, the NY Giants are in the playoff race and I have a awesome card to show off.

It finally happened!!! The guy who owned one of my three missing Select pieces decided to let go of it and knew it wouldn't go anywhere else but my hands.

Here it is...

 

So stoked!

Now only the black 1/1 and the black die cut 1/1 are needed for my rainbow chase. I have yet to see either pop up yet.

Thanks again to Seth for thinking of me when letting this go and for Shane for the help in scoring it.