Knocking Another Big One Down

Yesterday you wintenessed an onslaught of goodies I got in a trade with @StephenJFurlong but that wasn't the end of it.

In comes Part 2 with even more greatness.

Finally, finally, got one of those Turf relic cards I have been seeking out forever. I wanted the Ron Dayne version of this card but I will take just having one. The Corey Dillion I grabbed because it's a seat relic from Memorial Stadium. I like unique relic cards.

 

A trio of old school players. Houston Oilers relic-which in itself is awesome- of Earl Campbell, a Charlie Joyner auto and a Billy Sims autograph. I added them just because I like old school guys.

 

 

Sapp on the other hand it both a 90's guy and a pretty sweet patch relic.

 

Reggie Bush was an exciting college player, like most of that 2006 class, but didn't quite reach that high in the NFL. Even though Bush was the better one of that failing rookie class. Even still, I wanted to add this to my PC just because.

Pro relic on one side,

 

Autograph relic on the other. Nice card all around.

 

And finally an autograph I have been seeking out for awhile, the one and only Adrian Peterson. This guy in him prime was one of the greats and there is no doubt about that. I feel now the injuries have taken a toll and he is a guy who is just trying to extend his career too far. He should have stepped away as a Viking before being bounced between the Saints and the Cardinals where he didn't do a whole lot. to me when players do this it tarnishes their careers some. Hopefully he will sign with another team, get another shot and make the best of it and end his career on a positive note.

I also like this card overall. Sharp!

 

 

Well, that's it for this part of the trade up to this point. I did fail to mention there is a Part 3 I will post at some point with another key autograph in it. We had to do a separate mailing on the next part and I will explain why and post it when it arrives. 

Big thanks to Stephen up to this point on our trade. Great trade all around and I am also thankful to have you as a friend. I look forward to our next trade.

Season CARDings Part 2

Like I said yesterday, we will pick up where I left off. I will also start out with some more pictures from the storm.

It's a beautiful site from a distance but you step out and well, you freeze to death.

So let's warm up with something and kick this post back off with some Topps Chrome.

Regular refractors including Trea Turner and a Gary Sanchez for my Yanks PC.

Prism refractors with Bruce and Kershaw. I love the flow on these.

Pink Refractors. Betances for my Yankes PC, along with Rizzo, Puig and Abreu.

 

And to finish up the chrome, some of these throwback refractors. Really like how sharp these came out.

I think after this mail day and other 2017 chrome mail days I need to see what sets I may have or working towards. Even if I don't have any, I just need to gather the chrome together so I have it in place just in case.

Up next, Prizm, Prizms, this time for baseball.

 

And even More Prizm baseball. This time with some color.I really like the color ball parallel or whatever Panini may call it.

Topps Heritage refractors including 2 different Langorias.

Donruss inserts from The Elite Series to Ground Force to The Legends Series. I still think it's so weird not to see Adrian Peterson in a Vikes uniform. I find it's weird that they used the same design for all three sets. they should have done something different with these.

Some hockey inserts/parallels

I hadn't seen these 2017 Topps Fire parallels before but I totally dig em. Of course I do bleed blue for my sports teams so these ones attracted me first,

Then I saw these. The gold is so MIND BLOWING cool. Collecting both blue and gold as separates sets would look impressive in a binder.

 

Well, that's it for today. Still another round for tomorrow which includes the trade portion of the mail day. Stay tuned!

Christmas Break Part 2:2016 Prizm Football Jumbo Pack

In my second break, I busted my first 2016 Prizm football.

Since there is no more football Chrome, this is my chromeified option now. It's not a bad thing as I like Prizm, but I still always had my chrome soft-side.

Each of the Prizm hangers come with a 3-card red-white-blue prizm pack. Mine wasn't the best of players, but Prosise has shown some promise backing up Rawls in Seattle. The Green Prizm of Ervin in this group I pack pulled.

Another Prizm I pack pulled was Nkemdiche. the Peterson is pretty slick looking too in Illumination. That also has the Prizm refractor shine.

And my best find of the box, a Rookie Introductions of the most likely ROTY, Zeke. Card not only looks great but it has a shocking $25 BV too. I need to find myself the Giants from this set.

 

Overall, not expecting any cardboard and finding some was nice. Having a decent pull in each was even better. The eBay gift card wasn't a huge amount, but it was enough I was able to pull him some pretty cool cards that I will show off at a later date.

Thoughts on my break today and yesterday welcomed in comments!

Panini Breaks Out Their Playbook for 2013

Panini broke out their Playbooks to design this years Playbook Football 2013. The product promises to have taken the best of the first two releases in 2011 and 2012 and also add some new fun collectibles as well.

New and exciting to this year is Flywire Booklets, Playbook Coaches Signature Booklets and Down and Dirty Booklets.

Also, this product will include four autograph or memorabilia cards in every four-card pack that breaks down to two booklet cards, at least one autographed version, one additional autograph and one other hit. And I would imagine the price would be similar to past years at $200 a box.

We have broken down three of our favorites so far in this years product:

  

Down & Dirty Booklets: These look SICK!! Finally, unwashed jerseys! Lets see all of the blood, dirt, grass stains and bring us closer to the game. To me this may be one of the greatest innovations in awhile. I have always wanted to see the hard work players put onto the field and now we can.

  

Flywire Booklets: These are collars from players taken from players and are GAME WORN! But tough pulls at 1/1's. Incredible idea and design however.

 

Rookie-Drawn Play Booklets: The 40 players who attended the 2013 NFLPA Rookie Premiere each sketched out and autographed their favorite plays that they hope to run in the NFL for them to make the biggest impact on the field.

I don't know if I can wait til October til this product hits the market. Just sick, sick stuff. So far, Panini is having an strong early start to their NFL card season.

Thoughts On The 2012 NFL Regular Season

Now that the NFL regular season has come to an official end we got to see an amazing year of football.

We got to see three rookie quarterbacks lead their team to the playoffs:

      

Some more great rookie performances by these two running backs:

   

And some great comeback performances and great stories

    

And a record breaking season

Not to mention some surprise teams making runs to the playoffs in Seattle, Washington, Minnesota, Cincinnati and of course Indy which was the greatest story of them all with their coach Chuck Pagano who came back in the teams final game after starting treatment for leukemia in September. That team rode #Chuckstrong to the playoffs.

But we also get to see some sad times as well. First the bounty gate scandal that not only put a little hurt on the league but also hurt the Saints and their season as well. Lucky for them they resigned their coach to a huge contract so they can make a run next season and this scandal will be passed them hopefully. Also, even though I am a huge Giants fan, no longer seeing Andy Reid on the Eagles sidelines will be a little different next season. Reid was was the longest-tenured coach in the NFL at 14 seasons, going 130-92-1 during the regular season. He led the Eagles to nine playoff appearances, including five NFC title games and one Super Bowl that they lost to the Patriots in.

Players and teams that had magic last season like Tim Tebow sat on the pine watching another big shot quarterback falter to lead his team anywhere. The Giants, hate to even talk about this, starting 6-2 looking to defend their title and leading the division by two games and looking playoff bound falling apart towards the end of the season finishing 3-5 and missing out.

Now as we move onto Wild Card Weekend:

NFL Wild Card Weekend schedule

Saturday
4:30 p.m.: Bengals at Texans (NBC)
8 p.m.: Vikings at Packers (NBC)
Sunday
1 p.m.: Colts at Ravens (CBS)
4:30 p.m.: Seahawks at Redskins (Fox)

It will be interesting to see how this exciting season ends and who will be crowned this years Super Bowl champ. I know I have my favorites to win and some I hope that don't. I am sure you do as well.  I am already looking forward to free agency and the off-season as well especially since the Giants missed out. There will be many changes I am sure with players and coaches. And I will be there watching all of it and waiting til next August when training camps and preseason begins.

 Bloggers Note: As for my Wild Card Weekend Picks..I am going Texans, Packers, Ravens and Redskins. But I would rather have the Seahawks win.

Panini's Father's Day Auto/jersey previews...WOW!

Panini released these images as part of their Father's Day promo. And they are...well..absolutely amazing! Would love to hear your guys thoughts on these. I am speechless to be honest. That has got to be a first. I really hope to get one of these amazing possible hits.

  

 

 

 

What are your thoughts on these cards?