Cardboard Review:2021 Certified Football

I have not been able to open a lot of football products this year, so it's always nice to be able to do so.

With costs above my budget and rarely any retail, my favorite sport to open is becoming as rare as finding an actual collector anymore.

I have seen plenty of baseball though, if only I was still into collecting it deeply.

Anyways, enough of my whining and complaining, let's check out today's break,

In every box of 2021 Certified Football comes 10 packs of 5 cards each. Each box should have one autograph and one memorabilia per. Boxes currently sit at $430.

BASE:

Base cards in Certified have always remained the same front and back I feel. Front has foil, back has one year stats and a write up. There is nothing wrong with that though if it works.

The base set is built up of 100 veterans

and then 100 rookies numbered to 399.

PARALLELS:

The following parallels can be found,

Mirror /299, Bronze /249, Pink /199, Orange /149, Red /99, Blue /75, Teal /50, Gold /25, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

Mirror /299

Orange /149

 

Teal /50

The parallels overall are pretty stunning.

INSERTS:

Most inserts have the following parallels,

Bronze /249, Pink /199, Orange /149, Red /99, Blue /75, Teal /50, Gold /25, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

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Certified Stars has 25 cards to collect

Gold Team has 20 cards to collect

Seal Of Approval has 20 cards to collect as well.

Bronze Seal Of Approval /249

2021 Graffiti. These are sooooooooooooo sweet in person. Not a bad find of Mac Jones.

2021 Graffiti Blue /75

Dark Horses. Really cool look to these.

HITS:

New Generation Patch card

Michael Carter New Generation Patch card.

Shawne Merriman Mirror Signatures /35

 

And my other autograph is a Top 5 NFL pick in Kyle Pitts. This is also a Freshman Fabric Mirror Signatures Pink.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

I always about the money aspect of things for the first part of my thoughts as a lot of people worry about that first. I would say, the biggest hit of this box was actually the Graffiti Mac Jones insert. The rest were meh. Pitts has a bright future, but collectors really don't seek out tight ends that much. Sort of like an offensive lineman who can catch.

As for the fun aspect, the Graffiti cards are that and the mirror parallels look the best they have in years. The patch cards are nice and it's fun seeing signatures of guys you may not see all the time like the Merriman. The checklist for those signatures is full of names like that.

In comments today, let me know your thoughts on this product.

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2021 Panini Gold Standard Football

Panini Gold Standard has always been one of my high end favorites to pick up singles from. My Giants collection has some fun additions to it because of those snags.

I haven't really ever had a lot of luck, however, when it comes to actually opening up the product but maybe today is the day.

Let's see how the 2021 Gold Standard football goes:

Every box of 2021 Gold Standard football comes with 7 cards. Out of those 7 cards, 5 will be hits. Each box carries a golden price of $500.

BASE

With so many hits in a box, that gives you very little opportunities to find any base. My box had one base and that base was a rookie card of the Vikings.

Kene Nwangwu base is one of 100 rookies in the base set that consists of 200 cards overall. 100 of those other base cards are built up of legends of the game and current stars.

PARALLELS

An overall look at the parallels is the following,

• Base - #/99
• Platinum - #/75
• White Gold - #/49
• Rose Gold - #/25
• Emerald FOTL - #/11
• Violet - #/10
• Sapphire - #/5
• Black - 1/1

 

Nice Violet numbered to 10 of Legendary John Elway!

(also here is the back of a base card I forgot to show earlier)

Since there are no inserts, let's get straight to the hits!

Tutu Atwell RPA

Gold Gear Tarik Cohen

I don't say this about Cowboy card very often but this one is stunning. This is CeeDee Lamb Mother Lode patch/glove relic/football/and who knows what the top right one is. This is a Prime /49.

Legendary Jevon Kearse autograph relic

Bernie Kosar autograph relic

OVERALL THOUGHTS

Once again, Gold Standard brought out the beautiful cards again. Other than the amazing swatches, the colored ink is fun as well. I will admit though, that the gold on gold doesn't feel right such as that Tutu.

I really like the mix of rookies, veterans and legends of the game the product offers in both it's base set and hits. There are also some really cool relics you can't pull anywhere else (well maybe Absolute)

However, the price is way too steep right now and even the beauty of the cards can't hide that. I would suggest jumping on a box break  or buying singles if you like what you see above.

Leave me your thoughts below on this break and on the product.

Breakin' Wax:2020 Donruss Optic Football Hanger Pack

The first time I was able to open up some Donruss Optic, I did extremely well. Pulling a silver Jordan Love and a Tua Purple along with a few other decent cards. So when the opportunity came again to open up some more, I jumped on it.

Here's hoping the second round is as good as the first one.

 

Every hanger pack of 2020 Optic football comes with 12 cards and one exclusive Green Velocity Parallel. Hanger packs went for $12-$15 I believe at the time I opened this which is really steep for 12 cards. But, I was hoping for the best.

The first ten cards of the pack were all base.

The next card, my green velocity. Who in the Sam Hill is this guy??

And the final card, this CeeDee Lamb Rated Rookie which was the highlight of the pack.

The CeeDee Lamb may have been the saving grace for this pack but not safe enough. I do still like Optic and always have. Anything Chromed is always a win.

Thoughts on my break or the product are welcomed below!