Autograph Card Of The Week:2010 Panini Contenders Tim Tebow

When does collecting too much become too much?

I have a list of PC's longer than I can list on here. Especially when it comes to also explaining why I collect each of the subjects.

For me, today's player is pretty simple. Tim Tebow is a good person, a great college football player, someone who didn't give up on his dream of playing pro sports, and a devoted Christian.

If there is anyone that I think I should look up to, this would be the guy.

So, that is why there is a side Tebow PC. I don't have a lot of cards in that collection, but some decent ones. None better than today's addition from my trade with Shane.

One of Tim's best cards is his 2010 Panini Contenders rookie autograph. It's not one I ever expected to own, but when talking to Shane about our latest trade, to my surprise, he actually owned one.

So, we did a trade and now it's mine.

 

Here is the card back. Bland like the typical Panini hit card back.

Thanks to Shane for this addition.

Thoughts on Tim Tebow, this card and how many side PC's you have welcomed in comments.

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Random Cardboard Of The Day:2021 Contenders Winning Ticket AJ Brown

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Random Card Of The Day:2021 Contenders SSSP Parallel Rob Gronkowski

More Eli's Arrived!

You never know how much you appreciate something until it is gone. I have realized that more and more everyday with Covid changing what once was and now the Giants looking worst than the Lions since Coach Coughlin was fired and Eli retired.

This is probably the most embarrassed I have ever been as a fan with the way things have come undone this season. There were moments this season I wanted to not admit I was one and actually gave up watching or caring about them at points this season. That has never-ever once happened to me. High hopes will do that.

Collecting Eli cards has kept me going in a season of loss. I remember what the Giants were like in the times after Phil Simms until the time Eli arrived. So, I know some time, somewhere there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It's just how far away that is and how much more suffering us fans have to go through. 

I recently made a trade for some new Eli's thanks to @clrshonuff on Twitter.

Some shiny ones including a rare White Sparkle from Optic.

And then came a

 

Eli Manning /10. I think this is the second lowest numbered Eli I have. Still don't have an Eli 1/1.

Thanks again to my buddy Chris for the trade and hope we can do it again real soon.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Eli Is King

Eli Manning is becoming my second biggest player collection I have and I am not complaining.

With well over 700 cards now, Eli is still a far distant cry from Ken Griffey Jr's over 1,000, but will own sole possession of second soon with today's cards and more on the way soon.

Despite all of my passion for Rodney, Eli is my true blue heart of Giants football.

I didn't know much about the Ole Miss QB when he came out in the 2004 draft other than the fact he was Peyton's brother and what a shadow to live in. Expectations were and the Giants traded for Eli on draft day sending picks and Phillip Rivers who they drafted to San Diego for Eli.

I may have had my complaints about Eli. The turnovers, the fall on the ground take sacks.

But I was glad he was their Signal Caller

 

Their Captain

And Leader.

He was a Hero from living in the shadows of his big brother

To leading his team to two Super Bowl championships. Two memorable games that are forever embedded in my heart.

He is also out-of-this-world person working hand to hand with March Of Dimes and winning a Walter Payton Man Of The Year award.

Not to mention his comedic Brilliance in his commercials and TV spots. Just recently he made a joking reference to how Tom Brady couldn't beat the Giants in the Super Bowl and has been referred to many times as Tom Brady's father.

Eli is the true Giants blue and will forever be the face of the NY Giants for all that he has done on and off the field.

 

And to make that even more-so, about a week ago Eli signed on the dotted line and returned to the Giants in a front office position to help staff in the business development, marketing, and community and corporate relations areas. I also wouldn't be surprise if he didn't make a couple visits with Daniel Jones to help his progression.

This is why Eli will always be the Mann in my collection.

Thanks to @90sNicheFBCard for the trade and the new Eli acquisitions. 

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2020 Contenders Football

I can make a list of every Panini product out there and rank my favorite ones and where they fall.

I can say without a doubt that Panini Prizm is my number one but falling not too far right behind that one is Panini Contenders.

Every year I try my best to add some of the rookie autographs to my collection but have never had much success with box breaks of the product. If this was a game of Never Have I Ever mine would be Never Have I Ever pulled a top rookie autograph from Contenders.

Would this stay true for this box? Lets see...

Every box of 2020 Contenders football comes with 18 packs of 6 cards.Each box comes with 5 autographs and one of those autographs are on-card. Boxes are close to $600. Yup, that's not a mistype.

 

BASE:

The base set checklist is made up of 100 cards and is done ticket style design like it has been since 1998. There are no legends or rookies in the base card set.

PARALLELS:

Each box comes with one parallel. Mine was a Championship Ticket /99 of Sam Darnold.

Other parallels are,Red Zone FOTL, Stardust, Playoff /199, Championship /99, Cracked Ice /22, Super Bowl 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

INSERTS:

The inserts have parallels and those include, Emerald, Orange, Ruby, Sapphire, Silver /149, Gold /49, and Platinum #/25.

 

Legendary Contenders has well Legends. There are 15 cards to collect in this set.

 

MVP Contenders is made up of 25 cards of the best players in the game.

10 cards in the Winning Ticket set.

Round Numbers has 20 cards combining top rookies and their draft round.

Rookie Of The Year comes with 30 cards.

HITS:

Now don't expect a Burrow or Herbert in every box or any box that I open. What makes Contenders fun is the rookies and especially rookie autographs you won't find in other boxes. It can sometimes lead to a gold dig.

Rashad Lawrence

Reggie Robinson II

First two autos I have no idea who they are.

My on-card auto was of Lynn Bowden Jr. This is also a ticket variation. Notice the helmet on the front instead of the team logo.

Lions may need to use this guy more next season, Hunter Bryant. This is a Stub parallel.

Other Rookie Ticket autograph parallels include, 

TICKET PARALLELS: Wild Card, Red Zone FOTL, Playoff \/99, Stub /99 or less, Championship /49, Cracked Ice /22, Super Bowl 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.
CLEAR TICKET PARALLELS: Mosaic, Clear /10.

And my final hit was the biggest of the box...

Legendary Contenders autograph of Steve Young!

FINAL THOUGHTS
Well....for $600...this was rough. I think its safe to say a better way to get into a product like this right now it through box breaks. It's probably that way with any products right now.

RATINGS BASED ON THIS BOX BREAK
Design ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Inserts ⭐⭐⭐
Parallels ⭐⭐
Hits ⭐⭐
Value ⭐
Fun Factor ⭐⭐⭐

Giants Cardboard:Eli's Incoming

My latest mail day from Burbank Sportcards was full of NY Giants, especially of one guy I have been really focused on grabbing as many cards as I can of.

No this guy isn't a hot prospect or even that respected by a lot of fans, but he bled Giants blue from Day 1 even at the draft when he requested to be traded from the Chargers to the Giants on draft day. 

That man, Eli Manning.

I look back on that trade and don't ever regret the Giants decision to give up all that they did. At the time I didn't either. I knew the last name would lead to some hope for a team needing it and boy did it.

A leader on and off the field. let the Giants to two Super Bowl wins. Both games will forever burn in my mind.

With so much love of the Giants and talk that he is coming to join the staff now as well, I came to realize my next player collection was staring at me the whole time.

So as I drive towards 700 Eli Mannings I have been picking up some fun ones along the way.

Like this lime green parallel from Unparalleled.

I hadn't ever seen this one, but I wanted it and needed it. Great looking card.

Father and son

This one as you can see was rough around the edges when I got it in. My OCD immediately wants this one replaced so I haven't counted it towards my collection and will hopefully land another soon.

This is a Living Legends gold numbered to 299. I can't help it, I have a thing with acetate.

With these new adds from Burbank Sportscards Beckett Marketplace (also saved 10% by using code 15Burbank which I suggest you try as well), I am creeping towards 700 Eli Manning cards as of my typing of this which currently pegs me at 666 of him. A number I hope to not keep around too long.

If you have any Eli Manning cards, DM on Twitter or contact me via email at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com to see if I have them and we can work out a trade!

Player HITlights: Owamagbe Odighizuwa

Today's featured Player HITlight has a really tough name to spell out without having a card next to you to type it off from.

Owamagbe Odighizuwa, okay I cheated this time and copied and pasted the name from my post title, was a third round pick of the Giants in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was supposed to be that missing pass rushing piece the Giants needed after losing Osi, Tuck and Strahan years prior and was to pair up with JPP.

Well, like a lot of draft picks during that time for the Giants he didn't quite pan out. Injuries took up his rookie season and in 2017 he got caught with PED's by the NFL and shortly after was released by the Giants.

He signed with the Bills in 2018 but didn't last more than a few months of the offseason there.

His NFL career ended with 6 total tackles.

I collected quite a few of his cards and was sent some from other collectors as well,

Contenders Draft rookie auto

 

Topps Platinum parallel rookie autograph

Topps Platinum rookie autograph

Contenders Cracked Ice rookie autograph

Playbook Rookie Autograph

Prestige rookie autograph

Score Red Zone rookie autograph

Crown Royale Rookie Autograph

 

Donruss Elite Rookie Autograph

I also have plenty of base and rookies of him as well. Will need to sort them out better to figure out how many I have total of him.

More Player HITlights soon.