Ramming My Mail Box

I was recently in a very affordable random team mixed box break from my friends over at Midwest Box Breaks. I was hoping to hit it big and land a top notch autograph hit hopefully from a legend I need. Well, luck wasn't fully my way as usual when I am in a break. I landed the Rams, which is the second time I have done so in four breaks, and missed out on a few great hits from other teams in the break.

But, at least I didn't go home with just base like last time.

2019 Elite. My first look at the product. Doesn't look to shabby as Panini stuck to the basics here with the base card design.

Todd Gurley who I hope is healthy and will continue his dominant career. I think he may have made a difference in last years Super Bowl and the Rams wouldn't have had to throw so much which is the real reason they lost that game.

Speaking of Gurley, nice three color patch I landed from 2016 Black Gold. That product looks superb!

Big thanks goes out to Ben over at Midwest Box Breaks for the spot.

If you haven't checked them out yet, please do. Very trusted and cares about the customer. See what they have available for breaks, HERE.

Would You Give Up The Farm?

Looking at yesterday's LA Rams and Tennessee Titans trade for the top overall pick in this years NFL draft, in which the LA Rams as some would say "gave up the farm" for that number one spot, I began to question myself, would I as a card collector give up many great cards just to get one key one?

Honestly, I don't think I could.

Let's just say I really wanted this card in theory (took this image from Panini's Knights Lance blog:

And that it was the top card on my want list and had been for a few years

And lets say the person who owns that card wanted all of this for that Kobe card.....

 

 

 

Would I be willing to give all of this up for that one card? Honestly, no.

I break down cards differently than others might. Even though I really want that Kobe card, I also don't want to give up key cards that may turn out better in the long run. Moncada is a rising rookie star, Stafford could lead the Lions to a Super Bowl, Curry has already proven himself and is young enough to do even bigger things in the future and Odell Beckham autographed rookie card, well, he could break tons of records. How could I ever justify this move?

So despite how badly I want that Kobe autograph for my PC, giving up future/current potential of these other cards, it would turn my stomach sour if I made such a trade. The same way the Rams should feel after giving up just about their entire draft this year and next. Yes, I don't ever agree with trades like that.

So what do you guys think? Am I crazy? Would you give up "your farm" just to get the one card you want the most? Let's hear it in comments.