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Topps NFL (Logoless) Cards

How do you feel Topps has done so far with their football products? Do you mind logoless cards? What product has been your favorite so far?

The Season

The NFL season may be over, but the memories of it have not.

This was the best NY Giants season I have witnessed in many, many years so I went on a Panini Instant spree to showcase some of the highlights.

 

The season started off in Nashville again the Tennessee Titans. This was the game that set the pace for the season. The Giants were down by 10 at halftime and looked like the same ole team I had seen the past 6 seasons where they open up with a loss. 

But whatever coach Daboll said at halftime changed the game. The Giants got a late touchdown to trail by only one in the game before gambling on a two-point conversion on a shovel pass to Saquon and winning the game at the end.

The wins kept coming from there.

 

They shocked the Ravens at home, sadly a game I couldn't watch due to where I live so the Patriots played on TV.

 

But a lot of rookies stepped up including Wan'Dale Robingson who got his first NFL touchdown. Which I am guessing more will come next year when he is healthy.

 

Speaking of rookies stepping up, Kayvon Thibodeaux may not have had the huge sack numbers but he had a huge impact on their season. 

 

He went on to score a strip-sack fumble against Washington, a game they desperately needed to move up in the Wild Card Standings, and started the momentum that led to a Giants win.

 

Then came the Daniel Jones show in what was a win and in situation against the Colts. The Giants win the game and they clinch their first playoff spot since 2016. 

Jones led the Giants with 4 touchdown and a 38-10 win over Indy in that game.  A game he commanded and won for them. I think this was the game where Jones showed he was worthy of another contract with the Giants.

Then came the Wild Card game against Minnesota. Everyone counted them out on the road but they shut out the noise.

 

Saquon had 2 rushing touchdowns including the game sealing one in the 4th quarter.

 

WR Isaiah Hodgins looked unstoppable going for over 100 yards and scoring a touchdown that helped set up the Giants win early on in the game. This was a guy they grabbed off the practice squad remember and this is also his first card in a Giants uniform.

 

And finally, there was Jones who showed why he was worth the 160 million they gave him throwing for over 300 yards and 78 more on the ground. He looked like a Top QB in that game and picked apart Minnesota all game long. It was a version of the usual turnover prone QB we hadn't seen before.

I won't talk about the Divisional Round game against the Eagles as they were completely outmatched as they should have been all season, but I will say overall the future is bright and I can't wait to see what's in store for next season.

Thoughts on my collection welcomed in comments. Also if you buy any of the on-demand cards.

2019 Sorting Project

It started on January 1st and may take me to the next January 1st to tackle the biggest sort I have ever done. My goal in the end, securing the fact I will be able to find my cards a lot easier.

However, to begin such a sort, I had to do something a bit backwards first. I had to finish up sorting the way I have always sorted to move onto the "Big Sort". I know I should have just kept this stuff out and sorted it in the new fashion, but I don't have the room and honestly with all of this laying around, it would bog me down more than get me going with momentum. I like to take things one at a time. This would be way to much to able to do that.

Not to mention I don't have the space for my plans. I had to use multiple sorting trays, a bench, a box, my floor, my entire desk, etc just to sort the stuff that has been sitting on my desk forever.

 

Thank Goodness for BCW Sorting Trays!

 

A bench I have to hold my oddball stuff by number.

 

Sorting tray again.

 

Oh my desk!

 

More desk space eaten up.

I still need to put this all away the old way. It's going to be quite the journey.

What's going to be my big sort? Well, it's taking apart every sports inserts, pulling out the 90's stuff for a binder on it's own, then pulling the rest out to be put into penny sleeves, by team, then into boxes instead of binders. The binders I empty will be used for putting my players back in like they used to be. I think the players I currently have in boxes are worth more than the new inserts of today. The 90's inserts will be sorted by what they are and finally grouped together to see if there are any other sets I want to build.

This is just Part 1. Part 2, I need to take apart two binders of Griffey Jr, sort them by year, by brand, put them back into a binder than do my online checklist.

Part 3 is moving my NY Giants relics from a stack on a table, into boxes sorted by player to make it easier for me to do posts with if I choose to do so.

Part 4 I am also going to take apart my relics and autograph boxes and sort them by team.

I am sure along the way I will find other ways I want to tweak things and maybe even change my plans from above as I go. All I know, it's going to take awhile. That Griffey project alone will be grueling. As all of that goes along updates on here along with some changes to things will come as well.

All I know this is going to keep me busy for awhile. So if you see me disappear and maybe miss some posts, I probably got lost in the cards. Don't call for help. I will find a way out.

Nuttin' But The Hits:1996 Classick NFL Experience

Unlike my first break from BBCE with a Summit retail box, this time I grabbed a full size box of 1996 Classic. This was a product line that reeled me in 1995 and I caught on to the love of it since.

Boxes come with 24 packs of 10 cards and only are $12. So a steal for someone like me. I would take this kind of a break any day over a blaster of today's junk.

Let's check out my break shall we?

The base cards are beautiful. Clean, full bleed photography like this Rodney Hampton I found in my first box. I already had one, maybe five copies of this already. This one will stay in the base set I am going to build.

Excellent photographs.

One of my favorite 90's QB's here,

The GOAT. Will Saquon ever be Barry? No. I love Saquon and everything, but Barry was something special to watch that will never be seen again. Saquon will be good, but nobody runs ten yards backwards and beats you for 80 yards like Barry.

Dan the Man. Wished he could have gotten himself a ring. Playing for the Dolphins is tough.

TD scored lots of TD's. Could have been an all-time great if it wasn't for the injury bug.

Curtis Martin to me played better for the Jets than he did for the Patriots.

This guy was fun to watch as well, except against my Giants.

My first two inserts are these Super Bowl XXX cards. Cool looking full foil cards. NFC had the darker background  (by the way was a huge fan of both of these players especially Kerry)

AFC version is more lighter,

Sculpted die cut insert. I pulled the Jeff Blake in my first pack. I remember how many collectors wanted Deion Sanders cards after he went to Dallas. Especially his first Cowboys stuff.

Printers Proof parallel. Only one per box. Remember when parallels were actually tough to find? Not in every other pack or every pack? I much rather have it this way. This one is of legend Warren Moon.

Well that does it. Two box break from BBCE. I did much better with the Classic as you can see. Next time I will get Summit hobby which was honestly only a few more dollars. I did bust a box of that already last year and had a blast.

Thoughts on this break?

WIN 10 PACKS OF 2018 PLAYER OF THE DAY Part 2+BONUS!!

Let's give away some Player Of The Packs shall we?

This is a bit easy and it doesn't require you doing much but taking a guess and by following the other details below!

1. MUST BE A U.S. RESIDENT OR HAVE AN ADDRESS IN THE U.S. TO ENTER. Sorry, I can't afford to ship everywhere.
2. Pick the winner of Sunday's football game between the NY Giants and the Carolina Panthers and give me a total score of the game
3. Have your entry in before 10/7/2018 by 1:00 pm e.t and that's it!
4. Winner will be announced in comments. So come back to check to see if it was you.
5. Winners will have 72 hours to claim their prize or it goes back into the prize pool.
6. Sport Card Collectors, Panini, Panini Player Of The Day will not be held responsible for  lost, stolen or damaged packages. I will ship it safely, but once it leaves my hands it's completely up to the USPS system to take care of it.
7. Please post somewhere whether it's on Facebook, Twitter, or a blog post a thank you for your prize and show it off. Make sure to tag Sport Card Collectors and Panini Player Of The Day in all spots.
8. Entrants must agree to all the rules above to enter. If any entrant fails to do so, they will be disqualified. 

To break up any other tie breaker, guess which memorabilia card is hiding in this pack. By the way, this card will also make it's way into the prize pack.BOOM! *drops mic*

Your entry should look like the following, Panthers 42 and Bradley Chubb.

Good luck to those of you who enter and stay tuned for many, many, many more awesome giveaways ahead!!!

WIN 10 PACKS OF 2018 PLAYER OF THE DAY+BONUS!!

Let's give away some Player Of The Packs shall we?

This is a bit easy and it doesn't require you doing much but taking a guess and by following the other details below!

1. MUST BE A U.S. RESIDENT OR HAVE AN ADDRESS IN THE U.S. TO ENTER. Sorry, I can't afford to ship everywhere.
2. Pick the winner of Sunday's football game between the NY Giants and the New Orleans Saints and give me a total score of the game
3. Have your entry in before 9/30/2018 by 1:00 pm e.t and that's it!
4. Winner will be announced In comments and tweeted out
5. Winners will have 72 hours to claim their prize or it goes back into the prize pool.
6. Sport Card Collectors, Panini, Panini Player Of The Day will not be held responsible for  lost, stolen or damaged packages. I will ship it safely, but once it leaves my hands it's completely up to the USPS system to take care of it.
7. Please post somewhere whether it's on Facebook, Twitter, or a blog post a thank you for your prize and show it off. Make sure to tag Sport Card Collectors and Panini Player Of The Day in all spots.
8. Entrants must agree to all the rules above to enter. If any entrant fails to do so, they will be disqualified. 

To break up any other tie breaker, guess which memorabilia card is hiding in this pack. By the way, this card will also make it's way into the prize pack.BOOM! *drops mic*

 

Your entry should look like the following, Saints 42 and Bradley Chubb.

Good luck to those of you who enter and stay tuned for many, many, many more awesome giveaways ahead!!!

Neglected Hobby

I have two hobbies, one is obvious by the title of this blog. The other, is playing Madden NFL. It's the ONLY video game I buy and play on a yearly basis. I am one of those Madden nuts who must have it on release day.

Ever since I have gotten Madden NFL 18, I find my card hobby has taken a backseat some which is why some of my projects I have been working on have taken extra time. It is also why a lot of my posts from Aug-Dec were short and sweet and a bit behind.

This is the first time in my Madden history I can't seem to win a Super Bowl. I have played Madden since the beginning but became a die harder in Madden 96. I only play Franchise mode and never have gone online to play. I like to play it this way and don't ever plan to change.

I played three and a half seasons with the NY Giants. I made multiple trades, free agent pickups, my usual moves on making a team young and cheap. However, I went 20-36 in those years with the Giants missing the playoffs each year. I then gave the Jets a run after the Giants canned me and started out 0-6 before deciding I needed to restart my franchise mode over.

I carefully made a quick look at things and decided to go with the Browns. Yes, the Browns. They were already young, had cap space and pieces I could work with. For some reason or another, I was winning with them finishing 11-5-1 in my first season and winning the Division and claiming a playoff spot.

I even won two playoff games before falling to New England in the AFC title game. (in case you are wondering that is a Patrick Malhommes led offense)

While I was making my run, stacks and stacks of cards were growing deep on my desk from trades and pickups. Despite that, I couldn't stop playing to go take care of what I needed to take care of. I think part of my problem was how the 2017 NFL season went. Giants were embarrassing, the Super Bowl came down to two teams I didn't like and ended with a team that I hoped would never win. I used Madden as a distraction to control the 2017 NFL season and smooth things out in my mind. It has worked....some.

I just currently finished up my second season with the Browns going 14-2 and won the division, got a bye, beat the Jags in the Divisional playoff game all leading up to another match up with the Patriots who are also 14-2. I did beat them in the regular season pretty badly but I don't feel good about this game which I should have played by the time this is up and posted.

If I can somehow, someway pull out a big win over them and lead my team to a Super Bowl win, then, maybe, I can finally focus on Mt.Cardsmore and get that taken care of. In the meantime, it's all focus on the Lombardi trophy.

So I am sorry cards, you have taken a backseat for now. But, don't worry, I don't plan on neglecting you much longer. I have faith that the Browns can beat the Patriots and win the Super Bowl. 

I do hope you read everything above.

How many of you have a second hobby that sometimes overrides your card collecting? Let me know!!

(UPDATE:The Browns beat the Patriots in the closing seconds. Then played a two overtime thriller against the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl and were victorious 26-20. Now onto year three which has started out 7-4 record and some card sorting!)

CONTEST! WIN 1 Of 5 NFL Posters!

I have already announced the MAIN CONTEST for my Player Of The Day promo, now it's time for another contest. This one is pretty easy.

Here is the entire checklist for the Player Of The Day card set including base, parallels, rookies, memorabilia cards and autographs.

 

To be one of the five people to win a poster, players include Jason Witten, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson,

 

Tell me which card on the checklist you hope to pull in comments. 

Here are the other rules:

1. Contest is open to U.S. Residents or non U.S. residents with an address within the U.S. I apologize for this but shipping costs are crazy.
2. Speaking of shipping, with so much shipping I have to do with this promo, there will be a slight delay in shipping prizes as I will ship as I can afford to. But, don't fray, you will get your prize!
3. Sport Card Collectors or it blog owner will not be held responsible for lost, stolen or damaged mail. Once it leaves my hands, it's up to USPS to get the packages to you.
4. There will be FIVE winners in this contest. Each winner will get one poster
5. Winners will be chosen at random in the comments and announced in a separate post.
6. Contest open today til Saturday, September 23rd 2017.
7. Good Luck!!!!

GIVEAWAY! Win THE FINAL PWE PRIZE

When I recently broke some Panini products I mentioned doing a giveaway with some of the cards. Well, that time has finally arrived!

In these 5 envelopes is a mix of 3-5 numbered insert cards and some decent hits. There are 3 chaser cards to be found in the 5 envelopes that I will reveal in just a second. There may be more contests down the road for more of the cards from the breaks so stay tuned for that too.

ONLY NUMBER 3 REMAINS!

The above envelopes are numbered 1-5. There will be 5 separate contests held over a 5 week span. Each contest will be easy to enter but all will be different.

 

When a winner is announced, the winner will have their choice of what envelope they would like. Even though I just put them together, I shuffled them and then numbered them so I have no idea which one has the chase cards.

 

Here are some of the cards you will be chasing.....

/199

 

 

400 PANINI REWARD POINTS

 

/24

 

 

 /50

 

 

and..../49

 

To win THE FINAL PWE PRIZE, JUST SIMPLY DO THE FOLLOWING...just guess how many views this post will get. The closest wins!

 

That simple. Well, and these other rules of course....

1. MUST BE A U.S. RESIDENT TO ENTER. I CANNOT AFFORD SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE U.S. SORRY FOR THIS INCONVENIENCE AS I APPRECIATE ALL OF MY READERS. However, if you live outside the country but have an U.S. address, you can enter.
2. CARDS WILL BE SHIPPED PWE
3. SPORT CARD COLLECTORS BLOG OR IT'S OWNER/BLOGGER WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST, STOLEN OR DAMAGED MAIL. 
4. Envelopes will be mailed at the same time when the contest is over. I think this will make the suspense more fun.
5. IN CASE OF A TIE, RANDOM 3 TIMES WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE A WINNER
6. ENTERING MEANS YOU ABIDE BY ALL OF THE RULES ABOVE. 
7. You will have til Sunday, September 3rd 2017. Winner announced on Tuesday, September 5th 2017.
8. Good luck and please remember to THANK Panini America and Tracy Hackler!