Finally

Finally.

That's the first word that comes to mind when I think about football season starting today. It's been such a long stretch since I last watched the NY Giants play a meaningful football game.....with a cup of coffee of course.

It's time, finally.

I am really excited about this season after how last year went and with the Giants new offseason additions.

But I am also excited to see how some of last year's guys do as well that had injury prone rookie seasons that showed some potential.

Wan'Dale Robinson spent most of last season injured but made a big impression in the 6 games he did play in going for a combined 227 yards and a big touchdown against the Ravens. He has quick shifty speed and moves which will fit great in this offense.

Kayvon Thibodeaux was banged up last season, but as the season went on he got healthy and opposing teams were starting to feel it as he racked up 4 sacks, forced and recovered two fumbles turning one of those into a huge touchdown against the Commanders (still not used to calling them that). Now healthy with a hopeful full season ahead, I can't wait to see what he can do.

 

I like to call Daniel Bellinger the diamond in the rough they found in the 4th round.  He has great hands, can block and had some big time catches last season even though his numbers may not have shown it. Of course, he also fell to the injury bug when he got poked in the eye by a Jaguars defender and suffered a fracture around the eye socket. But he came back and played well down the stretch and even though the Giants brought in Darren Waller, I am expecting Bellinger to still be a big-time weapon.

So tonight, I will have some snacks and be watching the Giants take on the Cowboys.

Let's hope they can finally beat Dallas.

Football is back….Finally.

Did I mention finally with football yet?

Can We Win?

It's Game Day against the Washington Football Team (I really can't get used to calling them that). Even though I am not a fan of Thursday Night games, because it's too long til the next game, a game is a game. I just hope my team actually shows up this time.

The Giants opener was like watching them in the preseason, they looked flat. The offense couldn't run the ball and as always the Offensive Coordinator didn't know how to use all of the new weapons in place. The defense, which I thought would be the strength of the team, was actually more of a weakness than the offense as Teddy Bridgewater looked like Tom Brady against them. He completely picked them apart and they got multiple 4th down conversions against what was supposed to be a Top 10 defense. If the offense is flat and the defense keeps playing like this.....well......

I may not have a great team to had watched this past Sunday, but I at least had a great mail day to enjoy of the team. I recently saw @Jaescards tweet out a case break he did of Onyx football and one of the cards he pulled I wanted badly. So I inquired and a trade was born.

Of course the trade went further than just the one card, but that's a good thing.

Some new Kadarius Toneys made their way to me. So far in he -2 yards on the season. Like I said, Garrett has no idea how to utilize these weapons.

Eli Manning base from Onyx...this is just an early teaser for the bigger card.

Some bonuses he tossed in! Nothing wrong with these guys, even Evan Engram who can't seem to catch a break whether it be a ball or being on the field healthy.

Daniel Jones played well, if you forget about the key fumble on a drive deep in Broncos territory.

Here is a Prizm rookie of him as well. Hope he can work on the fumbles...more importantly I wished he would slide so he won't turn it over.

Darius Slayton started the Giants out with a 42 yard great catch, then that was basically the only highligh the offense had in the game. Slayton I still believe is a game changer if you can get the ball into his hands.

Speaking of Game Changers, Kenny Golladay made some great catches on Sunday. He was all he was hyped up to be.

Two more autograph adds to my Kenny G side collection. Hopefully Panini will put one out in his Giants uniform.

And for the key card of this trade....

 

BOOO YEAH! Eli Manning autograph! Anytime I can add an Eli auto I am game for it.

Thanks again to @JaesCards for the trade, hope we can do this again!

As for the Giants tonight, please show up. Please show me something. I don't want to watch another one of those long seasons.

Go Big Blue!

Breakin' Wax:2021 Chronicles Draft Picks Football Blaster Box

Wait...two boxes of football found in one week.

And this one being amazing and possibly my break of the year? Yup, that happened.

2021 Chronicles Draft Picks football comes with 4 packs of 5 cards which I didn't realize when I paid the $20 for it. So it was a gamble for me with no guarantees other than 3 blaster exclusive pink parallels.

Let's see how I did including kicking it off with this Select Silver of Trevor Lawrence which was a huge hit for retail!

The Lawrence in my first pack alone was worth the break. A second Lawrence was a bonus and the last pack with a Kadarius Toney was just the break sealer for my best break so far this year. That includes hobby.

Let me know your thoughts on Chronicles and this break below in comments.

RJ's Cardboard:2019-2020 Panini Chronicles Prestige

 

The latest RJ Barrett to my collection comes via trade with Dion's Autograph Collection blog.

Panini Chronicles is a product with multiple brands involved that builds up one huge set. I haven't really taken much of a look at the product to see how many times RJ's name pops up in it but I am sure he probably has at least 5 or 6 cards in the base set along with all of the parallels to each one.

I am just happy to land what I can from it however I can. I do like this Prestige one for the sole fact of the photography alone.

REVIEW:2017 Panini Chronicles Baseball (HUGE HIT)

Panini Chronicles baseball is an intriguing product. It chronicles many products into one and some of these products we have yet to see in baseball form.

I haven't decided if I like the format or not, but there are a lot of things I do like. What were they...READ ON!

In every box of 2017 Panini Chronicles baseball, there are 12 packs per box with 5 cards per pack. There should be 4 hits per box with boxes currently running $90. Mickey Mantle cards can be found  throughout the product. I didn't find a single one sadly.

With so much going on in this product, let's start out with the Chronicles part of it. There are 150 cards in the base set that documents the events of a game with lots of text on the back and the front of the card. Of course, Mantle is part of the base set and there is also a rookie subset numbered to 499 copies. A lot of this product is rookie based.

Players in the base set are of today, tomorrow and yesterday.

As with any product, there are base cards parallels. Those include Gold /999, Blue /399, Green /199, Purple /99, Red /25 and Black 1/1. They are defined by the color of the foil on the card.

(I put a base rookie with this Blackmon parallel for some reason but there is an example of one)

Up next, Donruss Rated Rookies. There are 50 cards in the set to collect covering the already established stars and the upcoming ones.

And they as well have parallels, Cyan Back, Gray Border /199, Gold Press Proof /99 (shown below), Aqueous Test Proof /49, Pink Border /25, Artist Proof /10, Press Proof /5 and Printing Plates 1/1.

Prizm. I don't mind another round of shiny stuff. There are 50 cards in this set as well and parallels that include, Flash, Orange /399, Light Blue /299, Blue Wave /199, Purple Scope /99, Red Crystals /75, Green Power /49, Camo /25 (the Lindor below), Gold /10, Gold Vinyl /5, and Black Finite 1/1.

That was the end of my base/inserts. Base I didn't see in this break was Gold Standard and Absolute Rookies. Both of those have 25 in the set.

Now time for the hits!

The first taste of Panini Gold Standard baseball was included. All season Reyes has stalked me in my breaks. Almost every break I have done I hit him in some form. Nice looking card for sure!

Contenders autographs. There are 50 autographs to chase with parallels of, Playoff Ticket /99 Championship Ticket /49, Cracked Ice Ticket /24, and Printing Plates 1/1

 

And we also get our first taste of Spectra baseball. And what a sweet taste it was. Time to get off your seat and #AllRise for this hit.

 

Other hits not included in my box are, Chronicles Autographs, Chronicles Swatches, Chronicles Signature Swatches,Donruss Signature Series ,Gold Standard Rookie Jersey Autographs,Gold Standard Rookie Jersey Autographs Double,Gold Standard Newly Minted Memorabilia,Prizm Autographs,Spectra Rookie Jersey Autographs, Spectra Triple Threat Materials ,Absolute Rookie Premiere Materials Autographs,Absolute Tools of the Trade Materials Double,Absolute Tools of the Trade Materials Triple,Absolute Tools of the Trade Materials Quad and Absolute Tools of the Trade Materials Five.

OVERALL: Well, it's a bit of an odd combination of products in one. I actually may had liked it better without the Chronicles base cards which I believe is the main part of the product. It could have been a all high end dinner plate offered here and then offer the Chronicles base product as a low end card offering. However, it is what it is and the offerings in the product are not bad overall. I liked the designs and liked seeing baseball in products never been in before.  I hope this is a glimpse of something down the road.

Value wise without the Judge I didn't feel there was a lot here. I don't normally get that feeling with Panini baseball products as they are normally packed with value but it was lacking here, at least in my box. But, luckily the Judge saved the break.

Another fun offering I haven't mentioned yet about the Mickey Mantle cards is they come in hit form. Would have been sweet to landed a Mickey memorabilia card from Absolute.

I think it would actually be interesting to hear your guys thoughts on this one. Leave em below!

Please take a moment out to thank Panini America for their generosity in providing this box for me to review and give some of the hits away in my Mystery Panini Contest. Follow them on all social media and visit their site, HERE, as well.