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Cardboard Review: 2021 Playoff Football (Top 5 Pick Autograph!)

I miss football already, glad there is at least new football card releases rolling out until actual new releases come out. Though it does feel weird opening up a product called playoff after the playoffs.

Yes, so today's rip will be of 2021 Playoff football. Let's see if it goes as great as the 2021 Playoffs did.

Each box of 2021 Playoff football has 12 packs of 8 cards each. There will be three hits (2 autographs and one memorabilia) in each box and each box costs roughly just under $400.

A little steep like most products nowadays.

BASE:

There are 300 cards to collect in the base set of Playoff.

200 of those cards are veterans and each team has a legend.

And there are also 100 rookies. Which I like because it covers more ground and not just the top picks.

PARALELLS:

You can find the following base card parallels in Playoff,

Goal Line, Kickoff, Red Zone, 1st Down /100, 2nd Down /50, 3rd Down /35, 4th Down /25, No Huddle /10, and Touchdown 1/1.

I like the names of these parallels as it covers what football is.

1st Down /100

2nd Down /50

3rd Down /35

4th Down /25

Along with the base set, there is also a chromed silver base called Playoff Plus. I didn't know about this part until I researched the product. I love the playoff even more done this way. There are 100 cards in this set and features some cards from the actual base set checklist.

There are also parallels to this set including, 

Blue /50, Red /25, Gold /10, and Black 1/1.

Amari Rodgers was a red /25

INSERTS:

One thing I love but also find odd in this product is the inserts Usually chromed inserts are in a chromed product. Not in this case. A paper base product with chromed inserts is odd but I love the inserts so much, it doesn't bother me as much as it should.

Each insert has the following parallels, 

Silver, Blue, Die-Cut, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, Gold /10, and Touchdown 1/1.

Call To Arms has 20 cards to collect and feature the QB's.

Thunder and Lighting...sorry Thunder and Lightning. These combine two of the best players on 20 teams.

Behind The Numbers has 30 cards to collect.

And my favorite insert of them all....

Rookie Wave. Check out these babies!! Absolutely love the design and reminds me of a 90's insert.

HITS:

Turning Pro relic of the top pick Trevor Lawrence

Speaking of a top pick autograph, Kyle Pitts was the 4th pick in the draft. I believe this is the third autograph of his I have pulled this year and the first two I gave away. What should I do with this one.....

And my other autograph is of Christian Barmore.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

I love the product, I just wished the price point wasn't so steep. If this was back in the old days for $125-$150 range, its an absolute want.

The inserts to me still stand out above all else in this product and I am chasing all of the Rookie Waves I can so if you are reading this and have any, send em my way!

Thoughts on this product welcomed in comments and stay tuned for a contest coming up as well!

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2020 Playoff Football

Playoff football is here and so isn't Playoff football.

I may or many not have saved this review for this time of year. Nothing is more exciting than the NFL Playoffs, especially when the Patriots are out of them.

Let's see if this box break ended up being just as exciting as that,

Every box of 2020 Playoff football comes with 12 packs of 8 cards each. There are 4 hits in every box and boxes are currently running around $220. Which is probably twice what they normally would but looking at how the hobby is going, I can only imagine where these prices are hiking to next.

BASE:

The base set is built up of 300 cards that feature veterans

Legends of the past

And stars of the future. Speaking of stars of the future, you only find one-per-pack and it feels like long odds of actually pulling the bigger stars. Love was my by a mile my best player of the box.

PARALLELS:

You can find the following parallels, Goal Line, Kickoff, Red Zone, 1st Down #/99, 2nd Down #/49, 3rd Down #/25, 4th Down #/10, Touchdown 1/1.

 

1st down is /99

2nd down is /49

3rd down /25

INSERTS:

Inserts offer the following parallels, Blue, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, Gold #/10, Touchdown 1/1.

I like the chrome technology used on this years inserts. They really stand out, though in some ways, feel out of place with a non base chrome product.

Behind the Numbers has 30 cards to collect. Can't go wrong with the three guys I landed.

Call To Arms has 20 cards to chase

20 cards to fill up Thunder and Lightning set. That Saquon and Slayton is pure fire.

30 cards makes up Rookie Wave. I really like these, especially finding a Burrow.

HITS:

Changing Stripes is made up of players who played for multiple teams. I dig this Dickerson.

Turning Pro. Tua played well and almost led them to a Playoff game up until they met the Bills in Week 17. Wowzah.

Harrison Bryant Rookie Auto

And a really tough SSP pull of a Preview Contenders Rookie Ticket auto. This one is /23

There we have it!

FINAL THOUGHTS

The hits were fun, but for me, Playoff was all about those shiny inserts. I really liked those and looked forward to finding them.

When it comes to box price vs what I pulled however, it isn't pretty. Now if that Higgins had been a Burrow that would have changed the story on this one.

RATINGS BASED ON THIS BOX BREAK

Design ⭐⭐

Inserts ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Parallels ⭐

Hits ⭐⭐

Value  ⭐ 1/2

Fun Factor ⭐⭐⭐

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2020 Panini XR Football

XR has been a few year running product that I have liked. It's not one of my top favorites produced by Panini but it's one I don't mind seeing yearly.

And for the third year in a row I was able to rip open a box.

How did this box break go? Only one way to see, keep on reading.

Every box of 2020 Panini XR football comes with 2 packs of 7 cards. So you get 14 cards per box. Three of those cards are hits so you are left with 11 cards of inserts, base and parallels. Boxes are running close to $300.

BASE:

The base design is very similar to years past.

There are 200 cards in the base set made up of veterans and of course

Rookies. 

The base set is split 50/50 between the two with 100 rookies and 100 veterans.

PARALLELS:

You can find the following parallels in XR, Red /249, Blue /199, Orange /99, White /75, Teal /49, Purple /25, Gold /10, Green /5, Black 1/1, and Printing Plates 1/1.

White /75

Orange /249

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Blue /199. Really solid find!

INSERTS:

Overall there are 4 insert lines to find. I only found one in my box break which I would guess on average that's what you would find as well.

Inserts have the following parallels, Red #/149, Blue #/99, Orange #/49, White #/25, Gold #/10, Green #/5, Black 1/1, Printing Plates 1/1.

Xtreme Rookie red parallel /149 of  Ke'Shawn Vaughn

HITS:

Rookie XL Threads of Patch gold /10

 

XR Rookie auto of Dalton Keene

 

Triple Swatch Autograph of Antonio Gibson who had a solid season but a lame auto. These are the end part of the base set and can come with some pretty sweet memorabilia parallels such as Glove 1/1, Hat Seam 1/1, Jacket 1/1, Laundry Tag 1/1, Laundry Tag NFL Shield 1/1, Laundry Tag NFLPA 1/1, Laundry Tag Nike Swoosh 1/1, NFL Shield FB 1/1, Football 1/1, Shoe 1/1, Sock 1/1, Team Logo 1/1.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Price point is a little crazy but there are some really nice hits to be found in here. I may look up for fun to see what the memorabilia parallels look like. I bet they are pretty stunning.

RATINGS BASED ON THIS BOX BREAK

Design ⭐⭐ 1/2

Inserts ⭐⭐

Parallels ⭐⭐

Hits ⭐⭐ 1/2

Value  ⭐⭐

Fun Value ⭐⭐⭐⭐

25 Days Of Cardmas:2020 Donruss Holiday Blaster Box

  

What a great way to kick off the holiday season! A box break of a holiday product!

This wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for a contest win from @acc2107 with retail shelves around me always empty.

So I got lucky.

Each blaster box comes with 88 cards and one exclusive rookie holiday sweater card. I assumed this product would be similar to Hoops winter product for basketball where all of the cards had some "snow" on them separating them from the regular product. 

But, this wasn't the case.

The same photos and design were used. That part was a bit disappointing, however, this break wasn't.

Zack Moss who has played well in spots for the Bills.

 

Ben Dinucci got a start with the Cowboys in their rotating QB doors. It's just too bad his play didn't equal the excitement collectors had for the start.

 

Unlike this guy who is tearing it up in LA. Bright future ahead for this runaway 2020 OROY player.

 

Both Tua and the play of the Dolphins has been surprising. He and this team have a bright future ahead.

Great start to this box so far. Let's see how the rest of it goes,

 

Also one-per-holiday blaster box of Donruss is this Red and Green Optic parallel. These look spectacular!

Gallup 90's Donruss

Duvernay Elite Series rookies

The Holiday sweater card was in the last pack...

Not too bad at all! CeeDee Lamb has played well for the Cowboys. Being a big Giants fan I dislike the team and player, but dig the card with the multi-color relic.

Thanks again to Adam for the blaster box.

I will be posting more about these Rookie Sweater cards as the month goes on.