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?

My 2022 Mosaic Giants

If you have followed me here or there or everywhere, you know I love shiny.

And Panini has plenty of products with shiny and unique designs to show it. Mosaic though is one of the best.

Every year I try to add as many Giants as I can from the product.

This year was no different.

Only a handful of base so far including the top two rookies for them. Yeah, Evan Neal was as well but he struggled.

My boy Saquon! Green parallel. Today is the deadline to either keep or lose Saquon for the Gmen. Really hope they can find a way to make it work.

Daniel Bellinger was a nice surprise for the Giants this year after being drafted in the 4th round. Despite a gruesome eye injury, he proved he can be the man at Tight End for the Giants. Could be the next big tight end for the team.

This is the green and silver parallels.

Kayvon may not have put up the huge sack numbers, but, because of his presence and pressure alone, he made sure opposing offenses knew he was there.

 

And my final card is a Honeycomb parallel that is a Case Hit. This one came as a RAK from a follower on Twitter who saw me wanting this card. This is my first overall Honeycomb Giants parallel.

I still have many to go in Mosaic including Eli Manning that I don't own any of yet.

If you have any for trade that I don't have, let's get a pwe trade done! Just comment below or email me at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com.

Thoughts on your favorite "shiny" product is welcomed in comments!

The Revival

 

I hope everyone had a Happy Holiday season! Thanks again to Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown for this "Christmas Card".

I know my holiday season was crazy busy. 

Family visited from Tennessee and Massachusetts, my wife took an almost two-week vacation, and there was just so much going on that I am glad that I had taken a break from blogging. Even though posts were on here, it was because they were pre-drafted and scheduled ahead of time.

By now I think you may have figured out what my post title is about. I am reviving this blog. It's been a long two-year vacation away from putting up real posts on here and now I am back and ready. I have learned a lot the last two years in my journey away and hope that will show in my new content on here moving forward. This is why I took so long to put a new post on here this year, yes 4 days is awhile for me, I don't plan to blog every day anymore.

Along with that, I also took some time updating the blog adding a Top 10 Want List, Who I Collect, Player Collection Links to TCDB, and completely updated my Set Needs list as well. I will continue to tweak the blog as I go.

Thanks again for being patient with me on here and hope you come back to read more.

SPORT CARD COLLECTORS BLOG IS BACK!