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Pack 6

Marion Barber III

Ladianian Tomlinson

Brian Urlacher

Stars in Action Donovan McNabb

Matt Hasselbeck

Eli Manning

Donovan McNabb

Bobby Wade

I love the Stars in Action cards. Very sharp. Pack full of stars too.

Pack 7

Karlos Dansby

Patrick Willis

Jamal Lewis

Santonio Holmes

Jerod Mayo

Isaac Bruce

Anthony Gonzalez

Aaron Kampman

Second Brown! All that's left is probably Edwards and maybe Quinn/Anderson. The more I open these cards the more I love them. I love non-glossy basic cards.

Pack 8

Aaron Rodgers

Zach Miller

Terrell Suggs

Stars in Action Steven Jackson

Steve Breaston

Maurice Jones-Drew

Tom Brady

Lance Moore

Two #12's in this pack. Solid. I doubt I'm getting any SP's other than the Rockefeller, but I need to find a complete checklist for this set. I'd love to try and complete the set and then work on a master set. Last "master" set I came close to was 2000 NFL MVP. Crappy set but was so pumped when I finally got that last card to complete my main set. Went through about 3 boxes too.

Pack 9

Marcedes Lewis

Dallas Clark

John Abraham

Alex Karras Retro

Greg Camarillo

Antwaan Randle El

Devin Hester

Reggie Wayne

First Retro card. Other than that, I got nothing for this pack.

Pack 10

Brian Westbrook

Kevin Williams

Lamarr Woodley

Lockheed AC-130 Airplane

1965 Paul Flatley Buyback?

Percy Harvin (Rookie) Mini SP

Phillip Rivers

Hank Baskett

Cool History card. I'm big into those. The Percy Harvin Mini is solid too. But I honestly have no idea what this Paul Flatley is. It came in my pack in a penny sleeve, and at first I thought it was an auto. The card that came with it says "You have received a previously released collector's card!" The back says "Congratulations! You have received a trading card that was originally released in a previous product, re-purchased and is now being re-released for your collecting pleasure. Enjoy your card!" Uhhh, so is this a buyback? And I'd love to see how much UD paid to purchase this card to later put into this product. Pretty cool idea though. Hopefully there's a Jimmy Brown floating around out there somewhere.

2009 Philadelphia Football

I went to a local card shop today to buy boxes for all of the 1950's-1970's sports cards my dad has in our attic. I bought 3 boxes and then the itch to open packs hit me. I now have a box of Philadelphia Football cards. I honestly do not really like Football cards at all. Even though I go to every Browns home game, I really am not super into football. This is my first box of NFL cards since 2001. The last set I got was UD Vintage. I'm a sucker for vintage sets, what can I say.

I'll get one auto and two memorabilia cards per box (average). Plus my one jumbo.

Jumbo first:

Hines Ward

Pack 1:

Steven Jackson

Derrick Mason

Jamarcus Russell

Everette Brown (Rookie)

Philadelphia Fabrics

Julius Peppers

Drew Brees

Laveranues Coles

LenDale White

Randy Moss

First pack and I get one of two supposed jerseys. My second team is Carolina simply because I've always loved their color scheme and when the Browns left I supported them due to Kerry Collins. I was even Collins once for Halloween. Glad the little swatch is blue and not white. Makes the card look nicer.

Pack 2:

Oshiomogho Atogwe

Tony Scheffler

Dwight Freeney

Stars in Action Marshawn Lynch

Michael Turner

Chansi Stuckey

Chad Johnson

Kevin Walter

UD Ad for an Adrian Peterson Auto'd Jersey Mystery Discount

Lynch is a cool card. I refuse to ever acknowledge Chad Johnson as Ocho Cinco. It's stupid. Oshiomogho Atogwe. Just look at that name for a second. I gurantee I have like 10% off that jersey. It's probably $5,000 so I'd still be paying $4,500 for an elite back, although I couldn't really care. Just for fun I'm going to see my discount. Apparently UD's website is down.

Pack 3:

Cortland Finnegan

Julius Peppers

Arnaz Battle

Rey Maualuga (Rookie)

Nelson Rockefeller Mini SP

Brandon Marshall

Jared Allen

Kyle Orton

Mystery Discount Ad

I love having non sports cards in my sports cards. Unless it's some dumb bullshit like what Allen and Ginter did this year. No, I don't want some Yo Yo Champion string relic. It might sell for a decent price but it's stupid. The buyer of the card is even more stupid for buying it, unless he's the person on the card, then it's acceptable. Mystery Discount Ad's Coupon code is the same as the past one, so I'd assume that I'm getting 0% off.

Pack 4:

Eddie Royal

Jeff Garcia

Josh Reed

Barack Obama Story Card

Philadelphia Fabrics Willie Parker

Jon Beason

Donnie Avery

Willie Parker

Santana Moss

A Barack Obama card. I own a card with Barack Obama on it. Incredible. I also forgot Jeff Garcia still plays in the NFL. I'm not sure which of those two is more shocking. 2nd Fabrics of the box, unfortunately it's of a Steeler. Then I pull his base card shortly after. White swatch. I really think the design of the jersey cards are incredible. Big picture of the player and the patch location on the card is perfectly placed. Great design overall. Unlike some horrible abortions out of Triple Threads.

Pack 5:

Greg Jennings

Asante Samuel

Zach Thomas

Justin Fargas

D'Qwell Jackson

Matt Leinart

Jason Campbell

Ray Rice

First (and probably only) Brown! Matt Leinart is oddly enough playing in an NFL game. I for sure thought his photo would be of him on the bench. I got another Mystery Ad Coupon with the same code.

Ridiculous

The Steelers are going to the Superbowl again for the 2nd time since 2005/2006. The first time was under Bill Cowher. Then he left and they hired Mike Tomlin. Everyone became worried that the Steelers wouldn't be the same team as they were under Cowher.

So, far that doubt has proven to be completely false. The team hasn't skipped a beat at all. And now they face Arizona. Hate to say it, but this game is all Pitt.

And what do I have to cheer for in the NFL? Another awesome 4-12 team. Not even my team. My "team" played tonight against Pittsburgh. The current Browns just hired a coach, before hiring a GM. Genius, really it is.

There is no rivalry anymore, it the first night the Browns came back in 1999. 44-10 Sunday Night routing.

The Steelers have been to more Superbowls in the last 4 years than the Browns have in their entire history.

But I'll still continue to cheer for the Browns, because one day they'll be good. Maybe Randy can put some of the effort into them instead of Aston Villa.

IT'S MANGINI TIME

Great.

Eric Mangini is the new head coach of the Browns. He was alright with the Jets, and if any of the rumors are true, he is going to be bringing his offensive line coach with him. That bodes well for Brady as he'll actually have more than ya know, 3 seconds to throw the ball.

What I don't like about this signing:

-He is somewhat like Crennel in that he doesn't show emotion on the sidelines. We need fire on the sidelines, a la Cowher.

-We don't have a GM yet.

Really, what team signs a coach before the GM. Oh, right Cleveland.

I'm already calling for a 6-10 season, just like I did last year.