Showing posts with label Philadelphia Football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philadelphia Football. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

More Philadelphia!

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.