Bills! Bills! Bills!

Back to the group break mailers, and a pair that showed up that added some new names to the team PC, even if some of them have yet to don Bills attire.

First up is a bunch of stuff from Chronicles Draft, which brings a bunch of designs into a collegiate product. Davis was a 4th rounder out of UCF, and while he only got one card here, he is a Rookie Premiere guy, so there should be more to come.

I'm doing the base cards, such as they are, in terms of increasing volume. Here's two from Zack Moss, a third rounder, and another rookie premiere guy who will be providing me with player-worn swatches as the year goes on.

We finally get a look at what the base cards really look like. This is definitely the most newspaper-ish for a Chronicles card so far.

Of course, a QB would lead the way in terms of base/insert/parallel/whatever cards. You'd expect nothing less from such an elite white person.

My first numbered card adds a purple parallel to my collection. And yes, all these collegiate cards go right into the Bills binders. Why wouldn't they?

The Silhouettes are always welcome additions to the ol' binder. They might work better with just a plain swatch, and no chance of any portion of a patch hiding behind the player.

And holy sweetness is that a nice patch to end the Chronicles portion of the mail. The research to discover its source wasn't too hard, as it traces to the 2018 Holiday Bowl. Alas, this has to be player worn as Moss didn't appear in the game due to injuries.

Here's some Luminance, which does have some of my favourite base card designs. And we finally see Bills unifoms, and the draft picks are now listed with their new team. That Tremaine Edmunds comes as close as one can to one of my favourite football themes, a defensive player with the ball. So, I have to vote Josh Allen's stretch, along with Jon Feliciano celebrating in the background.

Of course, there's a variety of numbered parallels as well.

The Legends make an appearance as part of the 'Vintage Performers' subset. I like how the filter gives this card a slightly older appearance than the regular base cards.

Yes. The Zack Moss portion of my PC got really good after this mailer. Iffy sig, but at least the 'Z' looks nice, which it should for any player with a capital 'Z' in their name.

There you have it!

Mailbag: Football

Bring it home!

I'm not sure why I'm starting with the loudest, most obnoxious card in the mailer. But there was only one Steve McNair card for the 2/14 binders in there. Maybe that's the reason?

Also gaining 1 card, but a far rarer one, is Jadeveon Clowney, seen here on a Bowman printing plate from 2015.

Alshon Jeffery was the big winner here in terms of volume with these 4 cards.

Only two Jim Kelly cards, and he's now 4 short of the 200 mark in the binder. But it does lead perfectly to the Bills portion of the TMV mailer.

There was what had to be the entire 1992 Pro Set team set of the Bills with about 30 cards worth saluting playoffs and highlights.

I'm guessing all of these Wolverines turned Bills were dupes. They've got a good home now.

But here's a few without Wolverines connections (unless they played them at some NCAA point).

That's a nice big swatch, definitely worthy of the "Immense Materials" subset.

And let's throw in an autograph to end it.

Thanks, Dennis & Kerry, for all these cards over the past four posts. I'm still setting cards aside for future mailers that will head stateside.

The Set Build Continues

The 2020 Score set build continues with some retail, with this consisting of a blaster and a hanger pack.

My favourite base card in these items is another one that features a defensive player holding the ball - football's version of a pitcher at the plate photo.

My favourite fun facts in these - anybody for pizza?

Naturally, there are parallels in these. The golds are exclusive to the blasters.

With the reds being available in the jumbo hanger packs.

There are inserts as well that are retail-exclusive. This is likely my favourite, since it salutes the defensive players that always seem to fall off the main set checklists.

Deep Dive? Yeah, this one's pretty out there.

But at least you can see the full photo on the back.

Do the inserts also have parallels? Naturally!

And each blaster does promise a relic card. Freshman Flashbacks is Panini's way of saying that they still had a Brandin Cooks jersey around from his first season, so they decide to relic dump them in this product. Better than nothin', I guess.

There you have it!

2020 Adventures in Repacks: Part 24.5 - Football From The Source

If you've been bored by 2+ weeks worth of football posts, this should be the last for a bit as I'll switch back to hockey after the finale of this repack.

2014 Rookies & Stars - Storm Johnson - Starting with a fun name.
2010 Score - Austin Collie
2012 Topps - Kendall Reyes
1991 Platinum - Guy McIntyre

1991 UD - Marion Butts hologram - A hologram!
2003 Total - Chaun Thompson

2000 MVP - Terrell Davis - This is a contender for one of the ugliest designs ever used.
1991 Platinum - Bruce Hill

1996 Pinnacle - Aeneas Williams - Video review indicates he did not have control of the football as he went out of bounds. The ruling is an incomplete pass.
1989 Pro Set - Carl Banks

1991 Platinum - Steve McMichael - MONGO!
2011 UD U of Texas - Scott Henderson
2011 UD U of Texas - Ernie Koy

1995 Coll. Choice Silver - Ron George - A parallel!
2015 Panini Draft - Karlos Williams

1999 Focus - Antowain Smith - Another Bills card. I guess the Williams would count as well, but that is a college card.
2009 Platinum - Hines Ward

2004 UD - Az-Zahir Hakim - An interesting photo with him receiving a kick.
2000 Topps - Joe Horn
2007 UD - Ben Grubbs
2001 Certified - Thomas Jones

2000 Topps - Tony Grazini - NFL Europe mojo!
1989 Pro Set - Keith Byars
1991 Platinum - Mike Munchak
1989 Pro Set - Tony Woods
1991 Platinum - Jim Everett

1991 UD - Duane Bickett - Ending with some infield dirt.

Definitely not as interesting as the first part in its entirety, but a hologram and a couple good photos still make it respectable.

2020 Adventures in Repacks: Part 24.4 - Football From The Source

I'm returning to the 100-card football repack I was in the process of posting pre-Score.

2017 Contenders Draft - Khalil Mack - A Buffalo card of the Buffalo football team I don't collect starts it off.
2013 Topps - Jamar Taylor
2015 Prestige - Latavius Murray

2017 Classics  - Doug Martin - Cartoon on the back! Kinda...
1991 UD - Fredd Young
1990 Fleer - Chris Bahr - Kicker card!

2004 UD - Kurt Warner - A nice entrance photo, and it still acknowledges a new team.
2002 Certified - Rich Gannon
2001 Certified - Keyshawn Johnson
2002 Maximum - Ron Dayne

2005 Legends - Merlin Olsen - "Yeah, here's your loser actor bouquet"

2009 UD - Nic Harris - Bills card!
1991 UD - Jerry Robinson
1989 Pro Set - Tyrone Braxton
1990 Pro Set - Tim Krumrie
1991 Ultra - Mark Rypien
1991 CFL - Darryl Hall

1991 Pro Set - Lemuel Stinson - I have no idea what to make of this photo. It might simultaneously be one of the worst photos ever used on a football card, or one of the most uniquely great.
1991 Platinum - Eugene Robinson

1991 UD - Warren Moon/Darryl Hall - This starts an interesting run of Hall of Famers.

1994 Topps - Barry Sanders - Here's one of the greatest running backs of all-time.

1999 Supreme - Jerry Rice - Followed with the one of the greatest receivers of all-time.

2000 SAGE - Brian Urlacher - How to follow that? A pair of rookie cards of a HOFer. If COMC can be believed, the purple one has a 4500 print run.
2000 SAGE - Brian Urlacher

1996 UD - Marvin Harrison - And this half ends with another two rookies for a HOFer.
1996 Skybox - Marvin Harrison

That was a fun run of cards near the end. Definitely better than I'd expect from a repack. The other half next post!