Touchdown Tim is the first of eight different players today, and I was quite happy with this little haul: three numbered inserts and a hit. '96 Leaf's Grass Roots has a grassy felt feel to it, '99 Score Showcase was celebrating 10 years of the football product, and 2000 Topps Gallery's Player's Private Issue parallel (#d /250) is a nice example of how Topps could get it so right before they firmly planted their heads up their collective ass towards the end of the 2000s. Meanwhile, a Panthers blue 2001 Pacific Invincible jersey is hit #10 of the Wolverines RB legend.
I didn't have many cards of this duo so I thought it made sense to pair up 2007 Cardinals draft picks Alan Br--
dude that kills QBs dead, and speedy WR Steve Breaston when showing off this 2007 trio. Branch appears on a Donruss Gridiron Gear Gold Holofoil X's (#010/100) parallel as well as his Upper Deck Trilogy RC (#111/399), a card from a product that looks great with its acetate-ness, but can be annoying to track down (and scan!). Breaston joins in the rookie fun with his Select first-year (#203/599). I now need just three of Branch's RCs and five of Breaston's. Progress!
We're closing in on two months since I started this latest series with Jason Avant's haul--10 cards--and now I'm showing off nine more of his former position- and team-mate, Braylon Edwards. The first two are parallels from 2006 Score (Gold) and 2010 Contenders (Playoff Ticket) and are numbered to 600 and 99, respectively.
The next seven are all relics I grabbed at low, low prices, a.k.a. my COMC wheelhouse. A few of these are even dubbed "Prime" by Panini meaning their swatches are above average. 2007, '08, '09, and 2011 are all represented here and there's a mix of numbering between 50 and 299, not to mention designs and swatches.
This hit parade launches Bray-Bray into third place in my football collection with 81 hits, ahead of Jake Long and behind only Chad Henne and Mario Manningham. His new PC total of 285 also equals Henne's, though that tie will be broken in this run's final post.
Here's a quartet I wasn't expecting to score when I was buying up cards on COMC last year: a RC and three great parallels of tackling machine David Harris! His beautiful Michigan uniformed first-year from '07 Elite leaves me just one shy of Harris' RC run, plus it just flat-out looks nice. The other three are numbered parallels from 2016 Donruss. In order: Press Proofs Silver (#032/100), Press Proofs Silver Die Cut (#27/75), and Stat Line Season (#088/108). The die-cut card scanned the best and really does look terrific, but the Stat Line insert remains a favorite of mine. David did indeed compile 108 tackles in 2015, the sixth and final time he crossed the century mark in that category over his 11 NFL campaigns.
I don't really have anything that goes with this Marlin Jackson auto RC from 2005 SP Authentic (#746/850) so it gets the spotlight to itself for a minute. This is a fairly textbook SPA look (if not one of its best) and comes with a cool camp action photo, plus Jackson's interesting signature (a.k.a. hit #22 in his collection).
The final three cards today represent a pair of Giants notables. Amani Toomer appears on an insert you've seen before this series: 2000 Fleer Focus's Draft Position parallel. His card's numbered /204 because he was the fourth selection in the second round of the '96 draft (a round after Carolina took Biakabutuka).
RB (running beast) Tyrone Wheatley stars on the other two inserts: '95 Sportflix's Rolling Thunder and a '96 Leaf Press Proof. The former is another example of my love for 90s inserts while the latter is a fun die-cut version of one of the decade's hotter parallel types.
After I put these away I'll have just one post left before I can get back to 2019 fodder. Stay tuned!
Even though they weren't the flashiest of parallels, I really do miss the Player's Private issue. Are you going for the David Harris rainbow now?
ReplyDeleteWhat's great is they didn't have to be flashy since the base design itself was perfect. And I might just have to go for the rainbow!
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