Buzz 8 in 8: Busting 2018 Panini Prizm NFL mega box (Hour 3)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 3.

The box: 2018 Panini Prizm football cards (mega box)
The cost: Click here (other formats)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 
25 of 200 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on Base cards – Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Cam Newton, Todd Gurley, JuJu Smith-Schuster, David Johnson, Khalil Mack, Adam Thielen

Inserts/short-prints: 14 (all in gallery below with some base)
Rookie Cards (10) – Sam Darnold, Cedrick Wilson Jr., Nyheim Hines, Da'Shawn Hand, Courtland Sutton, Fred Warner, Dallas Goedert, Roquan Smith, Tyquan Lewis, Christian Kirk
Illumnation Prizms (1) – Drew Brees
Rookie Introduction (1) – Hayden Hurst
Neon Green Pulsar Prizms (2) – Marshawn Lynch, Dan Bailey

Autographs/Memorabilia: 3*
Panini Rewards (1) – 150 points (* -- turned into three 50-point autos)

What's Buzz-worthy: The thrill of victory (finding one of these boxes still in the wild) and the agony of defeat (Rewards points) pretty much sums up this box, which is probably closer to an average one save for a Sam Darnold Rookie Card. There wasn't a lot going on here but it did reinforce how I think I like Optic more. ... These originally $35 Walmart mega boxes guarantee an autograph and the Greens are exclusive to these boxes -- two basic cards and an auto -- and then you get a decent stack of RCs. There's not a lot of variety in these boxes so you might consider other safer formats at the link above. If you land a good name here, you're in good shape but this one didn't seem to deliver all that much at all beyond Darnold ... so at least I got to pick out my autographs.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B+ (value-wise Darnold is a good find)
Fun Grade: B- (a pretty dull break beyond Darnold)

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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