Buzz Break: 2017 Donruss football cards (retail blister pack)

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The box: 2017 Donruss football cards (retail blister pack)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per blister: 4 (plus Red bonus card)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per blister: 33
Base set completion: 
24 of 300 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Jim Brown, Phil Simms and ... see the gallery?

Insert/short-print cards: 9 (all in gallery below ... presented pack by pack)
Rookie Cards (SP) (2) – Trent Taylor, Tre'Davious White
Rated Rookies (SP) (2) – C.J. Beathard, Jamaal Williams
Red Press Proof (2) – Le'Veon Bell, Gerald McCoy
Rookie Gridiron Kings (1) – Samaje Perine
Red Legends of the Fall (1) – Marshawn Lynch
Ground Force (1) – Jerome Bettis

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What’s Buzz-worthy: Curiosity got me on one of my go-to brands of the last few years ... and it didn't deliver at all. These packs are the home of rookies like Patrick Mahomes, Mitchell Trubisky, Deshaun Watson, Alvin Kamara, James Conner, Christian McCaffrey, JuJu Smith-Schuster and a number of others who have gotten time in since this one arrived and played relatively well. Why dig in here? Red parallels that are only in retail for those RCs and other inserts with notable names. If you land them, they'll pay for a pack like this -- not this time. The brand has a number of formats -- hit that link above -- and this format is probably the weakest. I had a shot at Mahomes in a few of those insert sets -- just nothing this time. This is a solid collector product and it's plentiful enough to rip in bulk without breaking the bank. Combine some notable pulls with some slabbing and you could have some potential here.

Product Grade: B
Box Grade: C (average ... at best)
Fun Grade: C

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