Buzz Break: 2018 Panini Absolute Football cards (hanger box)

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The box: 2018 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
36 of 100 (36 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Adam Thielen, Aaron Rodgers, Richard Sherman, Von Miller, Matt Ryan, Leonard Fournette, Russell Wilson, Matthew Stafford, Todd Gurley, Tyreek Hill, Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, Deshaun Watson, Dak Prescott

Insert/short-print cards: 14 (in gallery below with some base)
Rookies (SP) (8) – Auden Tate, Ray-Ray McCloud, Danny Etling, Simmie Cobbs Jr., Jaylen Samuels, Kemoko Turay, Marcell Ateman, Trenton Cannon
Spectrum Gold parallel (2) – Jordan Howard, Teddy Bridgewater
Spectrum Gold Rookies parallel (1) – Chukwuma Okorafor
Spectrum Gold 1-2 Punch (1) – Jimmy Garoppolo & Marquise Goodwin
Spectrum Gold Late-game Heroics (1) – Davante Adams
Spectrum Gold Revolutionaries (1) – Charley Taylor

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Here's one that got buried on the ol' desk for a slow morning ... and the funny part is that my last bust of this was so long ago that included a Patrick Mahomes Spectrum insert that made my past box even better today. (It wasn't a big deal then.) ... As said before, Buzz is a bit skeptical of hitless boxes these days -- it seems like hits should be a given -- but these packs include a heavier run of Rookie Cards than other formats. Spectrum Gold parallels are also only found in these hangers -- along with Rookie Force Signatures -- and this box included six Golds and eight RCs as the previous one. Hobby packs are still definitely the safest draw with big potential -- check the link above -- because of their guaranteed hits, but this is a format to consider if you want to dabble with a cheap rip with some potential as these boxes are only $10. They seem plentiful at retail, so finding them may not be a challenge now (or in the future), but some players' parallels only found here could pay for the box, especially if it's a parallel insert of a top guy.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: C (average box at best this time)
Fun Grade: B-

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