Buzz Break: 2019 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2019 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 64
Base set completion: 
55 of 200 (28 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Nick Chubb, Andrew Luck, Mitchell Trubisky, Derek Carr, Mark Ingram, David Johnson, Deshaun Watson, Christian McCaffrey, Matt Ryan, Sony Michel, Sam Darnold

Rookies (32) – Daniel Jones, Damien Harris, Emanuel Hall, Juan Thornhill, Jarrett Stidham, Marquise Blair, Ryan Finley, Alex Barnes, Gary Jennings Jr., Deandre Baker, N'Keal Harry, Ugo Amadi, Elijah Holyfield, Bryce Love, Ryquell Armstead, Irv Smith Jr., Oshane Ximines, Riley Ridley, Jahlani Tavai, Easton Stick, Lil'Jordan Humphrey, Anthony Johnson, Rodney Anderson, Darwin Thompson, Mack Wilson, Julian Love, Noah Fant, Devin White, J.J. Arcega-Whiteside, Drew Sample, T.J. Hockenson, Josh Oliver

Insert/short-print cards: 8 (all in gallery below with some base)
Green parallels (2) – Dak Prescott, Tre'Davious White
Green rookie parallels (1) – Mack Wilson
Red Zone (1) – Alvin Kamara
Team Trios (1) – Amari Cooper, Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott
Gridiron Force (1) – Steve Atwater
NFL Icons (1) – Larry Fitzgerald
Introductions (1) – Damien Harris

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Rookie Materials (1) – Tony Pollard

What’s Buzz-worthy: I really like the feel of this one design-wise and the fact that it delivers a boatload of Rookie Cards, so I ripped one more. Ultimately it didn't deliver anything huge, but it delivered a lot with some pretty decent names among the inserts. This wasn't a great break but it wasn't bad -- and it wasn't bad enough to make me want to do it again, considering the price. I need to revisit Elite again but these two might be my contenders for a favorite lower-end release (or retail box) of the year for NFL so far. ... As said last time, they might dub this one The Home of the NFL Rookie Card it's that much. Literally half of the cards in these boxes are RCs and you'll get inserts and likely hits of rookies atop that. I really like the look of this one's base set and the base cards include a 100-card rookie presence with a 1990s feel and a crisp use of foil-stamping. The rookies and inserts are on foilboard so they jump out at you quickly. This one looks like it's a pretty strong one for retail after there were some really, really dry blasters on that front in some past years. If you didn't land a hit, you were in trouble in the past. Meanwhile, this year it's a guarantee and ink is possible. Hobby boxes remain a hits-driven approach but if you like standard RCs this is a box to consider.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: B+
Fun Grade: A-

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