Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks (mega box)

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The box: 2020 Panini Chronicles Draft Picks football cards (mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 60
Chronicles base set completion: 
5 of 25 (20 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Joe Burrow, Isaiah Hodgins, Patrick Taylor Jr., Laviska Shenault Jr., Cole Kmet

Insert cards: 54 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Prestige Draft Picks (6) – Jerry Jeudy, Jake Fromm, Quartney Davis, Lynn Bowden Jr., Anthony Gordon, Brycen Hopkins
Prestige Draft Picks Xtra Points Red (1) – Anthony Gordon
Prestige Draft Picks Xtra Points Blue (1) – CeeDee Lamb
Playoff Draft Picks (6) – CeeDee Lamb, Brian Herrien, Tyler Johnson, La'Mical Perine, Jared Pinkney, Jake Luton
Playoff Draft Picks RedZone (1) – La'Mical Perine
Donruss Rated Rookies (6) – Jerry Jeudy, Jordan Love, DeeJay Dallas, Steven Montez, Justin Herbert, Albert Okwuegbunam
Donruss Elite Rookies (1) – Jerry Jeudy
Donruss Elite Rookies Status Blue (1) – Jonathan Taylor
Certified Rookies (2) – Tua Tagovailoa, Chase Young
Absolute Rookies (1) – CeeDee Lamb
Absolute Rookies Red (1) – D'Andre Swift
Limited Phenoms (1) – Joe Reed
Limited Phenoms Red (1) – Jacob Eason
XR Rookies (1) – Chase Young
Crown Royale Draft Picks (12) – Tua Tagovailoa, Chase Young, Justin Herbert, Anthony Gordon, Denzel Mims, Patrick Taylor Jr., Brycen Hopkins, Sean McKeon, Cole McDonald, Julian Okwara, Kevin Davidson, Michael Pittman Jr.
Crown Royale Draft Picks Red (2) – Jordan Love, Ke'Shawn Vaughn
Crown Royale Draft Picks Blue (1) – Brandon Aiyuk
Phoenix Draft Picks (2) – Chase Young, Patrick Taylor Jr.
Select Draft Picks (2) – Anthony Gordon, Tyler Huntley
Select Draft Picks Blue (1) – JaMycal Hasty
Spectra Draft Picks (1) – Gabriel Davis
Spectra Draft Picks Red (1) – D'Andre Swift
Donruss Optic Rated Rookies (1) – Jake Breeland
Donruss Optic Rated Rookies Blue (1) – Antonio Gibson

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Crown Royale Draft Picks Signatures (1) – Benny LeMay

What's Buzz-worthy: This brand gets a top grade from me because it's one that takes the bigness of college football but breaks it down into several smaller sets with stronger checklists and offers up a wide variety of looks at those elite players in their school colors. Why does this work for me? More shots at the few names I want -- and they can arrive pretty well here. (Almost to the point where I'd want to do a team break of this release in bulk or maybe just a player draft -- two things just not easily do-able with most football releases but seem perhaps more possible here.) Value-wise? We'll see ... stuff that's easily found tends to be cheaper in terms of secondary market values unless a guy is red-hot ... and even over time their NFL stuff will get attention first unless you're a college collector. (I'm more that guy.) You get 14 releases in one box here with the retail version of this release only found at Target stores (a bummer). Translation to all of this? Stay away bulk-flippers and bot buyers ... you won't win here. (At least that's my hope ... leave some for the kids, err me.) Parallels here include Red, Green and Blue while there also appear to be other potential finds here and plenty more in hobby boxes that drop this week (Friday). Go crazy there, bulk buyers -- you get a lot more ink and other stuff in hobby boxes. The breakdown here is pretty even, though the Crown Royale cards are most-plentiful. (Why? I'm not sure ... maybe this one was made to not be an exclusive and they were made earlier than everything else?) I really need to examine the checklist closer for this one -- it seems like it's a jam-packed project but in a good way ... and I'm not even talking about hits here. I'd be inclined to potentially chase entire player runs out of this one -- and I feel like I have a ton for my guys here out of just two boxes. (Wish I had grabbed more.) If I see it, I will.

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

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