Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Prestige football cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2020 Panini Prestige NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one along with a gallery of images.

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 64
Base set completion: 
47 of 200 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Derrick Henry, Ezekiel Elliott, Baker Mayfield, Carson Wentz, Amari Cooper, A.J. Brown, Taysom Hill, Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Cooper Kupp, Julian Edelman, T.J. Watt, Maxx Crosby, Von Miller, Shaquem Griffin

Inserts/short-prints: 16 (all in gallery below along with some stars and rookies)
Rookie Cards (Nos. 201-300) (8) – Cam Akers, Justin Herbert, Devin Asiasi, Jared Pinkney, C.J. Henderson, Kenneth Murray, Adam Trautman, Mekhi Becton
Xtra Points Blue (2) – Kenny Golladay, Juan Thornhill
Highlight Reel (1) – Kyler Murray
Inside The Numbers (1) – Patrick Mahomes
Old School (1) – Ozzie Newsome
Prestigious Pros (1) – Matt Ryan
Prestigious Pros Blue (1) – Khalil Mack
Prestige Worldwide (1) – Philip Rivers

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Xtra Points Blue Rookie Autographs (1) – Marlon Davidson

What's Buzz-worthy: My initialgraph here is a find that's apparently one in 422 packs (odds are out there on some retailer listings but not the boxes) but I'll say that I'd probably be better off with the hit that I landed in my first box of this one. My assortment of base cards was not the strongest and it paralleled my first box quite a bit despite it being a 200-card set. My rookie crop was decent this time with at least two notables -- maybe more, we'll see when a season arrives -- and my inserts here had a few notables and even a player I've met, so that's fun. I like the look of this one a lot, though the use of full-body photos on pretty much every card (it gets repetitive and some images feel stiff while others are good) does bug me. Perhaps it wouldn't with some tighter crops here and there? I like the college colors in this one -- we'll get plenty of NFL stuff at some point -- but with the NFL logos getting a simple showcase in the corner on rookies' cardboard. There are bigger box formats to consider, too, with megas out there but I think I'd do more Chronicles Draft Picks megas before going that route here -- though the NFL megas have two autos and there's always safety in volume with releases like this one so bigger boxes give you more shots at landing key names. 

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A (the auto is a rarer parallel)
Fun Grade: B

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