Buzz Break: 2020 SAGE HIT Complete Series football (blaster)

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The box: 2020 SAGE HIT Complete Series football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

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

Boxes per box: 2 (one 50-card box for base cards, one 25-card box for parallels and autos)
Cards in this box: 75
Base set completion: 50 of 100 (50 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Jerry Jeudy, D'Andre Swift, CeeDee Lamb, Jonathan Taylor, Zack Moss, Chase Claypool, Henry Ruggs, Tee Higgins, Zack Moss, Justin Jefferson

Insert/short-prints cards: 22 (all in gallery below with some base)
2021 Top Prospect (1) – Warren Jackson
Orange parallels (10) – Joe Burrow, Davon Hamilton, Tavien Feaster, Cole McDonald, Ronnell Perkins, Bryan Edwards, Tyler Hall, Isaiah Hodgins, Shane Zylstra, AJ Epenesa
Purple parallels (11) – Jerry Jeudy, D'Andre Swift, Justin Jefferson, Sage Lewis, Kalija Lipscomb, Zack Moss, K.J. Hamler, Jonathan Taylor, James Morgan (3)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 3
Rookie Autographs (3) – Zack Moss, Cody Grace, Davon Hamilton

What's Buzz-worthy: If you spot these boxes out in the retail wild, you're not seeing things -- it's a new box that includes cards from both the low and high releases all in one. And if the boxes seem especially heavy that's because they are not in traditional pack form but instead a pair of boxes inside the box -- a likely shift due to packaging backups all companies have faced due to COVID. The basic set is one that I said in previous breaks that I do like -- it's bold and colorful this year -- and this series tweaks those colors again it seems on the base and parallels so all is technically different here. This one did have some smaller issues -- it seems some sheets were cut upside down so the rough edges are on the fronts and not the backs, some cards had vertical centering issues where other cards' design elements showed on the cards and then I had one oddity that I've never seen before in all my years of collecting. Look closely at the final auto in the gallery and you'll see a small hair underneath the sticker. (I tried pulling it out/off but it broke off how you see it now.) No biggie but not ideal ... I'm sure it happens. Unlike my very first blaster of this one, which included like three Tua cards and a number of the top guys, this one didn't quite have as many since the base set is larger. Also no big deal. If you spot these and not other options, the three autos per box here should be enticing -- there's potential for notables as well as some dark-horse candidates ... it seems there always are.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: B
Fun Grade: B

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