Buzz Break: 2022 Panini Zenith football cards (value pack)

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The pack: 2022 Panini Zenith football cards (value)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Cards per pack: 30
Cards per box: 24
Base set completion: 
25 of 200 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Notables include Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, CeeDee Lamb, Michael Thomas, Deebo Samuel, Derek Carr, Lamar Jackson

Rookie Cards (5) – Treylon Burks, Erik Ezukanma, Mike Woods, Drake Jackson, Sam Williams

Insert/short-print cards: 5 (everything from pack in gallery below)
Red Zone (red) parallel (2) – Nick Chubb, Christian Kirk
Red Zone Rookie parallel (1) – Skyy Moore
Inside The Numbers (1) – Tee Higgins
Revolution (1) – Nick Chubb

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My latest pack from one of those odd mega boxes of this one that included a few packs of this, a pack of another and then three random NFL cards -- oddly those were just commons thrown in a sleeve -- was perhaps my roughest of the bunch so far. In fact, it might be the worst of them (average) but I'll wait and see how the rest go. ... As I've said before, the base cards are relatively unique but that design didn't grow on me with this rip -- but if you like or don't mind it and want to build the set on the cheap this format is arguably the way to go. Meanwhile, blasters are the home of a hit every time here, so if you want hits on the cheap then rip that. If you want a little more to chase and don't care about the price, rip hobby boxes. ... The foil-etched inserts here are nice, while the basic stuff here is not holofoil like the hobby basic cards are -- the opposite of Capstone baseball, which also included a hit per blaster. ... This one can include autos and other inclusions and an array of things that might make these deliver a little better than one might think and that earlier impression is why I opted to open some of this format. So far it's been OK but nothing better than my first (only) blaster. It happens when opening by the pack ... some just aren't big deals.

Product Grade: A-
Pack Grade: C+ (base cards had most of the star power this time & Chubb being out derailed inserts)
Fun Grade: C

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