First Buzz: 2017 Panini Contenders NFL cards (updated; retail details)

What: 2017 Panini Contenders football cards
Arrives: Dec. 20 for hobby -- Nov. 29 for blaster boxes
Box basics: Five or six autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
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Order: Click here for boxes & click here for cases

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders returns with another season of Rookie Tickets and plenty more for collectors of the long-running brand.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

The Basics: Golden Tickets will once again be back as 1/1 creations on 24K gold, while Silver Tickets (/2) will be, you guessed it, silver. The Rookie Ticket autos will have Cracked Ice (/25) and 1/1 printing plates among the parallels that also include Playoff Tickets, Championship Tickets and Super Bowl Tickets. ... Draft Class autos will showcase notable rookies with Gold (/17) and 1/1 Platinum versions, while other autos will include Legendary Contenders (/49 max), MVP Contenders (/49 max), Round Numbers duals (/99 max), NFL Ink (with Gold and Platinum parallels), Sophomore Contenders, and Rookie of the Year Contenders (also with Gold and Platinums). ... The overall set will consist of 400 Season Tickets, Rookie Tickets, Rookie Ticket variations and new Veteran Ticket autos along with Coaches Tickets. All will have Cracked Ice (/25) and 1/1 printing plates. ... Typical hobby boxes will include one or two on-card rookie autos among the five or six signed cards, one parallel, 18 inserts -- a mix of ROY, MVP and Legendary Contenders as well as Team Quads and Round Numbers. ... These carry a suggested retail price of $6 per five-card pack ($144 per box).

Update (retail details): Rookie Ticket Swatches memorabilia cards will once again be blaster-box exclusives wth the five-pack boxes carrying a suggested retail price of $20 ($4 per eight-card pack). There will be 20 blasters per case with one memorabilia card or auto per box along with five inserts from the same lineup mentioned above.

Update: Short-prints confirmed so far ...

SSP (100 or less)
Rookie Ticket Variation #251 T.J. Watt
Rookie Ticket Variation #290 Chad Williams
Rookie Ticket Variation #343 Patrick Mahomes II
Veteran Ticket Autograph #387 Marcus Mariota
Veteran Ticket Autograph #389 Carson Wentz
All “1st Off The Line” Rookie Ticket Autographs

SP (250 or less)
Rookie Ticket #127 Tarik Cohen
Rookie Ticket #132 Jonathan Allen
Rookie Ticket #173 Shaquill Griffin
Rookie Ticket #197 DeAngelo Yancey
Rookie Ticket #279 Derek Rivers
Rookie Ticket #315 Samaje Perine
Rookie Ticket #333 Zay Jones
Rookie Ticket Variation #259 Adoree’ Jackson
Rookie Ticket Variation #342 Deshaun Watson
Rookie Ticket Variation #353 Alvin Kamara
Rookie Ticket Variation #364 Evan Engram
Rookie Ticket Variation #365 Mike Williams
Veteran Ticket Autograph #382 Adam Vinatieri
Veteran Ticket Autograph #388 Doug Baldwin
Veteran Ticket Autograph #397 Dan Bailey

SSP (100 or less)
Rookie Ticket #199 Trent Taylor
Rookie Ticket Variation #280 Jonnu Smith
Rookie Ticket Variation #345 Davis Webb
Rookie Ticket Variation #352 Joe Mixon
Veteran Ticket Autograph #385 Jason Witten
Veteran Ticket Autograph #391 Drew Brees
Veteran Ticket Autograph #396 Kirk Cousins

SP (250 or less)
Rookie Ticket #211 Elijah McGuire
Rookie Ticket #173 Shaquill Griffin
Rookie Ticket #303 Patrick Mahomes II
Rookie Ticket Variation #256 Chad Kelly
Rookie Ticket Variation #344 DeShone Kizer
Rookie Ticket Variation #362 Joe Williams
Rookie Ticket Variation #367 JuJu Smith-Schuster
Rookie Ticket Variation #368 Corey Davis
Veteran Ticket Autograph #381 Greg Olsen
Veteran Ticket Autograph #394 Jordan Howard

SSP (100 or less)
Rookie Ticket #305 Davis Webb
Rookie Ticket Variation #274 Jamal Agnew
Rookie Ticket Variation #341 Mitchell Trubisky
Veteran Ticket Autograph #383 Mark Ingram
Veteran Ticket Autograph #386 Matt Ryan

SP (250 or less)
Rookie Ticket #106 Khalfani Muhammad
Rookie Ticket #113 Cameron Sutton
Rookie Ticket #139 Aaron Jones
Rookie Ticket #144 Caleb Brantley
Rookie Ticket #146 Zach Cunningham
Rookie Ticket #160 Jonnu Smith
Rookie Ticket #312 Joe Mixon
Rookie Ticket Variation #262 Corey Clement
Rookie Ticket Variation #270 Raekwon McMillan
Rookie Ticket Variation #273 Noah Brown
Rookie Ticket Variation #346 R. Joshua Dobbs
Rookie Ticket Variation #349 Dalvin Cook
Rookie Ticket Variation #351 Christian McCaffrey
Rookie Ticket Variation #363 O.J. Howard
Rookie Ticket Variation #372 Carlos Henderson

SSP (100 or less)
Rookie Ticket Variation #347 C.J. Beathard
Rookie Ticket Variation #373 Zay Jones
Rookie Ticket Variation #376 ArDarius Stewart
Veteran Ticket Autograph #392 John Brown
Veteran Ticket Autograph #395 David Johnson

SP (250 or less)
Rookie Ticket #186 Jehu Chesson
Rookie Ticket #231 Montae Nicholson
Rookie Ticket #301 Mitchell Trubisky
Rookie Ticket #310 Leonard Fournette
Rookie Ticket #325 Mike Williams
Rookie Ticket #336 ArDarius Stewart
Rookie Ticket Variation #254 Jamal Adams
Rookie Ticket Variation #257 David Njoku
Rookie Ticket Variation #271 Zach Cunningham
Rookie Ticket Variation #278 Dalvin Tomlinson
Rookie Ticket Variation #281 Gerald Everett
Rookie Ticket Variation #289 Obi Melifonwu
Rookie Ticket Variation #348 Nathan Peterman
Rookie Ticket Variation #350 Leonard Fournette
Rookie Ticket Variation #377 Chris Godwin

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