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First Buzz: 2017 Panini Contenders Optic football cards

This entry was posted on January 10, 2018 by BlowoutBuzz.

What: 2017 Panini Contenders Optic football cards
Arrives: Feb. 23
Box basics: Two autographs per six-card box (20 boxes per case via two inners)

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders gets the Optichrome treatment for a release that's very close to being solely hits driven in its rookie season.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

The Basics: Boxes will carry a suggested retail price of $100 and include two autos, two base cards, one parallel and one insert card in the rookie season for this product. There will be at least one on-card autograph per box in this limited release with Rookie Tickets taking on the Optic rainbow alongside inserts that will include Hall of Fame Contenders, MVP Contenders and Round Numbers -- all with autograph potential. The basic rainbow will include Red, Blue, Gold and Gold Vinyl with no more than 199 copies for the easiest parallels. There also will be "some of the most iconic Contenders Rookie Tickets ever created, recreated with Contenders Tribute Autographs" that will be (/25) max. According to Panini, the "set recreates some of the best cards made in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001" -- and you can figure out some of the notables from those years. Peyton Manning's 1998 card revisited gets the visual nod here with the early info. ... Rookie Ticket Autos will also get Optichromed with their own rainbow, while Rookie of the Year Contenders will have autos (/99 max).

Update (March 1 2019):

Newly revealed 2017 Contenders Optic autograph SPs:

#	Player	Cardset	Qty
200	Trent Taylor	Rookie Ticket Autograph	19
137	Chris Godwin	Rookie Ticket Autograph	30
135	Josh Reynolds	Rookie Ticket Autograph	50
106	R. Joshua Dobbs	Rookie Ticket Autograph	62
122	Joe Williams	Rookie Ticket Autograph	68
171	Taco Charlton	Rookie Ticket Autograph	83
114	Marlon Mack	Rookie Ticket Autograph	100
112	Joe Mixon	Rookie Ticket Autograph	100
187	Adam Shaheen	Rookie Ticket Autograph	100
174	Robert Davis	Rookie Ticket Autograph	107
141	Brad Kaaya	Rookie Ticket Autograph	150
168	Jonathan Allen	Rookie Ticket Autograph	150
134	Cooper Kupp	Rookie Ticket Autograph	190
150	Quincy Wilson	Rookie Ticket Autograph	198
120	James Conner	Rookie Ticket Autograph	200
121	Jamaal Williams	Rookie Ticket Autograph	200
136	ArDarius Stewart	Rookie Ticket Autograph	200
139	Kenny Golladay	Rookie Ticket Autograph	200
148	Chad Kelly	Rookie Ticket Autograph	200
154	Sidney Jones	Rookie Ticket Autograph	200
162	Corey Clement	Rookie Ticket Autograph	200
165	Brian Hill	Rookie Ticket Autograph	200
170	Carl Lawson	Rookie Ticket Autograph	216
158	Matthew Dayes	Rookie Ticket Autograph	250
164	Jabrill Peppers	Rookie Ticket Autograph	250
199	Marcus Williams	Rookie Ticket Autograph	254
179	Tim Williams	Rookie Ticket Autograph	292
101	Mitchell Trubisky	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
102	Deshaun Watson	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
103	Patrick Mahomes II	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
110	Leonard Fournette	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
142	T.J. Watt	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
144	Jake Butt	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
163	Desmond King	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
167	Tre’Davious White	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
169	Stacy Coley	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
177	Jarrad Davis	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
180	Chad Hansen	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300
182	Shelton Gibson	Rookie Ticket Autograph	300

Update (March 27): The short-printed autographs list is below.

(300 or less)
#	Player	Card Set
101	Mitchell Trubisky	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
102	Deshaun Watson	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
103	Patrick Mahomes II	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
110	Leonard Fournette	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
114	Marlon Mack	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
120	James Conner	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
121	Jamaal Williams	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
134	Cooper Kupp	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
136	ArDarius Stewart	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
139	Kenny Golladay	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
141	Brad Kaaya	Rookie Ticket Autograph
142	T.J. Watt	Rookie Ticket Autograph
144	Jake Butt	Rookie Ticket Autograph
148	Chad Kelly	Rookie Ticket Autograph
150	Quincy Wilson	Rookie Ticket Autograph
154	Sidney Jones	Rookie Ticket Autograph
158	Matthew Dayes	Rookie Ticket Autograph
162	Corey Clement	Rookie Ticket Autograph
163	Desmond King	Rookie Ticket Autograph
164	Jabrill Peppers	Rookie Ticket Autograph
165	Brian Hill	Rookie Ticket Autograph
167	Tre’Davious White	Rookie Ticket Autograph
168	Jonathan Allen	Rookie Ticket Autograph
169	Stacy Coley	Rookie Ticket Autograph
170	Carl Lawson	Rookie Ticket Autograph
174	Robert Davis	Rookie Ticket Autograph
177	Jarrad Davis	Rookie Ticket Autograph
179	Tim Williams	Rookie Ticket Autograph
180	Chad Hansen	Rookie Ticket Autograph
182	Shelton Gibson	Rookie Ticket Autograph
199	Marcus Williams	Rookie Ticket Autograph

(100 or less)
Card #	Player	Card Set
106	R. Joshua Dobbs	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
112	Joe Mixon	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
122	Joe Williams	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
135	Josh Reynolds	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
137	Chris Godwin	Rookie Ticket RPS Autograph
171	Taco Charlton	Rookie Ticket Autograph
187	Adam Shaheen	Rookie Ticket Autograph
200	Trent Taylor	Rookie Ticket Autograph

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