From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2019 Panini Playbook football cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 4
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 20
Base set completion: 
13 of 200 (7 percent)
Duplicates: 0

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

The Card: Dak Prescott 2016 Donruss #362 Rookie Card
The Reason Bought: It takes a pretty good deal for one of my buys to lead off here instead of one of my newly submitted grades, but this one was just that. This is one of those cards that is relatively available if you want to chase one down and slab it for some fun or profit. My cost? About $22, which might seem high generally speaking but isn't for its grade -- this was about half the price of the other cards in the same grade where I was looking at the time. They are even higher now.
The Grade: BGS 10

Reality Check: This one is just a half-grade away from a perfect BGS Black slab and the percentage of cards to get this mark is pretty low vs. the overall total. That's what surprised me here more and prompted the pick-up. It's a relatively heavily graded card, too, which you'd think would have resulted in more 10s. (Paper stock can be more pesky than Optic stuff when it comes to grading, though.)

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The box: 2019 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 64
Base set completion: 
55 of 200 (28 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Nick Chubb, Andrew Luck, Mitchell Trubisky, Derek Carr, Mark Ingram, David Johnson, Deshaun Watson, Christian McCaffrey, Matt Ryan, Sony Michel, Sam Darnold

Rookies (32) – Daniel Jones, Damien Harris, Emanuel Hall, Juan Thornhill, Jarrett Stidham, Marquise Blair, Ryan Finley, Alex Barnes, Gary Jennings Jr., Deandre Baker, N'Keal Harry, Ugo Amadi, Elijah Holyfield, Bryce Love, Ryquell Armstead, Irv Smith Jr., Oshane Ximines, Riley Ridley, Jahlani Tavai, Easton Stick, Lil'Jordan Humphrey, Anthony Johnson, Rodney Anderson, Darwin Thompson, Mack Wilson, Julian Love, Noah Fant, Devin White, J.J. Arcega-Whiteside, Drew Sample, T.J. Hockenson, Josh Oliver

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down the results here. Like this and want to see more -- or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2018 Panini Contenders football cards (11-pack blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for this and more)

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 88
Base set completion: 
74 of 100 (74 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Patrick Mahomes II, Julio Jones, Derrick Henry, Aaron Donald, Mitchell Trubisky, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Christian McCaffrey, Khalil Mack, Matthew Stafford, Carson Wentz, Cam Newton, Deshaun Watson, Amari Cooper, Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown, Michael Thomas, Marlon Mack, Alvin Kamara, Derek Carr, Rob Gronkowski, Todd Gurley II, Marcus Mariota, Philip Rivers, Drew Brees

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The box: 2019 Donruss NFL cards (mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 56
Base set completion: 
37 of 250 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, Nick Mullens, Myles Garrett, Jameis Winston, Sam Darnold, Eddie George, Jared Goff, Sony Michel

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The box: 2018 Donruss Optic NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 13 of 100 (13 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards: Amari Cooper, Landon Collins, Christian McCaffrey, Marlon Mack, Kenyan Drake, Patrick Peterson, Terrell Suggs, Jordan Howard, Jerick McKinnon, Mike Evans, Emmanuel Sanders, Marvin Jones Jr., A.J. Green

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What: 2019 Leaf Autographed Football Mini-Helmets
Arrives: Oct. 30
Box basics: One autographed mini-helmet per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings a new batch of autographed mini-helmets to the masses with a mix of past and present stars as well as new draft picks -- and some surprise helmets in there, too.

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What: 2019 Super Break One-time Football
Arrives: Aug. 26
Box basics: One buyback football card per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break looks to the modern years of the gridiron for a new buyback collection that will include key names on key cards in a limited-run release.

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The box: 2019 Panini Prestige NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (when available)

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: Tom Brady, Baker Mayfield, Carson Wentz, Calvin Ridley, Jimmy Garoppolo, Sam  Darnold, Mark Ingram, Russell Wilson, Alvin Kamara, Mitchell Trubisky, J.J. Watt, Jared Goff, Derrick Henry

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The box: 2018 Panini Contenders football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 5
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 
33 of 100 (33 percent)
Duplicates: 1

Notables on base cards: Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara, Michael Thomas, Julio Jones, Derrick Henry, Todd Gurley, Odell Beckham Jr., Rob Gronkowski, DeAndre Hopkins, Carson Wentz, Aaron Rodgers, Derek Carr, Antonio Brown

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The box: 2019 Score football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 12
Cards per pack: 11
Cards in this box: 132
Base set completion: 
103 of 440 (23 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Cam Newton, Carson Wentz, Sam Darnold, Lamar Jackson, J.J. Watt, Christian McCaffrey, Nick Mullens, Alvin Kamara, George Kittle, Todd Gurley, Michael Thomas, Sony Michel, Philip Rivers

Rookie Cards (33) – Notables include Dwayne Haskins, Daniel Jones, Riley Ridley, Deionte Thompson, Damien Harris, Rashan Gary, Darrell Henderson, Terry McLaurin, A.J. Brown, Nasir Adderley, Dexter Lawrence, Alexander Mattison, Bryce Love, Noah Fant, D.K. Metcalf

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The box: 2019 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards (FOTL hobby box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 18
Cards in this box: 108
Base set completion: 
64 of 100 (64 percent)
Duplicates: 8

Notables on base cards – Joe Namath, Derrick Henry, Amari Cooper, Phillip Lindsay, Nick Mullens, Brett Favre, Mitchell Trubisky, Drew Brees, Leonard Fournette, Odell Beckham Jr., Terry Bradshaw, Saquon Barkley, Dan Marino, Marcus Mariota, Jerry Rice, Carson Wentz, Earl Campbell, Red Grange, Alvin Kamara, Peyton Manning, Barry Sanders, Cam Newton, Emmitt Smith, Tim Tebow, Deshaun Watson, Nick Chubb, J.J. Watt, Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes II, Derek Carr, Michael Thomas, Sam Darnold, Marcus Allen, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Andrew Luck, Christian McCaffrey, Adrian Peterson, Antonio Brown, Dak Prescott

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The box: 2017 Donruss Optic football cards (20 jumbo packs)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for these packs, boxes cases)

Packs per lot here: 20
Cards per pack: 12
Cards in this lot: 240
Base set completion: 
Not this time ... (aka I'm not sorting this one today!)
Duplicates: A ton ... between one and five copies of some stars.

Base cards – Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott, Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, DeAndre Hopkins, J.J. Watt, Cam Newton, Todd Gurley, Jared Goff, Antonio Brown, Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck, Matthew Stafford, Julio Jones, Matt Ryan, Russell Wilson, Carson Wentz, Drew Brees, Derek Carr, Amari Cooper, Eli Manning, Odell Beckham Jr.

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The box: 2019 Panini Prizm Draft Picks football (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 30
Base set completion: 25 of 100 (25 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Ray Lewis, Michael Thomas, Barry Sanders, Nick Chubb, Adrian Peterson, Jared Goff, Derrick Henry, Dak Prescott, Alvin Kamara, Phillip Lindsay, A.J. Green, Cam Newton, JuJu Smith-Schuster, James Conner, Kerryon Johnson, Ezekiel Elliott, Julio Jones, Eric Dickerson, Melvin Gordon III (All-Americans), Leonard Fournette (AA), Clemson Tiger (Mascots), Penn State Nittany Lion (Mascots), Dan Marino (Stained Glass), Emmitt Smith (SG), Sam Darnold (SG)

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What: 2019 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Game Day Greats Football Jersey Edition
Arrives: April 24
Box basics: One autographed football jersey per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line takes on jerseys for another season with Hall of Famers, new rookies and plenty of other notables all possible in this one.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 3.

The pack: 2017 Panini Prestige football cards (hobby pack)
The cost: Click here (for boxes)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Pondering the appeal of Topps Heritage and Alvin Kamara's hobby status, a big Michael Jordan card at auction, new football leagues and big pulls in this Saturday edition.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and break down the results here. Like this and want to see more -- or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2018 Panini Playoff football cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 60
Base set completion: 42 of 200 (21 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Cam Newton, Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram, Julio Jones, Derrick Henry, George Kittle, Sammy Watkins, Larry Fitzgerald, Marcus Mariota, Marlon Mack, A.J. Green, Adam Thielen

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 12 in 12 -- a series of a dozen breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We'll post one every hour all day long ... this is Hour 5.

The box: 2017 Donruss Optic football cards (Special Edition blaster)
The cost: Click here (for a few formats)

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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The box: 2017 Donruss football cards (jersey hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 50
Base set completion: 
30 of 300 (10 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Amari Cooper, Marshawn Lynch, Antonio Brown

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The box: 2018 Panini Contenders football cards (mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby and more)

Packs per box: 14
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 113
Base set completion: 
96 of 100 (96 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards: Larry Fitzgerald, Julio Jones, Matt Ryan, Cam Newton, Christian McCaffrey, Mitchell Trubisky, Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott, Matthew Stafford, Aaron Rodgers, J.J. Watt, Deshaun Watson, Andrew Luck, Leonard Fournette, Patrick Mahomes II, Todd Gurley II, Jared Goff, Kenyan Drake, Tom Brady, Alvin Kamara, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Amari Cooper, Khalil Mack, Derek Carr, Carson Wentz, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Antonio Brown, Jimmy Garoppolo, Russell Wilson, Derrick Henry

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The box: 2018 Panini Prizm football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
16 of 200 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Cam Newton, David Johnson, Blake Bortles, Joey Bosa

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What:

What's buzz-worthy: Plates & Patches returns to the gridiron with a nearly hits-only approach with big names from the past and present as well as plenty of cardboard for the new rookie class.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.

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The box: 2018 Panini Absolute Football cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 1
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
36 of 100 (36 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Adam Thielen, Aaron Rodgers, Richard Sherman, Von Miller, Matt Ryan, Leonard Fournette, Russell Wilson, Matthew Stafford, Todd Gurley, Tyreek Hill, Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, Deshaun Watson, Dak Prescott

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It's no surprise to see a New Orleans Saints player with a gaudy stat line but this time it's a dominating game from a guy who's been a dominator all year.

Saints WR Michael Thomas dialed up a big night in a win over the previously unbeaten Los Angeles Rams with 12 catches for 211 yards and a touchdown that included a "call"afterward. (That was likely to the league office to see how big his fine would be for using a prop on the field, especially if it wasn't the league-approved brand of phone he had hidden under the goalpost.)

This former Ohio State star is all over cardboard with more than 2,500 different cards since his arrival in 2016 NFL boxes and he's got more than 800 different autographed cards for fans to chase, too. >> Check out his autos on eBay  The game was his biggest of the year and just his third 100-yard game Despite that, he's fourth in the NFL with 880 yards this season and is second in receptions. With a lot of toys in the Drew Brees-led arsenal, Thomas might be overlooked on his own team to a degree when it comes to cardboard but he shouldn't be.

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