What's Buzzing: J-Rod, Big Dumper, Russell Wilson, Phillies Karen, college football and NFL Week 4 are today's topics.

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1 -- NFL Week 4 is here

2 -- Checking in on J-Rod chatter after his 30-30 year

3 -- LOL

4 -- College football reactions

5 -- Big Dumper

6 -- Phillies Karen: The new offer stands for a few more days

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The box: 2025 Score football cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2025 Pulse Retail Football Series 2 autograph cards
Arrives: Oct. 23
Box basics: One encased autograph card per pack (36 packs per case)
Checklist: See a partial player list in gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Pulse revisits some recent releases with some of those cards also found here -- an autograph every time -- and with some notables in today's game among the possibilities.

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What: 2025 Wild Card Metallix Promo Deck football cards
Arrives: Late September
Basics: Five encased cards (/25 max) per box (20 boxes per case) -- four autographs and one True 1/1 per case
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card moves away from its ink-only approach with this one, instead focusing on a simpler lineup that includes five card types and then some other chases along with the autographs a few times per case.

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What: 2025 Wild Card COMIX Rookie & Legend Edition football cards
Arrives: Late September
Basics: Five encased serial-numbered cards (/25 max) per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card explores top stars of the past with promising players of today in a colorful release packed with variety and with four autographed cards per typical case here.

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What: 2025 Panini Prizm Draft Picks football cards
Arrives: Aug. 20
Box basics: Four autographs per four-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini offers up Prizm Draft once again with some current college stars on NIL deals and greats of the recent past in their school colors with an autograph in every pack and plenty more.

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What: 2025 Pulse Foundry football cards
Arrives: Late August
Box basics: Four encased autographed cards per six-pack hobby box (10 boxes per case); One encased autographed card per Heat Seeker box (24 boxes per case); Two encased autographed cards per 24-pack/24-card booster box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: See early players list for each version in the gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This newer player in the card realm hits the gridiron once again with a release with a trio of packaging formats, unique inclusions and varying lineups, too, for fans of autographs and football.

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What: 2025 Pulse Meridian Football Heat Seeker Edition football cards
Arrives: July/August
Box basics: One encased autographed card per box (24 boxes per case)
Checklist: See players list in gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A second helping of this one arrives from this newer player in the card realm with just a single autographed card in every box this time -- a mix of new names and all-time greats.

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What: 2025 Pulse Stratos Football Heat Seeker Edition football cards
Arrives: July
Box basics: One encased autograph per one-card box (24 boxes per case)
Checklist: See early players list in gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A faster chase -- one auto per box and that's it -- edition of Stratos drops this summer with newly drafted NFL stars as well as legends from the past all among the possible finds.

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal Football Blaster football cards
Arrives: May 2
Box basics: 10 base cards or parallels plus one autographed card per box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal's simpler counterpart arrives with a mix of players on NIL deals, some past stars and even some current names all in one spot.

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What: 2025 TruMystery Draft Football Edition buybacks
Arrives: May 28
Box basics: One PSA graded buyback card per box (five boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TruCreator's blind-box buyback line goes all-PSA with a focus on football in a release packed with in-demand names and plenty of star power from the recent past.

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What: 2025 Pro Set Metal football cards
Arrives: June 27
Box basics: Seven autos per 11-card hobby box (10 per case) or 10 autos per 10-card super box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Pro Set's Metal returns with a pair of box formats that are both heavy on autographs of past, present and future stars on a mix of past and new designs.

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What: 2025 SAGE Football High Series football cards
Arrives: April 24
Box basics: 16 autographs per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's second wave of NFL Draft hopefuls on cardboard for 2025 arrives with an autograph in every pack and a lineup that includes some established stars, current NIL guys and more while keeping with some of the formula of recent years. Oh, and there's ink from That Mahomes Guy in there, too.

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What: 2025 Leaf Glory Of The Game football cards
Arrives: June 27
Box basics: Four premium hits -- at least two of those autographs -- per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the cardboard gridiron once again with a new line packed with big potential -- big names, big cards and big surprises -- as it includes stars from the past, present and future with a booklet card in every case.

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal football cards
Arrives: May 2
Box basics: Five autos and two base/parallels per hobby box (12 boxes per case) or nine autos, one slabbed 1/1 auto proof and four base/parallels per jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal is back for another season on the gridiron with its two box options once again and with plenty of ink from past, present and future standouts all in one spot.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Alumination Just The Hits Edition football cards
Arrives: March 14, 2025
Basics: Five encased and serial-numbered cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card continues with its encased-card approach with a release that's got long-odds potential of the biggest kind -- Patrick Mahomes auto 1/1s -- as well as plenty of other fun finds.

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What: 2025 Pro Athletes Direct Authentic Football Signature Edition
Arrives: April 4
Box basics: One encased autographed buyback card per box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: See players list in gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Pro Athletes Direct Authentic offers up a second release of buyback autographed cards this year and this time it's a mix of active stars, future draft picks and Hall of Famers all in one spot.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Dino-Might football cards
Arrives: Feb. 21, 2025
Box basics: Three autographed cards per case on average (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's prehistoric-powered insert set gets a full football release packed with nothing but stars in the pro and college ranks -- and sometimes they're found on the same card.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Five Card Draw football cards
Arrives: Jan. 31, 2025
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card's numbers-based presentation ups the ante this time with more big-name chases and other surprises for college and pro standouts -- and once again every card is numbered to no more than five copies across the entire release, which also includes a 1/1 card in every box.

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What: 2025 Pulse Meridian Football cards
Arrives: March 10
Box basics: Four encased autographed cards per six-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: See early players list in gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new player in the prospect realm hits the gridiron for a second time in the new year with the stars of right now on cardboard as well as some greats from the past all in play.

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What: 2024 Wild Card Seven Card Studs High Stakes Metal football cards
Arrives: Jan. 17, 2025
Box basics: 84 autographed cards per case (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card ups the ante with a follow-up to its Seven Card Studs line of nothing but quarterbacks past, present and future with an all-autograph edition.

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What: 2024 Onyx Vintage football cards
Arrives: Jan. 17, 2025
Box basics: Four autos per Base Series box (24 packs per box, six boxes per case); 10 autos per Mega Series box (10 packs per box, six boxes per case)
Checklist: See below
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx's Vintage brand takes the gridiron with a new format approach -- two box styles this year -- and an array of newly created old-style cards and inclusions as it celebrates football.

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What: 2025 Pulse Stratos Football cards
Arrives: Feb. 10
Box basics: Four encased autographed cards per six-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Checklist: See early players list in gallery
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new player in the prospect realm hits the gridiron to start the new year with the stars of right now on cardboard as well as some greats from the past all found in a relatively limited release.

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What: 2025 SAGE Football Low Series football cards
Arrives: Dec. 27
Box basics: 16 autographs per hobby box (16 boxes per case) or three autographs per blaster box (40 per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: SAGE's first wave of NFL Draft hopefuls on cardboard for 2025 arrives with an autograph in every pack for hobby boxes and a lineup that includes some established stars, current NIL guys and more while keeping with some of the formula of recent years.

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