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What's Buzzing Today: Andrew McCutchen to the Yankees, hobby vs. investing, autograph differences, big pulls and more as we end the month.

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

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 88
Base set completion: 
72 of 300 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ezekiel Elliott, Kenyan Drake, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Drew Brees, Terry Bradshaw, Julio Jones, Khalil Mack, Tony Dorsett, Mark Ingram, LaDainian Tomlinson, Todd Gurley, Bo Jackson, Earl Campbell, Landon Collins

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Forty top NFL rookies were busy signing plenty of cardboard and wearing their pro gear for the first time this weekend and the cardboard to prove it is here already.

Or, rather, Instantly.

Panini Instant had first many of these players' first cards on draft night and it already has three cards per player for those who were on hand at this year's NFLPA Rookie Premiere. While you'll have to wait for many of the cards that were created and signed this weekend to arrive in packs later in the year, these cards are available right now on the company's website.

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What: 2018 Leaf Trinity football cards
Arrives: July-August
Box basics: Five on-card autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's all-hit three-tiered approach to draft pick football cards arrives soon with a mix of approaches and big names you probably know from the college game and the NFL Draft.

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What: 2018 Leaf Flash football cards
Arrives: June-July
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's new football line packs plenty of flash and a few flashbacks into its boxes that will be full of nothing but autographed cards with plenty of parallels.

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What: 2018 Leaf Valiant football cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Three autographs and one graded autograph card per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Valiant is back with "not only the most-powerful mix of your players with a heavy focus on offensive skill guys" but also "the stunning Valiant technology of amazingly colorful clean cards."

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What: 2018 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's latest edition of this one will once again be full of nothing but on-card autographs on memorable past designs with the newest NFL hopefuls in what will be a very limited release.

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What: 2018 Leaf Greatest Hits football cards
Arrives: April-May
Box basics: Four buyback cards and one Leaf Valiant Greatest Hits rookie per box (two boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Greatest hits is back once again with a lineup of buybacks that "celebrates everything that's great about football cards."

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What: 2018 Leaf Metal Draft football cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Five autographs per box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft returns with on-card autographs across the board for the biggest NFL Draft hopefuls this year as well as some new touches that will add to the complexity of the collecting rainbow in this one.

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The college football world got a pair of classic showdowns on Monday night and will get a third next week when the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs face off for the College Football Playoff National Championship.

There were some dominating performances for these two squads in the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl and the good news for collectors who might not know is that a number of those stars now set to chase gridiron history already appear on fully licensed football cards thanks to card companies' deals with prep spotlight games such as the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and the Under Armour All-America Game.

In the case of the Bulldogs and their game-winning star Sony Michel -- as well as his fellow bruiser RB Nick Chubb and QB Jake Fromm -- they can all be found on Army cards from Leaf Trading Cards. Michel's first of more than 40 cards was made back in 2011 and nearly all of the are autographed. Chubb has around 30 cards from 2014 and beyond, while Fromm has more than both of them with nearly 50 signed. His are all from this year's set -- and this trio is likely not alone for Bulldog cameos as there have been plenty of cards made for the event in past years (some wax is still findable -- there's even a Vault release on the way).

The Crimson Tide guys? There's a lot more mystery there ...

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