Rising

Don't look now, but the NY Giants have won two games in a row after their thrilling 10-7 defeat of the Patriots on Sunday. I don't call it thrilling because of the game play by both teams, it was thrilling because it came down to a missed field goal by the Patriots at the end that would have sent the game into overtime.

With the Vikings loss last night, it only puts the 4-8 Giants two games out of the wildcard spots with five games left. However, two of those five games are against the Eagles. 

That could be ugly.

With the team possibly on the rise, there was also a player that is on the rise that can get them where they need to go as well.

Jalin Hyatt finally showed why the Giants drafted him in the third round and why they were considering him a number one guy.

Hyatt made some eye-catching grabs and reeled in 5 of them for 109 yards. His first 100-yard game of his career and that's with an undrafted rookie QB.

Yesterday I got a mail day from my Twitter friend @ErichWalter that included some new Hyatts for my collection since I barely have any.

Chronicles Draft Revolution

Mosaic Base

Mosiac Mosiac Silver

 

Gold Standard /99

 

Not sure what this parallel is called from Mosaic, but it's /80

Thanks again to Eric for the mail day!!

Well, I won't be able to watch the Giants since they are on a bye this week, but I will be certainly rooting against the teams ahead of them in the wild card chase.

Then I will be ready the following Monday night when they take on the Packers. They haven't won a Prime Time game in so long I think it's time.

Winning Monday Showoff

We won!! We actually won in dominating fashion.

Yesterday, the Gmen came to play forcing 6 turnovers, having an undrafted rookie QB throw for close to 250 yards and Saquon playing like his old self.

For all of those fans that think tanking was a thing, I am all about the win and that was a great one. The Giants are only 3-8, but a playoff run could still happen but still very unlikely with their upcoming schedule.

With a winning Sunday, let's show off a card to celebrate.

Which is a new addition to my Amani Toomer collection.

2001 Ultra College Greats Preview autograph.

This is one of three of the College Greats preview cards in the set. The other two is a base version and a redemption version.

I will hopefully add the other two at some point.

Not sure if one card makes me any closer on the list on TCDB to the top for Toomer or not, will find out in a minute when I add it. 

As always, I am trading for new Toomers and there are plenty out there! If you have any, contact me at sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com!

Eli Countdown To 1K: 958,959

The Giants play the Washington Commanders today with a third string undrafted QB.

It makes me miss the days where we had a QB that never was injured or missed any games except the one where the coach pulled him for Geno Smith. So glad that coach was fired.

Eli Manning started 210 consecutive games for the Gmen and since then the Giants have had a single QB that can barely finish a season.

I miss Eli.

It's only part of the reason why I collect him. He is also a likable guy, won two Super Bowls which I may never see another in my lifetime and a leader.

Let's check out today's latest adds which both come from 2023 Select Draft Picks,

Gold Lazer

 

Purple Lazer

I have a few more Eli's on the way as we creep very slowly towards 1K. My goal would be to get there by years end, but we will see and I could use your help to get me there! I am always trading for new Eil's!

Finally Landed Him!

Every year after the draft, I try to land an autograph of every Giants rookie to add to my collection. Last year it took me the full season but I was able to pull most off all but one. Which that one shouldn't be too hard to land despite his great season so far this year.

However, in the 2023 draft, the season is halfway over and so far I have only added one of their picks which was Deonte Banks, their first-round corner and that was only recently.

The one I have been wanting the most was their fast WR in the third round in Jalin Hyatt. I have been watching his cards for months and months and months stay at $40 or so average. I felt that was a little too steep especially for a guy that hasn't made much of an impact or much of an opportunity to do so with poor quarterback play. He also doesn't seem to be on the field much.

I guess a few days ago my patience finally paid off as I not only finally landed a Hyatt auto, but also landed Eric Gray's who is the Giants backup running back they drafted in the fifth round.

 

The card is from Leaf Vivid and is numbered to 5/8 and looks beautiful. The only problem I have with it is that it doesn't feature the players in their big blue. That's the problem with buying non-NFL licensed cards. But, it's at least an autograph for now. I can always upgrade later.

There are still others from this year's draft I need to land and add to my want list for Giants autographs. I will hopefully add that tab back sometime on here.

In the meantime, I am keeping my eyes open for the next addition.

Rodney's In 2023 Certified!

 

There it is. A new Hampton card for the first time in two years along with many parallels that I need to get my hands onto. This is the only one so far that has popped up on eBay, but nobody is going to pay the $20 the seller is asking for it.

Not even this Super Collector.

I just borrowed the image to have something to go by.

There are quite a few variations to go along with this Rodney including a always impossible to find 1/1.

Here is what I need,

Mirror Signatures Black1

Mirror Signatures Green5

Mirror Signatures Purple10

Mirror Signatures Gold15

Mirror Signatures Teal25

Mirror Signatures Blue30

Mirror Signatures Red35

Mirror Signatures Orange50

Mirror Signatures Pink75

Mirror Signatures Bronze99

Mirror Signatures199

I will continue to update this list and any of these I happen to pick up in the Rodney's Cardboard segment.

If any of you pull one or see any at shows, eBay, COMC, up for trade on TCDB, or anywhere else, please email me at sportcardcollector@hotmail.com and let's work out a trade!

I am excited for some new Rodney's, but also stressed about a few of them as well. The low numbered stuff is always hard to chase, but I am here for it.

Eli Countdown To 1K: 954,955,956,957

Rise and shine and check out my latest Eli Manning adds as I drive closer to 1K!

2014 Score Showcase parallel /99

Score 2013 Red Parallel /30. Scoring a low numbered parallels below $2 is always a steal.

 

2016 Panini Absolute Air Raid /50

2022 Spectra Championship Gear featuring Super Bowl 46. Whether this jersey was worn then, I don't know and can't remember if the back said if this was player worn or not. Either way, it was high on my want lists.

I currently don't have anymore Eli's on the way sadly, a trade fell through as well recently that would have been a really cool add, so there may be a delay in updates for my Manning chase. In the meantime, there will be more Giants cards to post. Stay tuned!

Rare Browns

I run a 90's Twitter account where I post 90's topics or inserts and parallels occasionally from my collection.

And sometimes I get replies with cards I hadn't seen before.

One of those were from 1998 in 1998 Pinnacle Inscriptions. These extremely rare cards were unreleased autograph cards that were sent out to players to be signed but were given out to fans or forgotten in someone's basement. This is according to @majeansson who posted about these to me. 

I immediately spied a Dave Brown in his picture and being both big 90s collector and obvious Giants fan, I needed one. That's when he mentioned there were three variations also of the card to.

So, I hit up eBay looking for any copy of the card and found a seller who was willing to sell me two of the three variations for $1 each.

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Purple variation.

 

Green variation.

I still need the Gold Variation. If any of you spy it, let me know!

Thanks again to @majeansson for the heads up on these.

Hopefully I can track down the last one soon. Who knows, maybe this leads to a Dave Brown PC now. You never know how my mind works.... (I may have already checked into this and also noticed that TCDB does not list these cards which is how rare they are)