Single Card Mail Day:2023 Panini Obsidian Lightning Strike Autograph Isaiah Hodgins

 

It's easy to get caught up in the now when it comes to NFL cards. 

Of course, you want the top rookies and players. Of course, you want the newest and hottest rookies for your team. Of course, you want this and that but when the dust settles and you can find a nice team PC card for well under $5, you grab it.

$3 for this Isaiah Hodgins was a bargain for a player who has great skills but plays for a team that lacks in offense. This marks my second autograph of his in a NY Giants uniform and my fifth overall autograph of him.

I am hoping with a revamped offensive line, a healthy Daniel Jones, and maybe some play calling by Daboll himself, that Hodgins will have the same impact he did in his first year as a Giant.

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Certified Blue Autograph /30

Rodney's back, back again. Today's card is so far my favorite one of the run. 

When a card can match the team featured, it's always a big draw. Today's is the Blue Parallel and is numbered to just 30 copies. 

  

Card back looks the same as the rest in the series.

Here is an overall look at the chase in 2023 Certified for Rodney,
Base /199, Bronze /99, Pink /75, Orange /50, Red /35, Blue /30, Teal /25, Gold /15, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

Here are the cards I have posted so far from this run,

 

 

  

 

More from this run and others to come. Hope to see you back next Sunday for the next one!

These Colors Aren't So Gray

You ever just start a colorful chase just for the fun of it? Well, that's what I did with 2023 Prizm and Eric Gray.

Why did I choose Gray, well, for one reason, Saquon Barkley left so I am assuming Gray will be playing a bigger role on the Giants offense. Two, he's dirt cheap.

So, for fun I added these through trades and a couple on eBay,

Green Wave

Silver

Red White and Blue

Green Pulsar

Green

Pink

Electric Lazer

 

Orange Disco

This was a short-timed chase just to add some color to my Gray (collection). If anymore happen to fall in my lap, I will welcome them but it's not something I am out seeking currently. Panini put some many parallels in this year's Prizm and so many low numbered ones I will never get them all.

But it was fun in the meantime and isn't that what the hobby is all about?

Have any of you started a chase just for the fun of it?

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Certified Teal Autograph /25

Last week, I posted the base autograph for this chase, today, I am posting another one of the parallels.

Today's card is the teal parallel. It's hard to see it on here as I tried to capture it with the lightbox.

  

Card back looks the same as the rest in the series.

Here is an overall look at the chase in 2023 Certified for Rodney,
Base /199, Bronze /99, Pink /75, Orange /50, Red /35, Blue /30, Teal /25, Gold /15, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

Here are the cards I have posted so far from this run,

 

 

 

More from this run and others to come. Hope to see you back next Sunday for the next one!

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Certified Base Autograph /199

Rodney is back on here again, after much experimenting between blogs, Rodney belongs here. Right here with all of my other Giants cards.

So, let's continue where I left off on here with some 2023 Certified. 

Today's card is the base version. This was actually one of the last ones I added as I added the tougher ones first. Much different approach for me this time as I normally start biggest to littlest but found this new approach to be better.

  

Card back looks the same as the rest in the series. Such a boring backing.

Here is an overall look at the chase in 2023 Certified for Rodney,
Base /199, Bronze /99, Pink /75, Orange /50, Red /35, Blue /30, Teal /25, Gold /15, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

The 1/1 just popped up recently and I have an eye on it. Hopefully I can land it with some assistance from friends.

Here are the cards I have posted so far from this run,

 

 

More from this run and others to come. Hope to see you back next Sunday for the next one!

Eli Countdown To 1.5K: 1024, 1025, 1026,1027, 1028

Well, it appears I haven't done an Eli Manning update on here in a while, so we are jumping ahead a little on my countdown. However, I can tell you today that this number is completely up to date on where I am at currently.

Let's check out the latest adds!

1024: 2023 Prestige Base

1025:2023 Prestige Living Legends

1026: 2023 Prestige Xtra Points Pink /25. This adds to my rainbow chase but I can't tell the difference between the base parallel and the xtra points parallel. What makes it harder is the fact they have the same numbering!! So I am calling this Xtra points one. It's a pretty one is all I can say.

 

1027:2023 Absolute Championship Fabric. Super Bowl relics and Eli Manning are must haves!

 

1028: 2023 Absolute Canton Absolutes. He's heading to the Hall Of Fame, no argument over it. This is a nice two-color patch.

We are creeping closer to 1100. Hopefully I can move this along a little faster as time goes on. Really hard to find anyone trading Eli.

More updates as they come along will be posted!

Single Card Mail Day:2023 Panini Gridiron Greats Autograph Dan Reeves

I have been very pleased with Panini cards recently as they have started to add more players to their roster and now even coaches. I am not sure if they have had these all along and maybe sitting on shelves for dust collecting or what but they are starting to add a lot of variety to their products.

The biggest assumption is that it's a sticker dump as they will soon be losing their NFL license.

Which I am okay with. That so far has meant more Rodney Hampton autographs and NY Giants coaches autographs.

My latest add is this one.

Dan Reeves was the NY Giants head coach from 1993-1996. Other than his first couple of seasons as a Giants coach, Reeves didn't succeed much with the Gmen. Overall though, he had a pretty successful coaching career and recently just passed away in 2022 at the age of 77.

I was able to acquire this thanks to a Twitter trade with @JasonSowinski. Now I have added three NY Giants coach autograph cards in the past year. I will post all of the Giants coach autograph cards when I get the chance to.

Thanks again to Jason for helping me add this one!

Single Card Mail Day:2023 Absolute Autograph Deonte Banks

 

When you can get an 1st picks autograph and a soon-to-be top corner in the league's autograph for $1.25, why wouldn't you?

So it's what I did.

His autograph his certainly lacking but what rookie autograph isn't? If you had to sign like a million cards for multiple companies, I can't blame him for just wanting to go and get it all done. Though us as collectors and fans suffer from it.

This card also marks my first Deonte Banks autograph in a Giants uniform, my previous one came from a college product.

Rodney's Cardboard:1992 Wild Card 1000 Stripe

It's Sunday and last week I missed out on posting a new Rodney Hampton card I know all of you guys were waiting on.

So here we go. Today isn't an autograph card. It's not a 1/1. It is however rare. 

When it comes to chasing rainbows in the hobby, one of the original rainbows to chase was the Wild Card Stripes. There were multiple levels of rarity and parallels. The higher the number, the more rare and harder to find the parallel especially the 1000 Stripes. 

The parallels came as 5,10,20,50,100 and 1000. I can't remember off the top of my head how many of the Rodney's I have from the chase. Each stripe had it's own color as well.

Today's card is the 1000 Stripe which color is Gold which is why the foil is gold.

 

There was no differences with the card backs when it came to these.

I acquired this one thanks to my buddy Wes who chased it down and surprised me at Christmas time.

Thanks again to Wes for snagging this one. I also recently acquired another one of the stripes as well.

Let me know in comments today if you ever chased, pulled or collected these.

Rodney's Cardboard:2023 Certified Purple Autograph /10

It's been a few weeks since I last posted a new autograph from 2023 Certified, so let's get to another one.

Today's is the second third lowest card in the print run. The 1/1 still eludes me, but I have the /5 and now have the /10.

This one is the purple parallel. I don't think I own another purple parallel of Rodney in my collection.

  

Card back looks the same as the rest.

Here is an overall look at the chase in 2023 Certified for Rodney,
Base /199, Bronze /99, Pink /75, Orange /50, Red /35, Blue /30, Teal /25, Gold /15, Purple /10, Green /5, and Black 1/1.

If you happen to see the 1/1 and I don't, please let me know! Send an email even to sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com or comment below!

Here are the cards I have posted so far from this run,

 

 

Thanks for coming by this Sunday to read. More Rodney's to come!

Single Card Mail Day:2015 Topps Field Access Victor Cruz Autograph

 

At some point, I really should make a list of my all-time favorite Giants players.

I know for sure that Victor Cruz would be on it and most likely towards the top of the list.

The salsa dancing, speedster undrafted Giants star was a lot of fun to watch throughout his career and even helped lead the Giants to a Super Bowl win in Super Bowl 46 catching the game's first touchdown along with some other key catches in the game. 

I believe this marks my fifth or sixth Cruz autograph in my collection and I am more than happy to add more when the time comes. Hopefully I will have real exact numbers on this at some point.

I want to know today who your favorite undrafted player is all-time? Let me know in comments!