Nothing If Not Random: 2001 Upper Deck Vintage Football

2001 Upper Deck Vintage Football: This is a set I wasn't familiar with but was part of an eBay purchase of football packs. This card alone made picking this pack up worth it. That is Drew Brees being as cool as it gets in this photo. I love this card. Brees in a Chargers uni and him looking like a boss as a rookie.

Doug Flutie would start 16 games for the Chargers in 2001 but went 5-11. Brees was limited to 221 yards on 27 attempts with one touchdown. I always like League Leaders cards and Marvin Harrison is an all-time great.

The backs have an old school Topps feel to them but which means plenty of stats which is good. Travis Henry had two excellent years for the Bills but like too many running backs, injuries shortened his career and productivity.

Kick returner extraordinaire Brian Mitchell. Seems like Upper Deck could have used team colors on these instead of just red and blue. Maybe the set loses some of that old school feel if they do that. Not complaining. Just an observation.

This was a really fun pack. Maybe some inserts would help I'm good as is. Drew Brees alone had me going wow. The Emmitt Smith card was another great pull. Even get to see him about to bring in a pass which is not something you see him do much on cardboard. Of course it looks like he was in pre-game warmups when he did it. I'd definitely do another pack of these.