2021 Leaf Draft Football Retail Blaster

 2021 Leaf Draft Football: NFL draft starts today so this retail blaster is perfect for this morning.  These come with a complete 50 card set as well as two autographs.  Where else do you kick this off except with this guy who is the presumptive number one pick tonight.  I hope he does well in the NFL but you just never know.

The fronts are fine design wise and have the Leaf vibe to them.  The lack of logos is of course no fun but for these boxes you're rolling the dice on the autographs. 

We'll see how my two go.  They aren't first round guys but should go somewhere in the draft on Saturday.  This year is definitely the year you' hoping for an auto from a quarterback with so many expected to go in the first round.  The autos came in the top loaders you see here though they weren't in penny sleeves.  The hobby blasters come with three autos but I doubt you can find them for what you pay for these at retail.

The backs have some generic information.  I'd prefer their college stats but it is what it is.  The set comes in a box within the blaster.  Lawrence is the first and last card in the set which can make for some dings which I found on the back of his All-American card.

The All-American cards make up the last 11 cards of the base set and I really like the design.  This box definitely isn't something I'd normally go for but it was there so I said "why not".  There's some fun with these.  I wouldn't grab a second one but it was funning taking a chance.

BREAKDOWN: 
52 – Total Cards
2 - XRC Autographs

2018 Leaf Draft Football

 2018 Leaf Draft Football:  This was the other free pack from my Steel City Collectibles purchase last year.  Not something I'd normally see in my local stores so it's good get a pack in hand.  Leaf doesn't have an NCAA license so plenty of air brushing going on here which hurts the aesthetic.  Pulling a Josh Allen is great though.  Really hoping he can take his game to another level this year and maybe the Bills can win the division for the first time in forever. 

It's a shame we don't see logos as I like the design though it is very simple.  Ronald Jones had a good year last year and will have the opportunity to play alongside Tom Brady this year.  The whole world is waiting to see what the Bucs can do with Tom Terrific under center.  That Riley Ferguson is a gold parallel.

These TD machines were the two inserts.  Neither of these guys are putting up big stats but they are still in the league.  The backs on these cards are fine but college stat lines would have been better.  Overall a good pack that I enjoyed.

BREAKDOWN:

5 – Total Cards
2 – TD Machines
1 – Gold Parallel