Random Wax: 2024 Prestige Football

2024 Prestige:  Andre Tippett was a dominant linebacker in the 80s being inducted into the Hall of Fame while earning 2X All-Pro, 5X Pro-Bowl and All-1980s Team honors.  And the 1985 Defensive Player of the Year got to wear those cool Patriots unis.

Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars had a great season going 13-4 but lost a close Wild Card game to the Buffalo Bills that saw the teams combine for 28 points (14 each) in the 4th quarter.  And wow was it fun to watch.

Panini had last their college license by this point.  Xavier Legette and Adonai Mitchell have become productive receivers in the NFL.

Two nice inserts and two great players. I like both Prestigious Pros and Power House.

These two are Xtra Points parallels giving the cards a shiny aspect.  Malik Nabers has done well in New York and was a nice pull.  I look forward to see what John Harbaugh can do as the Giants' head coach.

We also get retired greats like Drew Brees on this For the Record insert.  Nice card.  Any given Sunday cards look really good while highlighting specific games from the season.

Could have started the post with A-A-Ron but we'll put him here.  I don't see why Pittsburgh thinks he's a good option to bring back.  No doubt he's one of the great passers we've ever seen, but I saw him many times last year and nothing said he was going to get Pittsburgh to the next level.  That said the Steelers are in purgatory, being good enough to not get a chance at a good QB in the draft but disappointing enough each season to leave their fans wanting more.

BREAKDOWN:

30 – Total Cards

5 – RC

4 – Retired Greats

2 – Xtra Points

1 – Power House

1 – For the Record

1 – Prestigious Pros

1 – Any Given Sunday

Random Wax: 2024 Prestige Football

2024 Prestige:  Ricky Williams was just being Ricky.  In the process he ran for 1,000+ yards 5X while leading the league in rushing with 1,853 yards with the Dolphins in 2002.  The Saints made one of the most infamous trades to draft him. 

Traded by Redskins as 1999 1st round pick (5th overall) to Saints for 1999 1st round pick (12th overall subsequently traded, Cade McNown), 1999 3rd round pick (71st overall subsequently traded, D'Wayne Bates), 1999 4th round pick (107th overall, Nate Stimson), 1999 5th round pick (144th overall subsequently traded, Khari Samuel), 1999 6th round pick (179th overall subsequently traded, Desmond Clark), 1999 7th round pick (218th overall subsequently traded, Billy Miller), 2000 1st round pick (2nd overall, LaVar Arrington) and 2000 3rd round pick (64th overall, Lloyd Harrison)

Pretty good pull in this pack and I like the design.

Panini had lost their rights to college properties so air brushing was back in vogue.  Here we have a Sunburst Xtra Points Parallel. 

All three of these are good.  I especially like Any Given Sunday.  But with no rights to college teams the Alma Mater insert doesn't hit the same.

I enjoy the retired greats in the set.

We end it with a really nice For the Record Jerry Rice.  Total receiving yards is just one of at least seven career records he holds.

BREAKDOWN:

30 – Total Cards

5 – RC

5 – Retired Greats

2 – Sunburst Xtra Points

1 - Dominators

1 – For the Record

1 – Youth Movement

1 – Any Given Sunday

2024 Prestige Football Blaster

2024 Prestige:  Donovan McNabb was an excellent quarterback in the league for a long time.  He took the Eagles to the Conference Championship four times and to one Super Bowl.  Sure, Philly fans will always think they should have won a Super Bowl during that era, but it really was a good run for the Eagles.

I like the design this year.  Different from what were used to with Prestige lately, but it works for me.  It is missing the team logo.  You'll see the logo on the rookie cards but for some reason they are omitted here.  Plenty of room in the corners to add one and bummed they didn't do that.

A little different look for the rookie cards which I like.

Some inserts.  I like Alma Maters but Panini no longer has NCAA licenses so we don't see the alma mater's logo.  Still not sure about Time Stamped or Youth Movement but less questions about the latter.

Three of the Xtra Points inserts including a Green Parallel #/299.  I like these but I have gone back and forth on my opinion some.

I like For the Record.  Anything showing records, highlights, etc.  Prestigious Pros is an okay design.

Who doesn't love retired greats on new cardboard?

The backs are fine.  Nothing special but plenty of color and the basics.

I'll probably pick up more of this.  I like the look and want to see more.

BREAKDOWN:

66 – Total Cards

10 – RC

10 – Retired Greats

5 – Xtra Points

1 – Alma Maters

1 – Time Stamped

1 – For the Record

1 – Prestigious Pros

1 – Youth Movement

1 – Green Parallel #/299