Random Wax: 2018 Playoff Football

If I find these 2018 Playoff football cards in the discounted bin I'll normally jump on them.  Not a lot of frills here but I do like the cards.  We'll kick it off with Christian McCaffrey who is a stud and the only thing keeping my fantasy football team off life support. 

LeSean McCoy may not be the great player he once was but he seems a bit rejuvenated with the Kansas City Chiefs after the Buffalo Bills released him.  He seems like a great fit there as a back who can run and catch.  While I wasn't a big fan before he went to Buffalo I came to respect more what he brought to the team and I was sorry to see him go even if I understand why they did it.

Mike Williams and Kirk Cousins are off to slow starts while Desmond Trufant already has two picks in the first three games.

  The inserts are hit and miss with me.  I'm OK with them one day the other not so much.  The set could do with a bit more variety but the base design still works for me.

BREAKDOWN:

22– Total Cards

6 - RC
3 – Goal Line Parallel
1 – Rookie Wave
1 – Air Command

Random Wax: 2018 Playoff Football

I'm a fan of these 2018 Playoff football cards so I grabbed another pack.  DeVonta Freeman highlighted this pack.  He struggled with injuries for my Falcons but I really like the look of this card with Freeman headed directly towards the camera.  Still irked that retired legends aren't a part of this set.  I'll get over it though.  My pull here was a good one and grabbed some stars and key players from this year's playoff run in Drew Brees, Todd Gurley, Jared Goff, Aaron Donald, Zach Ertz, and Chris Hogan.  I'll always look for more of these cards in future.   

This set isn't insert heavy but the two I did pull were heavy hitters in the league.  The Calvin Ridley rookie card is a good pull and gives my Falcons hope that they are set at WR2 for years to come. 

BREAKDOWN:

40 – Total Cards
5 – RC
1 – Air Command
1 – Thunder & Lightning

2018 Playoff Football

Released just a few weeks ago this is my first look at the 2018 Playoff football and I really like the look of these cards.  There is plenty of color and nice photos here.  These packs contain 40 cards which is a big plus for me and I definitely liked my pull.  Those looking for a large amount of inserts won't find them here as it seems those will fall two to three per pack not including the parallels you'll find.  The big thing missing for me was that was the 2017 Playoff offering had 100 retired greats. That was a big reason for me liking that set so I'm disappointed Panini chose not to  include them in this year's set.  Aesthetically it seems as though they wasted a bit of space at the top and bottom.  Still I really like the cards on first look and I'm sure you'll see more of them in the future.

While the photos on these defensive stars of the league all seem similar I still like the photos.

That Fitz card is a Goal Line parallel which means you'll see Goal Line printed on it and the player's name and position will be in blue foil instead of the standard silver foil.  The backs have a cropped color version of the front photo and nice team logo.  These work for me.

A look at the inserts I pulled and the Baker Mayfield RC.

BREAKDOWN:

40 – Cards

6 - RC

3 – Goal Line

1 – Air Command

1 – Thunder & Lightning