Buzz Break: 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football (blaster box)

From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there’s a box you’d want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion: 
8 of 100 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards: Tony Romo, Darren Sproles, Calvin Johnson, Doug Martin, Frank Gore, Allen Robinson, Luke Kuechly, Kirk Cousins

Buzz Break: 2016 Donruss football Mega Box

From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there’s a box you’d want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2016 Donruss football Mega Box
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 9 (seven 2016 Donruss, two 2015 Gridiron Kings)
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 72
Donruss Base set completion: 
42 of 300 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Eric Dickerson, John Riggins, Kurt Warner, Amari Cooper, Ron Jaworski, Khalil Mack, Dez Bryant, Ray Lewis, Richard Sherman, Jameis Winston, Gale Sayers, Tom Brady

Buzz 12 in 12: Busting a 2016 Donruss Optic football blaster box (Hour 1)

Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long today … this is Hour 1.

The box: 2016 Donruss Optic football cards
The cost: Click here

What’s inside this one? Keep reading …

Fanatics Auctions selling NFLPA Rookie Premiere jerseys & more

You won’t have to wait until the cards arrive for the first piece of the action from this year’s NFLPA Rookie Premiere as long as you head on over to the auction block.

How?

Jerseys, cleats and gloves used by the league’s top collectable rookies who attended the event last month are currently up for sale via Fanatics Auctions.

SAGE Autographed will pack at least 25 autographs per hobby box

The headline says it all for 2016 SAGE Autographed football cards.

SAGE revealed on Tuesday that it is “adding broader content” while noting that all of the base cards are now printed on premium stock and that there will be 24 standard autographed cards and at least one dual autographed card in every box of this hobby-only brand set to arrive on May 25.

Buzz Break: 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football (blaster box)

From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there’s a box you’d want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2016 Panini Contenders Draft Picks football cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Packs per box: 7
Cards per pack: 6
Cards in this box: 42
Base set completion: 
8 of 100 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards: Travis Benjamin, Amari Cooper, Cam Newton, DeAndre Hopkins, Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Kam Chancellor, Marcus Mariota (small box so all cards are listed)

Gallery: 2016 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards

What happens when you take some memorable baseball card designs of the early 1990s, add the latest crop of potential NFL players and autographs?

You get 2016 Leaf Ultimate Draft.

Gallery: 2016 Leaf Metal Draft football cards

Today may be Pro Day for the Ohio State Buckeyes, but Urban Meyer‘s top stars are already being found somewhere else besides the NFL.

They’re on eBay and on 2016 Leaf Metal Draft football cards after the brand arrived this week packing five autographs per box.

First Buzz: 2016 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards

What: 2016 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What’s buzz-worthy: Leaf will offer its second pre-draft football card set next month with Ultimate utilizing some favorite baseball designs from the past for today’s newest football stars — along with future Hall of Famer Tom Brady — in a limited all-autograph release.

Keep reading for more and a full gallery of images.