kristopher | December 16, 2009
Player: John Elway Card: 1984 John Elway, Card #63 Team/Position: Denver Broncos / Quarterback Cost: $8 for this terribly off-centered beauty. 1984 is one of the few years in the modern era that can compete with the big-boys of the 1950′s. Marino and Elway alone keep the year amongst the greatest of all time. With [...]
kristopher | November 27, 2009
Player: Cris Carter Card: 1989 Score Football, Card #72 Team/Position: Philly Eagles, Minnesota Vikings / Wide Receiver Cost: document.write(‘$0.50′);$0.50 If Cris Carter isn’t a first-ballot Hall of Famer, I don’t know who is. Jerry Rice is obviously going to be a first-ballot guy; but realistically, do you have to be the greatest player at your [...]
kristopher | November 25, 2009
Player: Deion “Prime Time” Sanders Card: 1989 Score Football, Card #246 Team/Position: Falcons, Cowboys, 49ers / Cornerback Cost: $0.50 I absolutely, positively, despise Deion Sanders. As a 49ers fan, it was Deion’s mentoring of Michael Crabtree that finally pushed me over the edge. Sanders is brash and seems to wipe his ass with the mantra, [...]
kristopher | November 16, 2009
Player: Eric Dickerson Card: 1984 Topps Football Card #280 Team/Position: Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts, Oakland Raiders / Runningback Cost: $5.00 For some reason, I feel that runningbacks of the 80′s definitely get lost in the wash. Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders went about destroying records at such a frequency that the Eric Dickersons and [...]
kristopher | November 12, 2009
Player: Steve Atwater Card: 1989 Score Football Card #263 Team/Position: Denver Broncos / Free Safety Cost: 50 cents The 1989 Score set is absolutely loaded with rookies. In ’99, Score re-released quite a few of the ’89 cards with certified autographs. Considering the rookie crop, it was pretty damn amazing. Earlier this year, Score used [...]
kristopher | November 9, 2009
Player: Dwight Stephenson Card: 1984 Topps Football Card #129 Team/Position: Miami Dolphins / Offensive Center Cost: $5.00 When it comes to offensive linemen, induction into the Hall of Fame is almost always preceded by a lengthy NFL career. Linemen almost always gather enough information or dirty tricks to balance the erosion of their athletic ability. [...]
kristopher | November 8, 2009
Player: Warren Moon Card: 1985 Topps Football Card #251 Team/Position: Houston Oilers / Quarterback Cost: $4.00 Topps 1985 football endeavor was a masterpiece, at least in my books. I love the dark black borders and horizontal layout: the cards are quite sharp. It’s not in the same league as the Godfather of black bordered cards, [...]
kristopher | November 7, 2009
Player: Bo Jackson Card: 1987 Topps Football Card #327 Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Halfback Cost: $5 Bo Jackson was absolutely one of the best football players of all time, if you’re basing the list solely on talent. Unfortunately, Jackson’s career, in both football and baseball, was cut far too short by a devastating hip injury. [...]
kristopher | November 3, 2009
Player: Mike Singletary Card: 1983 Topps Card #38 Team/Position: Oakland Raiders / Tackle Cost: Almost Free! I ended up grabbing this Singletary in an ’83 Bears lot; so it came cheap. It’s brutally off-center and it’s pretty freakin’ ugly to boot. Something definitely happened to Topps’ design team when the clock struck 1980. Green and Purple [...]
kristopher | October 29, 2009
Player: Bruce Matthews Card: 1989 Topps Card #91 Team/Position: Houston Oilers / Center-Guard Cost: 25-delicious-cents Bruce Matthews played a long, long, time. When it comes to playing well past your physical prime, you basically get a choice between Quarterback or Offensive Center. Both positions emphasize superior intellect over raw-physical ability — It takes a different breed [...]
