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 that said, I have no [...]
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 position to be deemed [...]
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, “no man is bigger [...]
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 Marcus Allens of the [...]
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 the ‘89 design on 2009’s [...]
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.
So when a player is [...]
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, 1962 Topps, but it’s [...]
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.
For this reason, I’m not [...]
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 as the two main colours [...]
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 of man to play [...]
