Panini Peek: 2011 Plates & Patches Football

For those football collectors who’ve yet to start filling out your holiday wish lists, you now have a reason to start. Panini America today provided the telling first glimpses of 2011 Plates & Patches Football, which boasts a new-and-improved content mix over last season’s debut and a release date of December 14.

New for 2011 on-card-signed, prime-memorabilia Rookie Cards of the top 36 first-year players (including Cam Newton, Randall Cobb, Mark Ingram and Julio Jones) numbered to 499 or less and the all-new Signal Callers insert featuring autographs from the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.

Each box of 2011 Plates & Patches Football will deliver 10 cards, highlighted by one on-card prime-memorabilia Rookie Card, two additional autographs numbered to 499 or less and two memorabilia cards numbered to 299 or less. The product lives up to its name by delivering an extensive and impressive array of printing plate 1/1s, including autographed, prime memorabilia and autographed prime memorabilia versions.

Be sure to stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for additional updates on 2011 Plates & Patches Football. But for now, simply enjoy this exclusive first look at the product.