Day 13 Begins in iCollectPanini.com 13 Days of Christmas Sale (2014 Football Bundle)

iCollectPanini.com, the official online store of Panini America, is getting into the holiday spirit in a huge “Ho, Ho, Ho!” kind of way with its “13 Days of Christmas Specials” initiative that will provide 13 unique, one-day offers between now and December 20. Each special offer will be available for 24 hours only (or while supplies last). Today, on the…

Bills Receiver Sammy Watkins Earns Week 2 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week Honors

Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins of the Buffalo Bills is the Week 2 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played September 11-15, the NFL announced today. Watkins caught eight passes for for 117 yards and a touchdown in the Bills' 29-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Watkins was selected from among five finalists through fan votes on NFL.com. The other Week…

Photo Variations Add Rare Rookie Chase to Panini America’s 2014 Prestige Football

Panini America's 2014 Prestige Football has been live for all of six days now -- but that's more than enough time for astute collectors to discover the existence of rare photo-variation SSPs of 10 top rookies in the set: Blake Bortles, Derek Carr, Eric Ebron, Jadeveon Clowney, Johnny Manziel, Marqise Lee, Mike Evans, Sammy Watkins, Teddy Bridgewater and Tre Mason.…

Panini Unwrapped: 2014 Prestige Football

Yesterday afternoon, Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Tim Trout eagerly sat down with one box of the new 2014 Prestige Football to film another memorable episode of Panini Unwrapped. (Actually, they sat down with three boxes of the product, but two of them -- and maybe more -- are going to be given away in a contest detailed after the…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Boxes of 2014 Prestige Football

This time tomorrow, passionate football collectors across North America will get their first crack at 2014 Prestige Football when the longstanding hobby staple releases in hobby shops. But the Panini America Marketing team got its first crack at the product this morning by grabbing three boxes at random and ripping them open -- feverishly. Each hobby box of 2014 Prestige…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Prestige Football (141 Sweet Images)

Whatever it is that you appreciate most in an NFL trading card set, chances are 2014 Prestige Football has it. Acetate. Die-Cuts. Oversized Draft Picks box-toppers. Microetching. On-card autographs from the game's top rookies in their NFL uniforms. Crisp action photography of the game's top rookies in their NFL uniforms. Prime-stuffed patch cards. A nod to fantasy football. Venerable inserts…