Panini America Starts Sharing the Signature Mysteries of 2014 Contenders Football

Panini America's 2014 Contenders Football arrived in hobby shops on Thursday to a ready-and-waiting collector base that has spent the last two-plus days in a wrapper-ripping, Rookie Ticket-revealing frenzy. That's certain to continue in the weeks ahead as the many Contenders completists work on building their sets, with one eye always on the set's various variations and short prints. We…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Contenders Football Retail (66 Pics)

When the retail edition of Panini America's 2014 Contenders Football begins arriving on mass-retail store shelves next week, the brand will be packing a bit of history with it. For the first time ever, the fabled Contenders brand will deliver Rookie Ticket Swatches memorabilia cards, a retail-only inclusion that should fit perfectly alongside 2014 Contenders Football's calling-card Rookie Ticket Autographs. In…