Nominees Selected for 2014 Week 13 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week Honors (Gallery)
We love NFL rookies at Panini America. We love interacting with them at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere every summer. We love the fact that with their potential and their performances, they drive sales of every NFL product we make every year. But you want to know who loves NFL rookies as much as we do? Pepsi and football collectors. Indeed,…
Panini America Planning a 20th Anniversary Celebration for 2014 Absolute Football
Two decades in the constantly evolving trading card industry can sometimes seem like, well, an eternity. In a marketplace often earmarked by here-today, gone-tomorrow releases that both appear and disappear seemingly without warning, Panini America's product portfolio is bolstered by a steady supply of legacy brands that have stood the test of time. Score. Donruss. Elite. Contenders. Certified. National Treasures.…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 Select Football (Preview Gallery)
When Panini America's 2014 Select Football releases in early December, it won't take long at all for collectors to discern the many differences between this version and the one that released last season. For starters, there's an interactive chase element driving the Super Bowl, MVP, Offensive ROY and Defensive ROY inserts that will award collectors holding cards of each category…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Playbook Football (141 Must-See Pics)
If you happened to be by the Panini America Twitter feed late last week, you were in for a special treat -- a virtual front-row seat to packout process for 2014 Playbook Football. It was a process spearheaded by the Panini America Football Product Development Team and brought to you over social media by Brand Manager Chris Barr, who swapped…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014 Crown Royale Football (Gallery)
Panini America's Crown Royale Football, one of the most uniquely designed and instantly recognizable brands in the trading card industry, returns for the 2014 season just one day before Thanksgiving, giving collectors across North America plenty of cornerstone cards for which to be thankful. Crown Royale's calling cards -- the resplendent, hard-signed Rookie Silhouettes -- return for a new season…
Panini America Sheds Light on Rookie Card Variations within 2014 Prizm Football
Now that collectors have had almost two weeks to appreciate Panini America's 2014 Prizm Football, many of them have begun gravitating toward the many Rookie Card variations randomly inserted in the set. The existence of SP and SSP variations within 2014 Prizm Football was certainly no secret. The concept was communicated during the product solicitation process. But exactly which players…
Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater Wins Week 4 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week Honors
Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater of the Minnesota Vikings is the Week 4 2014 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played September 25-29, the NFL announced today. Bridgewater threw for 317 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first NFL start in the Vikings’ 41-28 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Bridgewater was selected from among five finalists through fan votes…
Nominees Announced for 2014 Week 4 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (Card Gallery)
We love NFL rookies at Panini America. We love interacting with them at the NFLPA Rookie Premiere every summer. We love the fact that with their potential and their performances, they drive sales of every NFL product we make every year. But you want to know who loves NFL rookies as much as we do? Pepsi and football collectors. Indeed,…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014 Prizm Football (135 Must-See Pics)
When Panini America's 2014 Prizm Football releases in hobby shops across North America on Friday, the popular brand will usher in a new parallel universe; a colorful, Prizm-infused landscape earmarked by uncanny collectibility and some of the sweetest, most vibrant chase cards of the season so far. Since the berth of the Prizm brand in 2012, collectors have asked for…
The Panini America NFLPA Rookie Premiere Recall: Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater
Later this afternoon, Minnesota Vikings rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater will make his first NFL start, which makes Minnesota's home game against the Atlanta Falcons something of a must-see affair for the countless collectors who made Bridgewater their MCRC (Most Coveted Rookie Card) not long after the Vikings selected him with the last pick of the first round in May's 2014…