World Premiere Gallery: 2010 Playoff Contenders Rookie Ticket Autographs
Playoff Contenders Football — like the EA Sports Madden franchise, Christmas or Eminem‘s next album — is one of those wildly anticipated “events” whose every arrival generates considerable buzz and bona fide cause for celebration.
That should make next Wednesday, the official release date for 2010 Playoff Contenders Football, at least a red-letter day and absolutely a national collecting holiday. As I type this, Ben Ecklar and Carlos Torrez, Panini America‘s vaunted football team, are two counties away at our printing facility overseeing the packout process.
But so much of the product’s heaviest lifting has taken place over the last two months as Panini America acquisitions guru Joe White has doggedly tracked the 35 young stars from the 2010 NFL PLAYERS Rookie Premiere whose cornerstone Rookie Ticket Autographed RCs will be signed on-card. Consider what follows, then, the fruits of Joe’s labor.
Enjoy this 33-card piece of hobby heaven and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance all week long for continued exclusive coverage of 2010 Playoff Contenders Football.