Buzz Break: 2020 Panini Mosaic NFL (Mega Box)

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The box: 2020 Panini Mosaic NFL Mega Box (Walmart)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one ...

Packs per box: 2
Cards per pack: 20
Cards in this box: 40
Base set completion: 10 of 200 (5 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Tom Brady, Nick Chubb, Jimmy Garoppolo, A.J. Green, Jared Goff, T.Y. Hilton, Curtis Martin, Stefon Diggs, Christian Kirk, Jerry Rice

Inserts/short-prints: 30 (all in gallery below)
Rookie Cards (5) – Joshua Kelley, Lynn Bowden Jr., Gabriel Davis, Derrick Brown, Patrick Queen
NFL Debut (2) – Chase Claypool, Cole Kmet
Hall of Fame (2) – Jerry Rice, Dan Marino
Pro Bowl (1) – Lamar Jackson
Silver Prizm parallels (2) – Cooper Kupp, Joe Mixon
Silver Mosaic Prizm parallels (1) – Jarvis Landry
Reactive Blue Prizm parallels (6) – Amari Cooper, T.J. Watt, D.J. Moore, Darren Waller, Herman Moore, Daniel Jones
Reactive Blue Prizm Hall of Fame parallels (2) – Devin Duvernay, Anthony McFarland Jr.
Reactive Blue Prizm Rookie Card parallels (1) – Jalen Reagor
Reactive Blue Prizm Hall of Fame parallels (1) – Troy Aikman
Flea Flicker (1) – Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper
Got Game? (1) – Michael Thomas
Got Game? Silver Mosaic Prizm parallels (1) – Julian Edelman
Got Game? Green Mosaic Prizm parallels (1) – Saquon Barkley
Will to Win (1) – Derrick Henry
Oldschool (1) – John Elway
Touchdown Masters (1) – Patrick Mahomes

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: The weekly retail reload that brought us fresh NBA boxes of this one also had these (at least for my spot) and this one was the box that vanished faster of the two ... or they got less. Either way, I grabbed it. This particular box isn't as strong as my past NFL break and I'm not sure it included anything "big" but the volume here is comfortable though perhaps not at the $55 price ($40, maybe). These boxes are smaller than their NBA counterparts -- half as many cards -- and that I think can lead to some hit and miss here ... though if you don't hit anything big you might not miss the base cards. The big card here might be the Tom Brady base card or the Mahomes Masters card. There are some other notables but perhaps not at the top tier, so this box wasn't an A to me, nor was it average. Be sure to watch for the red security sticker holding each box closed with this one -- that combined with no Panini logos on wrap could be problematic here with people tampering ... though I say that with this new box here not actually having the red sticker this time. The silver stickers on the mini boxes inside were fine though I'm not sure they always stick that well, either. ... If you want guaranteed ink and more color and possibilities, spring for hobby or FOTL -- there are some huge possibilities there. (I'm more casual on football these days and more of a school/player collector to go all in on pricier boxes, myself.) I like the simplicity of this one a little more than Prizm and it seems to deliver RCs and inserts a little more generously, too. Does it knock Donruss Optic off the  top of my NFL favorites list? We'll see.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B
Fun Grade: B+ (good variety as always but nothing huge this time)

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