Buzz Break: 2025 Score football cards (blaster box)

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The box: 2025 Score football cards (blaster)
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Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 15
Cards per box: 90
Base set completion: 
41 of 300 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Anthony Richardson, Lamar Jackson, Aidan Hutchinson, Drake London, Josh Jacobs, Micah Parsons, Michael Vick, Chris Long, Don Majkowski, Joe Thomas, Ronde Barber

Rookie Cards* – See below.

Insert cards: 48 (all in gallery below with some base)
Rookies* (24) – Notables include Cam Ward, Travis Hunter, Quinshon Judkins, Will Howard, Ja'Corey Brooks, Emeka Egbuka, Tyler Warren, Mason Graham, Omarion Hampton, Walter Nolen, Tyleik Williams (see all in rookies gallery)
Green parallels (3) – Jared Goff, Ladd McConkey, Austin Ekeler
Green rookie parallels (1) – Xavier Restrepo
Lava parallels (1) – Blake Corum (/799)
Anniversary Rookies (1990 MLB design throwback) (2) – Ashton Jeanty, Emeka Egbuka
Sack Attack (3) – Danielle Hunter, Andrew Van Ginkel, Kyle Van Noy
Celebration (5) – Malik Nabers, Michael Penix Jr., Puka Nakua, Mike Evans, Trey McBride
First Ballot (2) – Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell
League Leaders (2) – Nick Westbrook, Karen Kinchens
League Leaders Gold (1) – Saquon Barkley
Throwbacks (4) – Caleb Williams, Garrett Wilson, CeeDee Lamb, Cade Otton

(* -- Since the rookies are, oddly, numbered separately from the veterans on a checklist of their own for this release, they are technically inserts and not Rookie Cards.)

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Stars Of The NFL Jerseys (1) – A.J. Brown

What's Buzz-worthy: While I think Score-A-Treat was a big downgrade this year, this edition of Score included quite a bit to like for a blaster box and at a blaster-box price. It was an A+ blaster (though can be topped) and I came really close to giving this product an A+ grade, too, but one thing that I know is bugging some collectors here is a bit of a love-hate enigma for me, too. That pylon. Do I love it? Do I hate it? Perhaps a bit of both -- I think there might be less conflict in my design mind if the helmets near them were also three-dimensional images skewed along those stripes or perhaps if the pylons were simply smaller ... but they do make this one unique. A nice return here this year -- at least in my two blaster boxes -- was a memorabilia card each time as well as a serial-numbered card each time. Are they big finds? They could be -- so that's why I like their presence -- with this box perhaps not that big of a deal but I like them vs. not having them. The photos here are relatively strong and cleanly cropped -- not distant like some (too many) Panini America brands -- and the mix of inserts is once again meaty and strong despite blasters being smaller this year vs. the 2024 release. (Oddly, the box still felt like an upgrade.) The weird part this year is the rookies being pulled out to their own 100-card checklist and not numbered as part of the base set with the veterans. By definition, this makes them insert cards ... for those who care about definitions. The insert designs also feel more crisp and modern vs. a 1990ish homage and a nice surprise was the 1990 MLB design being used for the throwback rookies this year (35th anniversary there). That design hasn't, off the top of my head, been revived that much since back then. My mix of rookies here was strong with the top two picks as well as some other names of note, while the Green parallels do seem a little susceptible to damage with the color and funky corners (both boxes). This box made a strong first impression with me and, while I don't think I'm a big enough of a fan of everything (or NFL cards in general right now ... can't afford to collect it all) to spring for a hobby box, I will likely do another round of blasters here to dabble a few times. This one is a throwback break in a lot of ways -- back to the days of long ago where Score wrappers were plastic baggies or back to a decade-plus ago where you could go to a retail aisle and find real (auto-mem) hits in most boxes and grab a few. This one was a bargain-priced win.

Product Grade: A 
Box Grade: A+
Fun Grade: A-

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