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 – Bryce Young, Trevor Lawrence, Jaylen Waddle, Justin Jefferson, Jahmyr Gibbs, George Kittle, Joe Greene, Tedy Bruschi, Donovan McNabb, Jason Taylor, Fran Tarkenton, Edgerrin James

Rookie Cards* – See below.

Insert cards: 48 (all in gallery below with some base)
Rookies* (24) – Notables include Jaxson Dart, Dillon Gabriel, Isaiah Bond, Cam Skattebo, Trevor Etienne, Ollie Gordon II, TreVeyon Henderson (see all in rookies gallery)
Green parallels (3) – Joe Burrow, Raheem Mostert, Ja'Tavion Sanders
Green rookie parallels (1) – TreVeyon Henderson
Stars parallels (1) – Billy Sims (/499)
Anniversary Rookies (1990 MLB design throwback) (2) – Jaxson Dart, Tetairoa McMillan
Sack Attack (3) – Brian Burns, Leonard Williams, Nick Bosa
Celebration (4) – Jayden Daniels, Saquon Barkley, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Sam Darnold
First Ballot (2) – Steve Young, Marshall Faulk
First Ballot Gold (1) – Marshall Faulk
Throwbacks (4) – Calvin Ridley, Jayden Reed, Saquon Barkley, De'Von Achaned
League Leaders (3) – Saquon Barkley, Bo Nix, Kerby Joseph

(* -- 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
Zoned In Jerseys (1) – Xavier Worthy

What's Buzz-worthy: Another blaster with another hit an another mess of everything -- a good thing -- with a pair of Jaxson Dart cards that are a little warmer now than back when I landed this one as part of a pair of boxes. (I actually forgot I had it.) The mix here is fun at a modest price -- something any and all retail-aisle boxes needs right now -- and this one is still a win, but not as big as last time, which was an A+ box. As I noted last time, 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. ... 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 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. 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 is a bargain-priced win -- and I have more incoming.

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

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