Buzz Break: 2025 Score football cards (mega box)

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The box: 2025 Score football cards (mega)
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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: 150
Base set completion: 
98 of 300 (33 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Tua Tagovailoa, Bryce Young, Alvin Kamara, Derrick Henry, Devonta Smith, Will Anderson, Marvin Harrison Jr., Garrett Wilson, Brock Purdy, Xavier Worthy, Ladd McConkey, Jonathan Taylor, Tyreek Hill, Malik Nabers, Dave Casper, Tony Dorsett, Jerome Bettis, Brian Urlacher, Terrell Suggs, Joe Greene, Fran Tarkenton, Edgerrin James, Mark Gastineau

Rookie Cards* – See below.

Insert cards: 51 (all in gallery below with some base)
Rookies* (20) – Notables include Jalen Milroe, Mason Graham, Kelvin Banks Jr., Mykel Williams, Derrick Harmon, Malaki Starks (see all in rookies gallery)
Red parallels (6) – Brian Urlacher, Trent Green, Rich Gannon, Rachaad White, Bucky Irving, Rashid Shaheed
Red rookie parallels (2) – Cam Ward, Savion Williams
Dots Gold parallels (1) – Isaiah Likely (/499)
Anniversary Rookies (1990 MLB design throwback) (2) – Cam Ward, Luther Burden III
Sack Attack (3) – Trey Hendrickson, Dante Fowler Jr., Danielle Hunter
Celebration (4) – Malik Nabers, Josh Allen, Bo Nix, Xavier Worthy, Mike Evans, Jaxon Smith-Njigba
First Ballot (2) – Earl Campbell, Ray Lewis
First Ballot Red (1) – Barry Sanders
Throwbacks (5) – Michael Penix Jr., Malik Nabers, Tony Pollard, Tyreek Hill, Baker Mayfield
League Leaders (3) – Trey Hendrickson, Brandon Aubrey, Zaire Franklin

(* -- 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 Jerseys (1) – Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Had some funky cutting -- different sizes -- among base cards here.

What's Buzz-worthy: I'm not 100-percent sure if my two previous blasters were abnormally good -- I landed a memorabilia card in each of them -- but this larger box seemed like it was about the same save for the parallel volume and a lot more base. A few inserts had more volume than a blaster ... but it was close. The numbered parallels were the same volume here vs. my last blaster while the Reds are cleaner and nicer than Greens ... but I feel like I could have just done a pair of blasters here and come out ahead if all blasters include a numbered card and a traditional hit (auto or memorabilia). ... 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 for a collector with a lot of past and present variety and insert volume. ... As I noted before, 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 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. I'll probably do more blasters if I dip into more of this one.

Product Grade: A 
Box Grade: B+ (Ward is a solid parallel find here but rest of box is more just depth ... rookies crop not greatest this time)
Fun Grade: B+

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