What: 2018 Panini Playoff football cards
Arrives: Nov. 21
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (20 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Playoff takes the field again with a meaty base set of 200 veterans and 100 rookies and a wide selection of newcomers as hits that can offer a tease of what's to come later in the year.

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What's Buzzing Today: Rare Mike Trout Rookie Card parallels, big pulls, player-collector stashes and more.

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Simply put, Atlanta Falcons WR Calvin Ridley arrived on Sunday.

Sure, it was bound to be a low-defense, high-0ffense contest between the Falcons and the Saints but what was surprising was that this first-round pick out of Alabama was the go-to guy for Matt Ryan (374 yards, 5 TDs) seemingly all day long. He caught seven of eight passes that came his way for 146 yards and three touchdowns in a 43-37 overtime loss. Only one WR had a better week when it comes to yardage and nobody else had three TDs receiving or rushing. It wasn't a total surprise as he found the end zone last week -- but he had a completely silent debut in Week 1 that could have quieted some of the hype. >> Check out Calvin Ridley autos on eBay

Falcons fans have been used to a different receiver formerly of the Crimson Tide getting the job done in Julio Jones but Sunday's game from Ridley showed that there could be some amazing things to come this season and beyond -- both together or solo.

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What: 2018 Super Break Football Super Packs
Arrives: Oct. 12
Box basics: One to three cards per box
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What's buzz-worthy: Super Break takes to the gridiron with a limited-run release that includes the top stars in the game today.

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The box: 2018 Donruss NFL cards (blaster box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Packs per box: 11
Cards per pack: 8
Cards per box: 88
Base set completion: 
72 of 300 (24 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Ezekiel Elliott, Kenyan Drake, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Drew Brees, Terry Bradshaw, Julio Jones, Khalil Mack, Tony Dorsett, Mark Ingram, LaDainian Tomlinson, Todd Gurley, Bo Jackson, Earl Campbell, Landon Collins

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A new wave of NFL Funko Pop! toys is on the way and it's packed with some of the biggest names in the game as well as a number of notable newcomers.

But the one thing you won't find this time around?

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What: 2018 Panini XR football cards
Arrives: Sept. 19
Box basics: Two autos and one memorabilia card per two-pack box (15 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Panini XR's sophomore season will once again pack plenty of Rookie Cards, rookie autographs and rookie patch autos inside its boxes -- but that's not all in this colorful release.

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What: 2018 Panini Flawless College Football cards
Arrives: Sept. 19 Oct. 3
Box basics: Two gems, six autographs and two memorabilia cards per box (two boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Flawless takes to the college gridiron for another season with legends of the past and stars of the recent present with a celebration of Saturday action once again in a high-end package.

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A total of 39 new NFL rookies will get the Panini Instant nod in the coming weeks with some of them arriving later today via the company's online card-selling platform.

The 2018 Panini Instant Access set was revealed on Tuesday and it goes on sale beginning at 2 p.m. -- well, at least the first batch of rookies -- with gold-ink autos leading the way.

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What: 2018 Panini National Treasures college football cards
Arrives: Aug. 22
Box basics: Six autographs or memorabilia cards per seven-card box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures returns to the college gridiron for a fourth season with notable college stars from the past showcased with plenty of ink and memorabilia.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Nothing but pulls in today's rundown ... some fun stuff from around the collecting world.

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Forty top NFL rookies were busy signing plenty of cardboard and wearing their pro gear for the first time this weekend and the cardboard to prove it is here already.

Or, rather, Instantly.

Panini Instant had first many of these players' first cards on draft night and it already has three cards per player for those who were on hand at this year's NFLPA Rookie Premiere. While you'll have to wait for many of the cards that were created and signed this weekend to arrive in packs later in the year, these cards are available right now on the company's website.

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What: 2018 Leaf Flash football cards
Arrives: June-July
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's new football line packs plenty of flash and a few flashbacks into its boxes that will be full of nothing but autographed cards with plenty of parallels.

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The packs: 2018 Panini Elite Draft football cards (two retail jumbos)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

Cards per pack: 20
Cards in this lot: 40
Base set completion: 
35 of 208 (17 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Josh Rosen, Josh Allen, Mason Rudolph, Matthew Stafford, Barry Switzer, Alvin Kamara, Brett Favre, Khalil Mack, Dick Butkus, Ozzie Newsome, Emmitt Smith, Amari Cooper, Troy Aikman

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What: 2018 Leaf Valiant football cards
Arrives: May
Box basics: Three autographs and one graded autograph card per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Valiant is back with "not only the most-powerful mix of your players with a heavy focus on offensive skill guys" but also "the stunning Valiant technology of amazingly colorful clean cards."

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What: 2018 Leaf Ultimate Draft football cards
Arrives: April
Box basics: Five autographs per box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf's latest edition of this one will once again be full of nothing but on-card autographs on memorable past designs with the newest NFL hopefuls in what will be a very limited release.

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What: 2018 Leaf Greatest Hits football cards
Arrives: April-May
Box basics: Four buyback cards and one Leaf Valiant Greatest Hits rookie per box (two boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Greatest hits is back once again with a lineup of buybacks that "celebrates everything that's great about football cards."

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What: 2018 Leaf Metal Draft football cards
Arrives: March
Box basics: Five autographs per box (15 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf Metal Draft returns with on-card autographs across the board for the biggest NFL Draft hopefuls this year as well as some new touches that will add to the complexity of the collecting rainbow in this one.

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