Football — Cardboard Police

September 01, 2026

2006 Topps #334 Devin Hester RC — 366 PSA 10s in 661, and the Card Calls Him a Cornerback

The last four football cards to run in this slot produced twelve PSA 10s between them. This one produced 366. PSA has assigned a straight grade to 661 copies of the 2006 Topps Devin Hester rookie, and more than half of them came back a 10. The car...

Card of the Day Football Topps Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0299 Misdemeanor

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August 29, 2026

1974 Topps #219 Ray Guy RC — Three PSA 10s, and the Card Next Door Is Franco Harris

The Pro Football Hall of Fame did not enshrine a punter until 2014, and that punter's rookie card sits one number below Franco Harris in the same 1974 Topps set. PSA has assigned a straight grade to 741 copies of Ray Guy's #219. Three of them came ba...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0293 Misdemeanor

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August 28, 2026

Packman Opens 2026 Topps Flagship Football Retail on Release Day — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE Every number that came out of 2026 Topps Flagship Football's opening week came from the top of the product. Case hits and low-numbered rookie autographs — the cards at the far end of a hobby box's odds. This blog filed those figure...

Video of the Day Football Topps Sealed Product

CASE #0292 Informational

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August 28, 2026

All Kings Owned 2026 Topps Flagship Football’s Opening Week — a Mendoza SSP at $6,500

Six days after 2026 Topps Flagship Football reached shelves, the top of the product had not settled down. It had gone up. Sports Illustrated published a first-24-hours sales rundown on August 22 and a rookie sales follow-up on August 27. Read side by...

Hobby Article Football Market Analysis Topps NFL Rookie Card

CASE #0291 Informational

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August 28, 2026

1970 Topps #25 Jan Stenerud RC — Nine PSA 10s in 762, and Canton's First Pure Kicker

The 1970 Topps football design tucks each player's position into a little brown football in the bottom corner of the card. On card #25, that football reads KICKER. In every case file this blog has published, it has never once run the word. No kicker,...

Card of the Day Football Topps Vintage Hall of Fame

CASE #0290 Misdemeanor

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August 27, 2026

Topps Retires the NFL PREM1ERE Patch for Debut Patches — the Format Behind a $1.11 Million Skenes Card

Topps announced on August 26 that it is retiring the "PREM1ERE" Patch from its NFL program and replacing it with the Debut Patch — the format that produced a $1.11 million Paul Skenes card and the most-chased basketball rookie card of the year. Every...

Hobby Article Football Topps Hobby Trends Rookie Card

CASE #0288 Informational

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August 27, 2026

1971 Topps #245 Joe Greene RC — Zero PSA 10s in 3,296, and Fourteen Nines Behind a Black Border

The card above is a PSA NM-MT 8, certification number 14003129. On most vintage football cards that is a very good copy sitting two rungs below the ceiling. On this one it is sitting two rungs below nothing at all. PSA has certified 3,296 copies of ...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

CASE #0287 Misdemeanor

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August 26, 2026

1935 National Chicle #34 Bronko Nagurski — 187 Graded, One Mint 9, and Not a Single 10

PSA has graded the 1935 National Chicle Bronko Nagurski 187 times and has never once written a ten on the label. Not a single Gem Mint copy exists. There is exactly one Mint 9. There are six NM-MT 8s. The other 180 grade below that. The card picture...

Card of the Day Football PSA Vintage Rookie Card Pre-War

CASE #0284 Misdemeanor

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August 25, 2026

A $414,800 Peyton Manning Rookie Just Set His Card Record — Without an Autograph

The most expensive Peyton Manning card ever sold at public auction does not have his signature on it. A one-of-one 1998 SkyBox Metal Universe Gem Masters Manning rookie — card No. 189, the only copy produced — drew a $340,000 winning bid in Heritage...

Hobby Article Football Market Analysis Card Prices

CASE #0282 Informational

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August 25, 2026

1982 Topps #51 Anthony Muñoz All-Pro RC — 42 Gems From 2,359, and the Same Gem Rate as Lawrence Taylor

The card above is one of forty-two. PSA has certified 2,359 copies of Anthony Muñoz's 1982 Topps rookie card across every full grade it issues, and exactly 42 of them came back Gem Mint 10. The slab pictured is one of the forty-two — cert 81783861. ...

Card of the Day Football PSA Vintage Rookie Card

CASE #0281 Misdemeanor

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the cardboard chronicle

Tagged: Football

2006 Topps #334 Devin Hester RC — 366 PSA 10s in 661, and the Card Calls Him a Cornerback

1974 Topps #219 Ray Guy RC — Three PSA 10s, and the Card Next Door Is Franco Harris

Packman Opens 2026 Topps Flagship Football Retail on Release Day — Video of the Day

All Kings Owned 2026 Topps Flagship Football’s Opening Week — a Mendoza SSP at $6,500

1970 Topps #25 Jan Stenerud RC — Nine PSA 10s in 762, and Canton's First Pure Kicker

Topps Retires the NFL PREM1ERE Patch for Debut Patches — the Format Behind a $1.11 Million Skenes Card

1971 Topps #245 Joe Greene RC — Zero PSA 10s in 3,296, and Fourteen Nines Behind a Black Border

1935 National Chicle #34 Bronko Nagurski — 187 Graded, One Mint 9, and Not a Single 10

A $414,800 Peyton Manning Rookie Just Set His Card Record — Without an Autograph

1982 Topps #51 Anthony Muñoz All-Pro RC — 42 Gems From 2,359, and the Same Gem Rate as Lawrence Taylor