Football — Cardboard Police

August 24, 2026

1984 Topps #280 Eric Dickerson RC — 143 Gems From 11,276, and the Same Gem Rate as Marino

The 1983 NFL Draft is remembered for its quarterbacks, and this blog has opened a file on the rookie card of each of the three who reached Canton. John Elway went first overall, Jim Kelly fourteenth, and Dan Marino twenty-seventh — five other quarter...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

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August 24, 2026

One Channel Opened Every 2026 Topps Flagship Football Configuration — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE The first Topps flagship football product in over a decade arrived on August 21, and the question it immediately created was not whether to buy it — it was which box to buy. Wayne Collection posted "I Opened EVERY 2026 Topps Flagsh...

Video of the Day Football Topps Sealed Product

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August 24, 2026

Tom Brady Bought Fernando Mendoza's 1-of-1 'My 1st NFL Auto' — and Nobody Will Say What He Paid

Tom Brady owns the only Fernando Mendoza "My 1st NFL Auto" card that exists. What he paid for it is the one detail nobody involved will attach a number to. Chris Costa, co-founder and managing partner at CardVault by Tom Brady, told the New York Post...

Hobby Article Football Topps NFL Rookie Card

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August 23, 2026

1972 Topps #200 Roger Staubach RC — 4 PSA 10s From 5,626, and More Flawed Nines Than Clean Ones

Roger Staubach was a 30-year-old reigning Super Bowl MVP by the time Topps got around to printing his first card. He had won the Heisman at Navy in 1963, then spent four years of mandatory active duty — including service in Vietnam — before he could ...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

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August 23, 2026

Football's $1 Million Card Club Is Almost One Card — Tom Brady's, 22 Times

Thirty-three players across five sports have now had a card sell for at least $1 million publicly. Football's share of that list is, in practical terms, one man holding one card. The Athletic's Larry Holder, working from Card Ladder's sales database,...

Hobby Article Football Market Analysis NFL Million Dollar Cards

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August 22, 2026

1982 Topps #434 Lawrence Taylor All-Pro RC — 193 Gems From 10,801, and 309 Qualified Eights

The sack did not become an official NFL statistic until 1982. Lawrence Taylor had already spent a full season destroying offenses without the league formally counting the thing he was best at — his 9.5 rookie sacks are still carried as unofficial. Th...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

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August 22, 2026

Sports Card Investor's Day-One Guide to 2026 Topps Flagship Football — Video of the Day

CARDBOARD POLICE 2026 Topps Flagship Football went on sale August 21, and Sports Card Investor published its full-release walkthrough the same day. "2026 Topps Flagship Football Is HERE! Everything You Need to Know" went up at 3:11 p.m. UTC on rele...

Video of the Day Football Topps Sealed Product

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August 21, 2026

1979 Topps #390 Earl Campbell RC — 7,050 Graded, 30 Gems, and 622 Slabs With a Qualifier

The card at the top of this page is one of thirty. That PSA 10 slab — cert 81513350, from the FIGHT4OLDDC Collection — is one of just 30 Gem Mint copies PSA has awarded to the 1979 Topps Earl Campbell rookie in the entire history of the grading compa...

Card of the Day Football Vintage Hall of Fame Rookie Card

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August 20, 2026

First Look: 2026 Topps Flagship Football Jumbo Box — the First Topps Flagship Football in Over a Decade

CARDBOARD POLICE Topps has not made a flagship football set since 2015. As of this week it has, and the boxes are being opened on camera. The channel flon posted this jumbo hobby box break of 2026 Topps Flagship Football on August 20, 2026 — one of...

Video of the Day Football Topps NFL Rookie Card

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August 20, 2026

1990 Score Supplemental #65T Junior Seau — 295 Gems, 186 Eights, and a Population Shaped Upside Down

The slab pictured above is one of 295. PSA cert 40739430, graded GEM MT 10, its label reading 1990 SCORE SUPPLEMENTAL · JUNIOR SEAU · #65T. Now look at the rest of the population, because this card's grade distribution is upside down. There are more...

Card of the Day Football Hall of Fame Junk Wax Rookie Card

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the cardboard chronicle

Tagged: Football

1984 Topps #280 Eric Dickerson RC — 143 Gems From 11,276, and the Same Gem Rate as Marino

One Channel Opened Every 2026 Topps Flagship Football Configuration — Video of the Day

Tom Brady Bought Fernando Mendoza's 1-of-1 'My 1st NFL Auto' — and Nobody Will Say What He Paid

1972 Topps #200 Roger Staubach RC — 4 PSA 10s From 5,626, and More Flawed Nines Than Clean Ones

Football's $1 Million Card Club Is Almost One Card — Tom Brady's, 22 Times

1982 Topps #434 Lawrence Taylor All-Pro RC — 193 Gems From 10,801, and 309 Qualified Eights

Sports Card Investor's Day-One Guide to 2026 Topps Flagship Football — Video of the Day

1979 Topps #390 Earl Campbell RC — 7,050 Graded, 30 Gems, and 622 Slabs With a Qualifier

First Look: 2026 Topps Flagship Football Jumbo Box — the First Topps Flagship Football in Over a Decade

1990 Score Supplemental #65T Junior Seau — 295 Gems, 186 Eights, and a Population Shaped Upside Down