2008 Donruss Threads, Part VII

There are quite a few sports card blogs on the interwebs these days, and a fair amount of them will somewhat regularly bust open some product–for review,for ridicule, or just for fun. One thing I’ve noticed, though, is that there rarely seems to be a lot...

2008 Donruss Threads, Part VI

Wow, almost forgot to bust a couple packs before I head out to happy hour–can’t let that happen, now, can we? Pack 13: #89 Justin Fargas #47 Ryan Grant RCM-2 Mario Manningham Rookie Collection Materials, #015/500 #120 Alex Smith #128 Kenny Watson #137 Marc...

2008 Donruss Threads, Part V

Two more packs to start the morning right: Pack 11: #32 Correll Buckhalter #PGK-46 Donovan McNabb Pro Gridiron King #55 Ahman Green #13 Jeff Garcia #70 John Beck Buckhalter and Green couldn’t combine their stats from last year and deserve to be in the set. At...

2008 Donruss Threads, Part IV

Needed an afternoon break, so I grabbed a couple more packs. Pack 9: #29 Thomas Jones #CGK-12 College Gridiron Kings Early Doucet (#152/250) #130 Jamal Lewis #139 Marion Barber III #145 Roydell Williams Williams was better than I thought last year–still...

2008 Donruss Threads, Part III

Three more packs, over lunch: Pack 6: #57 Marvin Harrison #15 LaDanian Tomlinson #118 Cedric Benson #105 Lee Evans #122 Carson Palmer Despite Benson, that would be an ok fantasy football pack–if Harrison’s knee can hold up. He killed one of my teams last...

2008 Donruss Threads, Part II

OK, grabbed three quick packs for now. Noticed something else on the checklist too–they actually label Cards 1-150 as “Commons” on the checklist. How annoying is that? Even Beckett doesn’t classify ALL 150 as just commons–there are also...