Score Takes Over

With Topps out of the football picture in 2016, I had to pick another brand. The choices were Donruss, Panini, and Score, and I went with Score.  Score had been doing football cards for a while already. They were my #2.  After completing the Topps Steelers team set, I'd look to Score to see if they had any additional players. And they almost always did.

Here's a look at the 2016 Score set which I got last month.  They're much more colorful and cheerful than 2015 Topps, which to me is a good thing.

Another thing I like is the way the rookie cards are done. They are mostly game photos from their college teams, instead of random shots from their early pro practices. Carson Wentz here played crazy good for North Dakota State.  We have enough transplanted North Dakotans here in South Dakota that we heard about his college successes a lot, especially when they were at the expense of South Dakota State.

Score has a lot more defensive players in its set. I like how the colors change to match the team in the card.

Here's this year's Super Bowl MVP with his previous team. And here's Peyton Manning's final flagship card from his playing days.  Score only shows the stats from the previous season, so that's not cool.

In my post on the 2015 set I forgot to mention that it was hand colated and missing a card.  It was missing Ha Ha Clinton-Dix of the Packers, and there's nothing funny at all about that. It's now on my want list.

There were a couple good candidates for best super glue shot, but I'm going with this one.  A drop each on the pinkie and ring finger gets you this.  He looks like he's showing someone and motioning what do I do?