It's playoff time, so let's check out another old pack of football cards. This is another one that I found at a card show recently. Upper Deck released a Victory branded set for several years in baseball (and probably longer in hockey), but this claims to be the first edition of a Victory NFL set.
118 - Fred Taylor - Our first card of the pack is a Jacksonville Jaguar. The Jags were still a relatively new franchise at this point.
289 - Jerome Bettis - The "All-Victory-Team" subset design is a bit weird. The dashes are very strange. When you're The Bus, you're going to obscure some of the letters on this busy looking thing.
92 - Herman Moore - Moore was a star player for a team that didn't often have a lot going for it.
66 - Marquez Pope - Pope was new to the Browns (who were, oddly, an expansion team in 1999) so he's shown at practice here.
243 - Travis Jervey - New team with an old uniform. His last name is one letter off from a terrific sports name.
322 - Jamal Anderson - Here's another busy subset design. Jamal Anderson was a huge star for a short time.
217 - Trent Green - Trent Green somewhat famously turned his excellent 1998 season with Washington, only the second of his career, into a big contract where he was supposed to lead the upstart Rams only to be forced to make way for the Kurt Warner Story due to injury.
220 - Amp Lee - Another Rams guy, Lee was always more of a passing catching back.
194 - Rickey Dudley - Years from now, no one is going to be able to keep track what years the Raiders played where.
293 - Jerry Rice - One of the most famous wide receivers of all-time.
292 - Doug Flutie - Flutie's notoriety always seemed to eclipse his actual accomplishments on the field.
420 - Sedrick Irvin - Each pack promises one rookie card, and we get this guy on a trampoline, apparently. I'm not sure if these were short printed or if there just weren't very many rookies in this set.
The last thing in the pack is this bonus sweepstakes card.
2 comments:
As a Steelers fan/collector and a Jerome Bettis fan/collector, I have to say I like that card of The Bus. And to be honest, I am not sure if I have a copy of it in my almost 1000 card collection of his cards.
I love the Sedrick Irvin card. It reminds me of some of the old team issue photos, where the players are making exaggerated moves you'd never see in a game--like this one.
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