Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Complete List of Seventh Round Picks in the 2011 NFL Draft


Here is the complete list of the 7th round picks in the 2011 NFL Draft


#1 – Virgil Green – Denver Broncos (by trade with the Carolina Panthers through the Green Bay Packers)
#2 – Lazarius Levingston – Seattle Seahawks (by trade with the Denver Broncos through the Detroit Lions)
#3 – Justin Rogers –Buffalo Bills
#4 – Korey Lindsey – Cincinnati Bengals
#5 – Greg McElroy  – New York Jets (by trade with the Arizona Cardinals)
#6 – Johnny Culbreath  – Detroit Lions (by trade with the Cleveland Browns through the Seattle Seahawks)
#7 – Andrew Jackson – Atlanta Falcons (by trade with the Detroit Lions)
#8 – Bruce Miller  – San Francisco 49ers
#9 – Zach Clayton  – Tennessee Titans
#10 – Brandyn Thompson  – Washington Redskins
#11 – Derek Newman  – Houston Texans
#12 –  D’Aundre Reed – Minnesota Vikings
#13 – Mikail Baker  – St. Louis Rams
#14 – Maurice Hurt  – Washington Redskins (by trade with the Miami Dolphins)
#15 – Ryan Taylor  – Green Bay Packers (by trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars through the Miami Dolphins)
#16 – Malcolm Williams  – New England Patriots (by trade with the Oakland Raiders)
#17 – Shaun Chapas  – Dallas Cowboys (by trade with the San Diego Chargers)
#18 – Da’Rel Scott  – New York Giants
#19 – Anthony Gaitor –Tampa Bay Buccaneers
#20 - Shane Bannon – Kansas City Chiefs
#21 – Markus White  – Washington Redskins (by trade with the Indianapolis Colts)
#22 – Anthony Allen  – Baltimore Ravens (by trade with the Philadelphia Eagles)
#23 – Greg Romeus  – New Orleans Saints
#24 – Scotty McKnight – New York Jets (by trade with the Seattle Seahawks through the Philadelphia Eagles)
#25 – Jabara Williams  – St. Louis Rams (by trade with the Baltimore Ravens)
#26 – Jonathan Nelson  – St. Louis Rams (by trade with the Atlanta Falcons)
#27 –  Cliff Mathews – Atlanta Falcons (by trade with the New England Patriots)
#28 – Frank Kearse  – Miami Dolphins (by trade with the New York Jets through the Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers)
#29 – Baron Batch  – Pittsburgh Steelers
#30 – Lawrence Guy  – Green Bay Packers
#31 – Andrew Gachkar  – San Diego Chargers
#32 – Jimmy Wilson – Miami Dolphins
#33 – Stephen Burton – Minnesota Vikings (Compensatory Selection)
#34 – Greg Lloyd – Philadelphia Eagles (Compensatory Selection)
#35 – Daniel Hardy - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Compensatory Selection)
#36 – Michael Person – San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)
#37 – Stanley Havili– Philadelphia Eagles (Compensatory Selection)
#38 – David Ausberry– Oakland Raiders (Compensatory Selection)
#39 – Malcom Smith – Seattle Seahawks (Compensatory Selection)
#40 – Nate Bussey – New Orleans Saints (Compensatory Selection)
#41 – Lee Ziemba – Carolina Panthers (Compensatory Selection)
#42 – Michael Jasper – Buffalo Bills (Compensatory Selection)
#43 – Jay Finley – Cincinnati Bengals (Compensatory Selection)
#44 – Jeremy Beal – Denver Broncos (Compensatory Selection)
#45 – Eric Hagg – Cleveland Browns (Compensatory Selection)
#46 – Demarco Sampson – Arizona Cardinals (Compensatory Selection)
#47 – Curtis Holcomb – San Francisco 49ers (Compensatory Selection)
#48 – Tommie Campbell – Tennessee Titans (Compensatory Selection)
#49 – Bill Nagy – Dallas Cowboys (Compensatory Selection)
#50 – Chris Neild – Washington Redskins (Compensatory Selection)
#51 – Cheta Ozougwu – Houston Texans (Compensatory Selection)

The Complete List of Sixth Round Picks in the 2011 NFL Draft


Here is the complete list of the 6th round picks in the 2011 NFL Draft

#1 – Lawrence Wilson–Carolina Panthers
#2 – Ryan Whalen – Cincinnati Bengals
#3 – Demarcus Love –Minnesota Vikings (by trade with the Denver Broncos through the Cleveland Browns)
#4 – Chris White – Buffalo Bills
#5 – Mistral Raymond  – Minnesota Vikings (by trade with the Cleveland Browns)
#6 – Quan Sturdivant  – Arizona Cardinals
#7 – Brandon Fusco  – Minnesota Vikings
#8 – Byron Maxwell  –Seattle Seahawks (by trade with the Detroit Lions)
#9 – Charles Clay  – Miami Dolphins (by trade with the San Francisco 49ers through the Green Bay Packers)
#10 – Byron Stingily - Tennessee Titans
#11 – Dwayne Harris  – Dallas Cowboys
#12 – Evan Royster - Washington Redskins
#13 – Aldrick Robinson  – Washington Redskins (by trade with the Houston Texans)
#14 – Caleb Schlauderaff  – Green Bay Packers (by trade with the Miami Dolphins)
#15 – Tyrod Taylor  – Baltimore Ravens (by trade with the St. Louis Rams)
#16 – Richard Gordon  – Oakland Raiders
#17 – Ronald Johnson  – San Francisco 49ers (by trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars)
#18 – Jordan Todman  –San Diego Chargers
#19 – David Carter – Arizona Cardinals (by trade with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers through the Philadelphia Eagles)
#20 - Greg Jones – New York Giants
#21 – D. J. Smith  – Green Bay Packers (by trade with the Philadelphia Eagles through the Detroit Lions and the Denver Broncos)
#22 – Allen Bradford  – Tampa Bay Buccaneers (by trade with the Kansas City Chiefs)
#23 – Chris Rucker – Indianapolis Colts
#24 – Mike Mohamed – Denver Broncos (by trade with the New Orleans Saints through the New England Patriots)
#25 – Colin Jones  – San Francisco 49ers (by trade with the Seattle Seahawks)
#26 – Jason Kelce  – Philadelphia Eagles (by trade with Baltimore Ravens)
#27 – Matt Bosher  – Atlanta Falcons
#28 – Brian Rolle  – Philadelphia Eagles (by trade with the New England Patriots)
#29 – Markell Carter  – New England Patriots (by trade with the New York Jets through the Philadelphia Eagles)
#30 – James Thomas –Chicago Bears
#31 – Keith Williams  – Pittsburgh Steelers
#32 –Ricky Elmore – Green Bay Packers
#33 – Tyler Sash– New York Giants (Complementary Selection)
#34 – Jerrell Powe– Kansas City Chiefs (Complementary Selection)
#35 – Ross Homan- Minnesota Vikings (Complementary Selection)
#36 – Steve Schilling – San Diego Chargers (Complementary Selection)
#37 – Jacquian Williams –New York Giants (Complementary Selection)
#38 - Zachary Williams – Carolina Panthers (Complementary Selection)

The Complete List of Fifth Round Picks in the 2011 NFL Draft



Here is the complete list of the 5th round picks in the 2011 NFL Draft



#1 – Kealoha Pilares –Carolina Panthers
#2 – Johnny White –Buffalo Bills
#3 – Robert Sands – Cincinnati Bengals
#2 –Ricky Stanzi – Kansas City Chiefs (by trade with the Denver Broncos through the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
#5 – Anthony Sherman  – Arizona Cardinals
#6 – Buster Skrine  – Cleveland Browns
#7 – Marcus Cannon  – New England Patriots (by trade with the Houston Texans)
#8 – Brandon Burton – Minnesota Vikings
#9 –  Gabe Miller – Kansas City Chiefs (by trade with the Detroit Lions)
#10 – D. J. Williams  – Green Bay Packers (by trade with the San Francisco 49ers through the Denver Broncos)
#11 – Karl Klug  – Tennessee Titans
#12 – Josh Thomas  – Dallas Cowboys
#13 – Shiloh Keo  – Houston Texans (by trade with the Washington Redskins)
#14 – Jacquizz Rodgers  – Atlanta Falcons (by trade with the St. Louis Rams)
#15 – Dejon Gomes  – Washington Redskins (by trade with the Miami Dolphins)
#16 – Rod Issac – Jacksonville Jaguars
#17 –  Denarius Moore – Oakland Raiders
#18 – Dion Lewis  – Philadelphia Eagles (by trade with the San Diego Chargers)
#19 – Jason Pinkston – Cleveland Browns (by trade with the New York Giants through the Minnesota Vikings)
#20 -  Ahamd Black – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
#21 – Taylor Yates – Houston Texans (by trade with the Indianapolis Colts through the Washington Redskins)
#22 – Jeremy Kerley  – New York Jets (by trade with the Philadelphia Eagles)
#23 – Richard Sherman  – Seattle Seahawks (by trade with the Kansas City Chiefs through the Detroit Lions)
#24 – Niles Paul  – Washington Redskins (by trade with the New Orleans Saints)
#25 – Mark Legree  –Seattle Seahawks
#26 – Douglas Hogue  – Detroit Lions (by trade with the Baltimore Ravens through the Seattle Seahawks)
#27 – Jermale Hines  – St. Louis Rams (by trade with the Atlanta Falcons)
#28 – Lee Smith  – New England Patriots
#29 – Nathan Enderle  – Chicago Bears
#30 – Julian Vandervelde  – Philadelphia Eagles (by trade with the New York Jets)
#31 – Chris Carter – Pittsburgh Steelers
#32 – Daniel Kilgore – San Francisco 49ers (by trade with the Green Bay Packers)
#33 – Chykie Brown – Baltimore Ravens (Compensatory Selection)
#34 –  Pernell McPhee– Baltimore Ravens (Compensatory Selection)

The Complete List of Fourth Round Picks in the 2011 NFL Draft

Here is the complete list of the 4th round picks in the 2011 NFL Draft


#1 – Brandon Hogan–Carolina Panthers
#2 – K. J. Wright – Seattle Seahawks (by trade with the Denver Broncos through the New England Patriots)
#3 –Da’Norris Searcy –Buffalo Bills
#4 – Clint Boling – Cincinnati Bengals
#5 – Jordan Cameron  –Cleveland Browns
#6 – Sam Acho – Arizona Cardinals
#7 – Luke Stocker – Tampa Bay Buccaneers (by trade with the Washington Redskins through the Philadelphia Eagles)
#8 – Roy Helu  – Washington Redskins
#9 – Christian Ballard  – Minnesota Vikings
#10 – Kris Durham – Seattle Seahawks (by trade with the Detroit Lions)
#11 – Quinton Carter – Denver Broncos (by trade with the San Francisco 49ers)
#12 – Colin McCarthy  – Tennessee Titans
#13 – David Arkin  – Dallas Cowboys
#14 – Edmund Gates –Miami Dolphins
#15 – Greg Salas  – St. Louis Rams
#16 – Chimdi Chekwa  – Oakland Raiders
#17 – Cecil Shorts III – Jacksonville Jaguars
#18 – Kendall Hunter  – San Francisco 49ers (by trade with the San Diego Chargers)
#19 – Casey Matthews – Philadelphia Eagles (by trade with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
#20 - James Brewer – New York Giants
#21 – Jalil Brown  – Kansas City Chiefs
#22 – Delone Carter  – Indianapolis Colts
#23 – Alex Henery – Philadelphia Eagles
#24 – Chris Prosinski  – Jacksonville Jaguars (by trade with the New Orleans Saints)
#25 – Chris Hairston  – Buffalo Bills (by trade with the Seattle Seahawks)
#26 – Tandon Doss –Baltimore Ravens
#27 – Owen Marecic  – Cleveland Browns (by trade with the Atlanta Falcons)
#28 – Taiwan Jones  – Oakland Raiders (by trade with the New England Patriots)
#29 – Bilal Powell  –New York Jets
#30 – Rashad Carmichael – Washington Redskins (by trade with the Chicago Bears through the Washington Redskins)
#31 – Cortez Allen  – Pittsburgh Steelers
#32 –Julius Thomas – Green Bay Packers
#33 – Jamie Harper – Tennessee Titans (Compensatory Selection)
#34 – Davon House– Green Bay Packers (Compensatory Selection)

The Complete List of Third Round Picks in the 2011 NFL Draft

Here are the 3rd round selections in the 2011 NFL Draft


#1 – Terrell McClain –Carolina Panthers
#2 – Dontay Moch – Cincinnati Bengals
#3 – Nate Irving – Denver Broncos
#4 – Kelvin Sheppard – Buffalo Bills
#5 – Robert Housler – Arizona Cardinals
#6 – Justin Houston – Kansas City Chiefs (by trade with the Cleveland Browns)
#7 – DeMarco Murray – Dallas Cowboys
#8 – Martez Wilson – New Orleans Saints (by trade with the Washington Redskins)
#9 – Stevan Ridley – New England Patriots (by trade with the Houston Texans)
#10 – Ryan Mallett – New England Patriots (by trade with the Minnesota Vikings)
#11 – John Moffitt – Seattle Seahawks (by trade with the Detroit Lions)
#12 – William Rackley – Jacksonville Jaguars (by trade with the San Francisco 49ers)
#13 – Jurrell Casey – Tennessee Titans
#14 – Austin Pettis – St. Louis Rams
#15 – Leonard Hankerson – Washington Redskins (by trade with the Miami Dolphins)
#16 – Chris Culliver – San Francisco 49ers (by trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars)
#17 – Demarcus Van Dyke – Oakland Raiders
#18 – Vincent Brown – San Diego Chargers
#19 – Jerrel Jernigan– New York Giants
#20 - Mason Foster – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
#21 – Jan Reid – Baltimore Ravens
#22 – Allen Bailey – Kansas City Chiefs
#23 – Drake Nevis – Indianapolis Colts
#24 – Johnny Patrick –New Orleans Saints
#25 – Shareece Wright – San Diego Chargers (by trade with the Seattle Seahawks)
#26 – Curtis Marsh – Philadelphia Eagles (by trade with the Baltimore Ravens)
#27 – Akeem Dent – Atlanta Falcons
#28 – Joseph Barksdale – Oakland Raiders (by trade with the New England Patriots)
#29 – Chris Conte – Chicago Bears
#30 – Kenrick Ellis – New York Jets
#31 – Curtis Brown – Pittsburgh Steelers
#32 – Alex Green – Green Bay Packers
#33 – Slone Fua – Carolina Panthers (Compensatory Selection)

The Complete List of Second Round Picks in the 2011 NFL Draft in Football Cards

Here are the 2nd round picks of the 2011 NFL Draft in Football Cards.

#1 – Ras-I Dowling – New England Patriots (by trade with the Carolina Panthers)

#2 – Aaron Williams – Buffalo Bills

#3 – Andy Dalton - Cincinnati Bengals

#4 – Colin Kaepernick – San Francisco 49ers

#5 – Jabaal Sheard – Cleveland Browns

#6 – Ryan Williams – Arizona Cardinals

#7 – Akeem Ayers – Tennessee Titans

#8 – Bruce Carter – Dallas Cowboys

#9 – Jarvis Jenkins – Washington Redskins

#10 – Brooks Reed – Houston Texans

#11 – Kyle Rudolph – Minnesota Vikings

#12 – Titus Young – Detroit Lions

#13 – Rahim Moore – Denver Broncos (by trade with the San Francisco 49ers)

#14 - Orlando Franklin – Denver Broncos (by trade with the Miami Dolphins)

#15 – Lance Kendricks – St. Louis Rams

#16 – Stefen Wisniewski – Oakland Raiders

#17 – Ben Ijalana – Indianapolis Colts (by trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars through the Washington Redskins)

#18 – Marcus Gilchrist – San Diego Chargers

#19 – Da’Quan Bowers – Tampa Bay Buccaneers

#20 - Marvin Austin – New York Giants

#21 – Stephen Paea – Chicago Bears (by trade with the Indianapolis Colts through the Washington Redskins)

#22 – Jaiquawn Jarrett – Philadelphia Eagles

#23 – Rodney Hudson – Kansas City Chiefs

#24 – Shane Vereen – New England Patriots (by trade with the New Orleans Saints)

#25 – Mikel Leshoure – Detroit Lions (by trade with the Seattle Seahawks)

#26 – Torrey Smith – Baltimore Ravens

#27 - Greg Little – Cleveland Browns (by trade with the Atlanta Falcons)

#28 – Brandon Harris – Houston Texans (by trade with the New England Patriots)

#29 – Jonas Mouton – San Diego Chargers (by trade with the New York Jets)

#30 – Daniel Thomas – Miami Dolphins (by trade with the Chicago Bears through the Washington Redskins)

#31 – Marcus Gilbert – Pittsburgh Steelers

#32 – Randall Cobb – Green Bay Packers

Friday, April 29, 2011

Bob Feller signs a kid

Bob Feller signs a kid!

2011 Topps Tribute Baseball Cards. An All About Cards Review


It is challenging to remain objective when writing a review.  It’s even more difficult when reviewing a high end product because it is based on seeing a small example of a larger set.  This challenge gets really difficult when your review includes a box that turns out to be on the extreme side, either really big hits or a terrible break.  

For those of you that saw our break of 2011 Topps Tribute Baseball, (use this link to see the video) you know the box we opened was amazing. So how does one remain objective? 

We pulled a Hank Aaron Triple Relic Auto – one of the best hits of the release.   But what were the chances of that happening for anyone?  Let’s look at the numbers to try and come up with the odds. (PLEASE KEEP IN MIND – These are not Topps official numbers, this is my deductive reasoning and I think it is accurate.)

Base cards for this set are paralleled in Blue to 199, Green to 75, Gold to 50, Black to 10 and a single Red 1/1.  (There are printing plates but even packs that contain those include a parallel card.)  So the total number of parallel cards per player is 335.   There are 100 base player cards so the total amount of parallel cards for the run is 33,500.  Since each pack contains one parallel card, at most, there can be 33,500 packs made for this release.

Hank Aaron’s autograph is on one card, the triple relic auto.  That card come in base to 99, Green to 75, Gold to 20, Black to 5 and there is one Red 1/1 version for a total of 200 Hank Aaron auto cards.

33,500 packs divided by 200 cards equals 167.5 so lets round up and say there is an Aaron auto in every 168 packs.  Not bad odds.   Now consider that these packs are hobby exclusive so they only come in boxes of 6 packs.   So an Aaron auto will be in 1 out of every 28 boxes.  

Now if you were just chasing the Aaron auto even those great odds might not be enough.   But all you have to do is look at some of the names on the checklist of autos.  Ryan Howard, Josh Hamilton, Dave Winfield, Cal Ripkin Jr., Carl Yastzremski, Al Kaline, Tony Gwynn, Juan Marichal, Ryan Braun, Ernie Banks, Buster Posey, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Whitey Ford, Willie McCovey, Yogi Berra, Reggie Jackson, Nolan Ryan, Albert Pujols, Ozzie Smith, Alex Rodriguez and Tom Seaver.  All of these players should be at the same odds if not better because some appear on multiple versions.

And let’s not forget the man on the box, Sandy Koufax.

That’s just autographs.   Relics from Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson and a host of others just sweeten the deal.   The image of fish in a barrel comes to mind. 

Will there be boxes of Tribute that are not full of great pulls?  Of course.  But even with that possibility, throw in a great looking base set, nicely redesigned look for the hits and all of this makes it easy to say 2011 Topps Tribute Baseball could be one of the best products of the year.

We classify 2011 Topps Tribute Baseball as premium cards.  Each hobby exclusive box contains 6 – 5 card packs with a promise of one relic or autographed relic card numbered to 99 or less in every pack.

Let's take a look at the cards we pulled from the box.

First from the base set

 Jackie Robinson base card, front and back

  Sandy Koufax base card, front and back

  Alex Rodriguez base card, front and back

From the inserts
 Jim Palmer and Brooks Robinson in blue #/199

 Justin Morneau and Troy Tulowitzki in blue #/199

Josh Hamilton in green #/75

 Bob Gibson in gold #/50

Our hits

 Derek Jeter Quad Relic in green #/75

 Phil Rizzuto Dual Relic #99

 Cal Ripkin Jr. Dual Relic in black #/5

 Duke Snider Auto Relic #/99

 Mike Mussina Auto Relic in green #/75

 Hank Aaron Triple Relic Auto in gold #/20

Overall Look
Last year’s Tribute looked good, but with some small tweaks, the 2011 cards look great.   Bringing out the background more is a great move and makes these cards look sharp. The font selection, layout and gold foiling are all solid and extremely attractive, both front and back.  The subtle shaping of the relic areas is really nice.  The change in sticker styling also works.  The Mike Mussina auto card is a prime example of just how good a sticker auto card can look. 

Quality and Variety of Players
As mentioned above, this is one of the best checklists to date.

Do the hits satisfy?  Are the cards too base heavy?
The vast majority of hits are extremely desirable and if you wind up with a great box like we did, well... it can be a tremendous thrill.  This is one of the few Premium Card base sets enticing enough to want to collect them all.

Will you keep coming back for more?
If you can get your hands on another box, you bet.   Right now demand is out pacing supply.

Rating
 5 out of 5

No doubt 2011 Topps Tribute Baseball will be considered one of the best card releases of the year.


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