Bowman Sterling Football is certianly a product that gets mixed reviews across the board. Most bloggers trash it or avoid it, but yet breakers still break it. Prominent YouTube ripper Truth17 did a 4 box group break, and although he didn’t offer any commentary on the product itself he did seem to enjoy ripping through it. He also hit a nice gold refractor patch autograph of Rob Gronkowski who had a pretty good week 16 and is becoming one of Tom Brady’s favorite redzone targets.
Sterling football definately has it’s issues. The clear number one on that point is the price. Atlanta Sports Cards has boxes at $228.99 and in better economic card times that price might be closer to $250. One thing I always say about price though, is that you know that going into the break.
As always, the refractor finish on the parallel cards is quite stunning. Colored refractors look as good as ever, and the base card checklists include some names that might not have a better card, giving some real sleeper potential to some of the base cards.
Our box included jersey cards of Sam Bradford to Tim Tebow, and the pictured dual autograph of Ryan Mathews and Jahvid Best. A dual autograph of the top two running backs in the draft is definately an exciting hit any any product.
Want to try a box of your own? Comment on this entry for a shot at winning your very own box from The Topps Company
Lots of shiny sticker autographs in the near future!
I’m seriously considering adding football cards to my collecting interests and I have to say that these cards are highly attractive but with the price point, I’ll be picking up various singles that I would like. In any event, great article and I hope to get some nice singles out of that set soon!
The product have some flaws, obviously, but some cards are really nice and the refractors are always a hit.
Nice product, sweet giveway…thanks!
I like the look and would love to break a box
myself
I’d love to grab a Suh or Bradford, but even players like
Haden, Berry, and Allen would be great pulls. Like the looks of
these from the picks above
I know I am in the minority but I have always loved
Sterling. Sure its a spendy box, but if you think about it out of
each pack you get 2 jerseys and an auto. Not many boxes you can get
for $50 that will yeild 3 hits with 1 being an auto. Granted you
get to rip more packs but lets face it only thing most of us are
after is the hits so for $50 I actually think it has good value.
Thats juts my 2 cents.
Some people are getting killed on breaks, but there are some lucky ones.
Love the Sterling product in Baseball. Really beautiful cards, but I fear at this price point it is a little inflated. That said, I would still KILL to bust a box of it.
I’m not a fan of the box price, but once it comes down, 2 relices and an auto per pack isn’t too bad.
Sterling is always a great release. Great design and I love the look of the refractors. Thanks for the contest!
Some really nice cards from this product!
nice stuff
Contest yes
Semms like 90% of the football releases this year included 2 autos and a patch auto as the hits…not that its a bad thing, but whats the real difference between Unrivalved, Platinum, Finest. Still, I like the look of these, shiny is always a win in my book.
I’d LOVE a chance to break a high end product like this and take my chances at pulling something huge… The max price point I can afford is typically below $100 (make that WELL below $100), so thanks for the contest and opportunity!
i love give aways fingers crossed
It’s a really nice product though it’s hit and miss. Would love to get a Tebow.
Honestly, I really like the look of this stuff!
This stuff looks nice.
thanks for the contest. ill try my luck
Count me in!
thanks for the contest!
Would love a shot at this thank you.
Thanks for the opportunity
As usual, thanks for the chance at a free box. I still hate that Topps will put out a product at this price point and have sticker autos. Granted, I’d still love to bust a box if I had the funds. But a high-end product like this should have on card autos.
Thanks for the product review and contest.
I know that people usually don’t like it as their first pick because of the price and everything, but this years set looks IMO better than the last and all around pretty sharp. Topps has definitely made a step this year, now we’ll just see how they hold up on the market, which will be the true “tell” of this set’s success. Thanks for the post & sweet pulls!
Thanks for the contest. I personally do like the look of the product, not sure that I would pay the RRP for it though. Having said that the pulls talked about on this post are pretty sweet!
When is the winner going to be posted??? Just curious how long this contest is running. Thanks!
Hey Brad, the winner has been randomly selected and emailed.
Hey Gilmore this is ty….These parallel cards are sweet!