SCF Official Review: 2011 Press Pass

**Enigma** · 04-06-2011, 01:43 AM

First and foremost, I'd like to thank our sponsors at Press Pass for providing us with this box.

28 packs per box
4 cards per pack
Current Retail Price (online): 84.99 - 99.99

Product Description

Once again, Press Pass Football will be the first football product on the market with on-card autographs and game-used jersey cards.

2011 Press Pass Football delivers value and excitement with:
- 5 on-card autographs in every box!
- 8 autograph levels to collect!
- Game-used jersey card from some of the biggest stars in the draft!

WHAT WE PULLED

Base - 100/100 (100%)
Dupes - 19
Power Picks (2) - A.J. Green, Mark Ingram

Class of 2011 (4)
Face To Face (7)
Reflectors /299 (2) - Prince Amukamara, Cam Newton / Tyrod Taylor
Reflectors Proof /100 (1) - DeMarco Murray

Cam Newton Blue Auto /50 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roy Helu Jr. Blue Auto /50

Armon Binns Bronze Auto

Drake Nevis Bronze Auto ***RED INK***

Shane Vereen Gold Auto /99

FINAL RATINGS

Base - 5/5
Design - 3.5/5
Fun - 3.5/5
Value - 4/5
Rebuy - 3/5

Total - 19/25 (76%)

As a collector, one of the best thrills I get is opening a box of Press Pass football. Personally, I've open one every year since 2003 and attempted to put the sets together. But there was something missing that caused my excitement to wane. While I enjoy getting the base set out of the way basically in one box, the lack of college logos really hurts this year's release. College team collectors will feel the letdown when holding a card of a player they followed for possibly years and seeing them with a blank helmet or jersey. The collectors and fans are the ones getting punished with only one licensed company for college football. While this is not the fault of Press Pass, it does hurt the overall product.

With that said, I do think the design work of the primary base set cards is fantastic. Making them look like something you would see on a scoreboard/jumbotron is cool. However, not too keen on the rest of the cards. And Banner Season is now a subset instead of an insert set? One less insert set when there were only three is a buzzkill.

Each box typically has five autographs and some will contain a jersey. The tier levels are the same and the fact they are on-card autos is superb. Press Pass goes out of their way to ensure collectors get placed directly on the card so you know the player actually handled it. But the waiting game for the release of the print runs on red ink and inscription signatures is excruciating. I know the rationale for waiting to release the info, but it doesn't make it "hurt" any less.

While the price is affordable when you consider you get 28 packs in a box, it's up in the air if people go back to by multiple boxes. Sure there's an allure to getting the first on-card autos of the new rookie crop, but you do get a complete base set and virtually half of the insert sets as well. Doesn't leave to go back for unless you are dead set on the autographs.

Once again, I'd like to thank our wonderful sponsors at Press Pass for giving us the opportunity to open and review this release. For more information on all their products, visit them at www.presspassinc.com.

**11chaos** · 04-08-2011, 01:52 AM

Cam - Of course one of the big hits out of this release. I think the rest of the box was pretty solid. Lots of potential with guys SCF pulled. I think almost everyone that was pulled could be drafted.

Roy Helu Jr - 5'-11" 220lbs could be that workhorse for some team. I wouldn't mind picking up a auto or two of his.