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NFL Draft Preview: Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M
Feb 20th
For those that don’t know Ryan Tannehill already, he is ranked as a top 5 QB heading into the draft. Teams like Kansas City and Miami are be eyeing him in the 2nd round if he lasts until then. It is widely posited that he will be a late first rounder but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that if I were you. If you are a fan of any other team in need of QB you would be very happy to have one of those two take him. He’s not very accurate, not very experienced, and has a slow-medium release. He is pretty athletic and sees the field well it seems. He saw a lot of good spots against LSU in the Cotton Bowl last year but missed a lot of them. A year has passed since then but the clips I’ve seen don’t appear to provide evidence that his accuracy has gotten all that much better. All that being said he was only a few points away from taking T&AM to a BCS bowl this year with a lot of tough, close losses.
Ryan will be featured in the upcoming release of the SAGE low series. See the full checklist here.
Mike Sherman recently compared Ryan Tannehill to Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre saying he makes everyone around him better. While it seems a bit outlandish it is important to note that Texas A&M had several close and tough losses this season otherwise they would have been in contention for the Big 12 title. OSU by 1, Arkansas by 4, Mizzou by a TD, Texas by 2 and K-State by a FG in 4 OT’s.
Here he is in the 2011 Cotton Bowl, scout for yourself.
Lastly it is important to consider that Tannehill is definitely a winner. Even if he loses on the field he gets to come home to this, his fiance:
Linsanity: Buy 2010-11 Wax Now!
Feb 13th
You’ve probably noticed that Jeremy Lin is everywhere in the media lately and his cards are disappearing fast and at very high prices. In fact, good luck finding an autographed RC under $100 of this young gun.
If you haven’t already bought some 2010-11 products, specifally Panini products to get Jeremy Lin RC’s and Auto’s chances are you’re going to pay $20-30 more than you would have a week ago. We were able to nab 6 boxes of Panini Classics for $67.95 apiece last Monday. Now you’re lucky to find them under $87.95. Blowout Cards is either currently sold out of most 2010-11 products, once again not the case a week ago, OR they haven’t decided what to post them up at after yanking them when they realized their prices were very low for the current Linsanity market. Dave and Adam’s Card World jumped their prices quite significantly with Absolute at $220 now.
DCS Sportscards has gone out of stock on several of the products as well but does still have Classics posted for $82.95.
Panini did an incredible job of pimping Jeremy Lin and his RC’s in their products this past week and provided some pretty solid price information while they were at it. Here is a repost of their table. Once again this is from last week.
Card of the Day 2/1/2012: 2004-05 Topps Chrome Dwight Howard RC
Feb 1st
2004-05 Topps Chrome Dwight Howard RC
Right now is the time to buy DH12 as his stock seems to be dropping like a lead balloon as his persona grows larger than his play. If he were to be traded, which you would think is inevitable at this point, his values will climb back to their original $8-10 per Topps Chrome RC rather than their current $3-5. Jump on some of them now. Even if he doesn’t get traded this season these are a good investment at less than $5.
The Curious Case of Vernon Davis
Jan 18th
Everyone knows about his huge game this past weekend, but everyone isn’t reacting by buying up his cards. His values saw a bit of a rise but nothing in comparison to Tim Tebow and Demaryius Thomas’s values after they won their Wild Card game. So what’s the deal?
Argument #1: The 49ers were expected to win
First of all, this isn’t true. They were 13-3 and had the bye but Vegas favored New Orleans and if the experts were any indication the 49ers were given essentially no shot to win this game. Obviously this explanation isn’t plausible.
Argument #2: He was a disappointment most of the season, statistically speaking at least, and one game won’t make up for it.
While factually true, this logic doesn’t hold true when compared to Demaryius Thomas who was a mega disappointment with the exception of a few TD’s until the Wild Card weekend.
Argument #3: He’s a Tight End
The Tight End he beat, Jimmy Graham, refutes that point all by his lonesome. His values have risen all season and then still saw a spike after the Wild Card victory.
Argument #4: He’s not as likable as Demaryius Thomas, etc.
While his career under Mike Singletary had a rough start he has been nothing but a model citizen the last year and a half around San Francisco. One needn’t look further than the tears he shed after scoring the game winning TD to see how passionate he is about this game. True fans of the game should love that. I know I do.
Argument #5: Alex Smith is seeing most of the money.
This is probably the best argument as Smith’s 2005 Playoff Contenders jumped from $70 to $150-200 instantly following the last second victory. Frank Gore has also seen a bit of an increase.
Argument #6: The fan base isn’t good enough
Of all the asinine things I’ve heard concerning this topic this one takes the cake. Take a second to look at the 49ers fans and their loyalty and you’ll realize that very few teams have as fierce of fans as San Fran.
While it is true that VD’s value has experienced an uptick many of his RC’s and Auto’s can still be had for bargain prices. Very different scenario than the Demaryius Thomas frenzy of week’s past.
Quick Post: Auctions Only Today
Jan 12th
- The non-numbered base version of this Evan Lysacek Allen & Ginter Autograph usually sells near $20. This red version /10 is only at $15. Not much time left!
- One of these Dual Gary Payton/Paul Pierce autographs recently sold for $30+ and THAT was a deal. This one is under $20 currently.
- “Mikolai” Khabibulin Zenith Truly Yours Auto at $.95 with no bids. Steal waiting to happen.
- Not a super steal but definitely a good price for this Alex Burmistrov Contenders Auto RC.
- Strangely enough this Tim Tebow SP Authentic Auto Patch RC /299 is not selling as high as recent auctions even though everything else with his face on it has gone sky high. $152 currently. 2 colors go in the $190-250 range.
- Sidney Rice Certified Emerald Auto /5… $.99. Easy flip for $10-15.
- Buffalo Sabres fans who aren’t sick of Jhonas Enroth yet should nab this lot of 2 Auto RC’s currently at $6 which is about half the usual value.
- 1 day auction on a Panini Elite Blaine Gabbert RC Auto /199 is at about 1/3 normal value currently. Get it under $16-18. Seller also has a 1 day auction for a Daniel Thomas of the same set.
- Andrea Bargnani has been on fire and his SPX Auto Jsy RC is actually fairly limited at 299 copies. The last few have sold around $30. This one is at $12.
Not a steal but a notable auction: Ricky Rubio Exquisite at over $400.
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Jan 11th
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Here is a sampling of items ending today:
The Chocolate is gone...see the comments in auction.
#'d /29 Platinum Medallion
Morning Roundup and Potential Steals Ending Today
Jan 11th
NHL
The New Jersey Devils got smacked around last night by the Calgary Flames so naturally there was a decent fight to watch. Sadly the flailing and falling involved in the fight was pretty representative of the rest of the Devils night:
My personal favorite performance of the night was the rejuvenated Jaroslav Halak stopping all 19 shots to shutout Montreal in Montreal in his first return to his former arena. He made some amazing saves along the way to the goose egg.
NBA
The Heat fell to a Steph Curry-less Warriors team last night as the Big 3 combined for 76 points. The Warriors didn’t do anything all that special to win this one. They had more fouls and turnovers than the Heatles and they shot a measly 40% compared to Miami’s 45%. This game would have belonged to the Heat if it weren’t for abysmal shooting from the free throw line (25-40). It’s also worth noting that the Heat were up 17 in the second half of this tilt.
Other NBA notable performances included Russell Westbrook’s 30 point game, The Black Mamba’s 48 on the Suns and Stephen Jacksons 34 to help the Bucks knock off the Spurs who are still winless on the road.
Potential Steals for the Day
- I would be remiss not to mention the several auctions we have ending today. All twitter followers and Blog readers get a 5% discount if they win one of our items with no limit on the amount of items you get a discount on.
- Monitor the “Aaron Rogers” search listings over the next couple of weeks. Nothing big has popped up but I’m sure it will.
- Not an amazing steal by any means but if you can snag this Tyler Ennis case hit for less than $10 it’s a solid buy. Currently at $3.56.
- This Yogi Berra would be a nice grab for less than $20-25. It’s currently at $10.
- Torrey Smith Topps Chrome Auto for $8. Could be much more next week. $8 is a bit low but about average. The title of the auction will crack you up though.
- These Dwight Freeney Chrome Auto’s typically sell for $25-30 raw so this one is a deal right now at $11.
- This Cameron Jordan RC Auto/ 10 is stupidly low at $2. His team is still churning along in the playoffs and he had a good day last weekend.
- These Tim Wheeler’s typically go for $7-10. This one is .99 currently.
- Anything less than $75 for this is a GREAT deal. CC Sabathia 1999 Topps Traded Auto RC at $48 now.
That’s all for today!
BCS National Title Hangover, Monday Highlights, Potential Steals Ending Today
Jan 10th
To all that watched the annihilation of the LSU Tigers, specifically Jordan Jefferson, start picking out your NFL teams draft day wishlist by checking out the rosters of LSU and Bama. As I’m sure everyone knows the Tide rolled over LSU 21-0 in quite a showing of dominance holding the Tigers to 92 total yards. The game can fairly easily be summed up in a play or two:
This sack of Jordan Jefferson would be the first, and this silly miscue would be the second.
NBA
The NBA provided a few highlights Monday but of particular interest is the continuing progression of Andrea Bargnani into a star or at least as much of a star as Toronto will allow. He dropped 31 on the Timberwolves last night in a game where Kevin Love looked more human than usual.
NHL
Black Diamond Hockey has been released. The Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and other stud rookie scramble begins yet again. Black Diamond is always one of the better RC products for Hockey. Also this year Upper Deck Ice Premieres with it’s 4 level RC system is being inserted into Black Diamond adding even more value to the product.
Hot Ice Cards:
- Ice Premieres Level 4 – #’d to 1999
- Ice Premieres Level 3 – #’d to 999
- Ice Premieres Level 2 – #’d to 499
- Ice Premieres Level 1 – #’d to 99
In the NHL last night there were notable performances by Scott Clemmensen who bounced back after allowing an early goal to the Canucks to shut them out over the last 55 minutes and Jack Johnson as the Kings rolled the Capitals along with a “Tebow” by Johnson:
Potential Steals of the Day
- Want an instant Eddie Royal stash for $15? This could be big bucks next week if they beat New England.
- Here is a pretty solid 2010-11 Ultimate Hockey Resale lot for $13 at the moment.
- Potential for a super steal on a Claude Giroux lot here. The Young Guns alone are selling for $25 each right now.
- After finishing with over 1,000 yards I like his chances to shine next year. A PSA 10 currently under $20 is a very good deal.
