Defensive gamers in soccer don’t get sufficient pastime love.
Loads of cardboard consideration is dedicated to quarterbacks and different ability place gamers, and because of this, standout gamers on the other facet of the ball are too steadily missed.
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That’s the case for Green Bay Packers famous person defensive finish Micah Parsons.
Parsons is a generational expertise, the sort of participant who has the flexibility to form the result of a recreation by himself.
While Parsons’ cards have skilled upticks in worth and gross sales quantity since he was traded from the Cowboys within the offseason, they haven’t reached the identical ranges as different high offensive gamers.
Here are a couple of different standout defensive gamers who’re worth collecting and their key cards:
Dick Butkus
Who: Bruising linebacker for the Chicago Bears turned actor
Key card: 1966 Philadelphia #31 RC
Note: Considered one of the enduring units in soccer card historical past. Philadelphia swooped in to amass the rights to supply NFL cards, whereas Topps secured AFL rights, resulting in the Joe Namath RC.
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Lawrence Taylor
Who: Menacing linebacker who, together with the “Big Blue Wrecking Crew,” led the Giants to 2 Super Bowl titles.
Key card: 1982 Topps #434 RC
Note: Taylor and Alan Page are the one defensive gamers to win league MVP.
Reggie White
Who: The “Minister of Defense” amassed 198 sacks throughout his NFL profession.
Key card: 1984 Topps USFL #58 and 1986 Topps #275
Note: A standout USFL participant, White appeared on his USFL launch with the Memphis Showboats earlier than changing into an NFL star with the Eagles and later, Packers.
Ray Lewis
Who: Ravens linebacker who energized the gang together with his pregame entrance dances and in-game tackles.
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Key card: 1996 Bowman’s Best #164 Atomic Refractor
Note: Bowman’s Best featured the primary atomic refractors, which have a checkered sample and are beautiful in hand, throughout 1996-97 card releases.
J.J. Watt
Who: Premiere edge rusher who perplexed opposing offenses on the best way to 3 Defensive Player of the Year awards.
Key card: 2011 Playoff Contenders Front Row Tickets AU
Note: With cards of Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Aaron Rogers and Patrick Mahomes, Playoff Contenders ticket autographs of rookies have been a ceremony of passage for 1 / 4 century.
(*6*)Aaron Donald
Who: Dominant defensive sort out who led the Rams to victory in Super Bowl LVI.
Key card: 2014 Panini National Treasures AU
Note: The high-end National Treasures product, recognized for its regal design, marks a becoming entrance for Donald’s NFL profession.