Sterling is the top of the Bowman line, providing the
biggest “High Risk, High Reward” offering. For 2013 Bowman Sterling Football
the single most important element that can spread that risk would be a strong
rookie class. While is was obvious
this year would not come close to the past 2 years, there is still some
emerging talent, but this does become a prospectors year. The one large drawback is the lack of
editing of the checklist. For a
high end, hit dependent product like this with a release date in November to
include hits from a player like Ryan Swope, who unfortunately retired from the
NFL back in July, just 2 months after he was drafted, is unacceptable. While I understand production
timetables make it difficult to change directions midstream, but at premium
prices the task of editing these kinds of situations from the release should
happen. Otherwise this is a solid
set of cards and if the pitfalls can be avoided, collectors should be happy
with their hits.
Bowman Sterling Football comes in at the high end of our premium
cards category because of the number of hits in each box. Each hobby box contains 6- 5 card pack. Each box should yield a box topper
bonus Rookie Patch card, 2 Auto Relics, 4 Autographs and 6 Jumbo Relic Cards.
Here are some of the cards we pulled.
