New Orleans and Denver’s Best Cards
What happens when Denver, one of the league’s best defenses and worst offenses, collides with a New Orleans team that started the season with an offensive bang but now has a plethora of injuries and a porous defense? Can rookie Spencer Rattler, Alvin Kamara, and co. be enough to overcome a Denver team without their stud cornerback Patrick Surtain?
And what about Bo Nix and Courtland Sutton? Will they be able to get their offense clicking? There’s also the subtext of Sean Payton taking on his old team. Maybe he’ll finally get Jaleel Mclaughlin going in that “Darren Sproles role” and Javonte Williams bruising in his “Mark Ingram role.”
It’s a fascinating matchup of two teams with no shortage of iconic players on both sides of the ball. Thursday night’s game will be must-watch TV for football fans because we know games like this can tend to be dramatic and a lot of fun. So we’ve put together a couple of cards from these teams that superfans need to collect—one offensive player and one defensive player each, and all legends.
Top Denver and New Orleans Cards
2023 Topps Composite X-Fractor #180 Terrell Davis
Player info
• Holds the league record for Most rushing touchdowns in a single postseason: (8 in 1997)
• fourth player in league history to rush for over 2000 yards
Set info
• 425 card base set with 14 insert sets (each featuring parallels to chase)
card back
• vitals and his cumulative career stats and a “finest facts” blurb about his extraordinary play in both the playoffs and league championship games, in which he topped 100 yards rushing in all but one of his appearances
2023 Topps Composite Allen & Ginter #415 Deuce McAllister
player info
• sixth in opoy voting in 2003
• won the 2009 league championship
Card info
• inserts include resurgence rookies such as Anthony Richardson and CJ Stroud
• 40 rookies and 60 vets get variation cards using different photos
card back
• Name, position, and a recap of his (often overlooked) career, which truly began in his sophomore season, ripping off three straight 1000+ yard rushing seasons with over 2000 total yards in the 2003 season
2023 Topps Motif Virtuoso Marks #VM-SAT Steve Atwater Auto
player info
• 2x league champion
• 1990s all-decade team
card info
• 100 base cards with 16 auto insert sets
card back
• Team city, position, name, and a pledge of the autograph’s authenticity as witnessed by a topps employee
2011 Topps Chrome® Football Black Chrome #39 Cameron Jordan RC
Player info
• 2010s all-decade team
• 117.5 career sacks as of week 6, 2024
Card info
• 220 card set featuring 27 insert sets
card back
• Vitals, draft info, and a recap of his dominating play at the University of California before being drafted by new orleans with the 24th pick in round 1
