San Francisco and Seattle’s Best Cards
There’s never a lack of drama when it comes to the NFC West. For the better part of two decades, San Francisco and Seattle have battled it out in one of the league’s toughest divisions. This Thursday, they’re set to clash, with Seattle holding a 3-2 record and San Fran shockingly at 2-3. Let’s set the table.
Seattle’s holding onto the top of the division by a thread, sitting in first place after going 3-0 to start the season, but have dropped their last two. Meanwhile, San Fran has been ravaged by injuries, playing the 2024 season without Christian McCaffery and missing Deebo Samuel and George Kittle for a few respective games. This has put a ton of pressure on Brock Purdy, who looks okay without his superstars around him. Running back Jordan Mason has been admirable, but the team still looks rough around the edges.
Meanwhile, Seattle is seeing the emergence of Jaxson Smith-Njigba as a weapon in its potent offense, and Geno Smith has been able to set the pace for passers around the league. He still leads all quarterbacks in passing yards and is tied with Baker Mayfield for the second-highest completion percentage in the league, at 71.9%—only behind rookie Jayden Daniels (who also dominates Topps Now releases with his superlative play so make sure to keep an eye out for them).
Needless to say, Thursday night’s game is going to be must-watch TV for football fans, and 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 San Francisco and Seattle Cards
2005 Topps Football Frank Gore #418 Rookie RC
Player info
• First player in league history with 12 consecutive 1,200-yards from scrimmage seasons (also a record)
• Third all-time in league rushing yards behind emmitt smith and walter payton
Set info
• 440 card base set with 32 insert sets
card back
• vitals and his career stats by year on the Miami Hurricanes, plus a bio reminding us that he shared a backfield with both Clinton Portis, and Willis Mcgahee
2015 Topps Football Marshawn Lynch 1000 Yard Club #1KYCML
player info
• led the league in tds in 2013 and 2014
• won super bowl XLVIII
Card info
• 500 card base set
• 40 rookies and 60 vets get variation cards using different photos
card back
• Draft info and a season-long breakdown of his rushing stats and those stats translated to fantasy points
2008 Topps Chrome Football Patrick Willis Gold Refractor TC165
player info
• 5x first team all-pro
• 2x NFL tackle leader (2007, 2009)
card info
• 275 base cards with 32 insert sets
card back
• vitals, a rookie of the year logo, and a glowing recap of his rookie season in which he led the league in tackles, was one of three rookies to make the Pro Bowl, and was the only rookie to be named all-pro
2013 Topps Chrome #156 Richard Sherman Camo Refractor #/499
Player info
• led the league in interceptions through his first seven seasons
• led the league in interceptions in 2013
Card info
• 220 card set featuring 109 rookies and 11 refractors
card back
• Vitals, social handles, career stats to that point, and a writeup about the “outspoken” Sherman who is putting his stanford degree in communications to good work, plus a pete carroll quote
