The Best Topps Football Cards for MNF and TNF
Week 11 hosts the Battle of Texas, with CJ Stroud and the 6-4 Houston squad heading into Dallas (3-6) on Monday evening. With no sun to get in their eyes and no Dak Prescott (possibly for the rest of the season), Houston are big-time favorites, and they need a decisive win to keep them atop their division after their heartbreaking loss to the Lions.
Then, we kick off Week 12 on Thursday night with a divisional matchup: Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland. These teams have inverted records: Pittsburgh is 7-2, and Cleveland is 2-7. Pittsburgh looks like a true playoff dark horse, and Cleveland is grasping for an identity. Can we see the upset?
Make your voice heard – vote on who you think will win the tilts – because this is football, and anything can happen. You know, like a come-from-behind victory after throwing five interceptions.
In honor of these primetime matchups, we’ve gathered a couple of cards from these teams that superfans need to collect—one offensive legend and one defensive legend from past iconic Topps Football sets and the latest Topps Football sets: 2023 Topps Motif Football and 2023 Topps Composite Football.
Happy ripping – now, vote on who you think will win these pivotal matchups!
Monday Night: Dallas and Houston’s Best Cards
Top Houston and Dallas Football Cards
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2023 Topps Motif Football Motif Rookie Relic Autograph Dual Jersey #MRRD-CS
CJ Stroud RC
Player info
• in 2023, led the league in passing yards per game: 273.9
• holds the league record for Most passing attempts without an interception to start a career: 191
Set info
• set features only four players in addition to stroud: (bryce young, will levis, and Anthony Richardson)
card back
• name, city, position, and congratulations on the pull, as well as a guarantee of the signature’s authenticity as witnessed by a topps employee and a notice that the relic is not from any specific game, event, or season
2023 Topps Composite Football Resurgence Swatch Auto #RPA-JW – J.J. Watt /20
player info
• three-time defensive player of the year
• holds the league record for 39 tackles for a loss
set info
• composite football features 12 auto sets
• resurgence swatch autos have nine parallels
card back
• Name, position, and a pledge of the signature’ and player-worn relic’s authenticity as witnessed by a topps representative
2023 Topps Composite Football Topps Chrome® Auto #TCA-ETT
Ed “Too Tall” Jones Purple /175
player info
• Three-time Pro bowl selection
• jones played before sacks were an official stat, but Dallas has their records unofficially putting him at 106 career sacks
set info
• chrome autos feature 93 players with 18 parallels
What they said
• “Ed Jones is a phenomenal athlete. He’s really bright. He’s a guy that belongs in the Ring of Honor. He belongs in the Hall of Fame.” – Gil Brandt, former Cowboys’ personnel chief
2023 Topps Composite Football Composite Swatch Autograph Vertical
Tony Dorsett /50
Player info
• only Dorsett and Marcus Allen are the only two players in history to have won the Heisman Trophy, won the league championship, won the College National Championship, been enshrined in the College Hall of Fame, and been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame
• 1977 rookie of the year
set info
• Swatch auto vertical set features 20 players with five parallels
What they said
• “People ask me to compare Dorsett with other great backs when they came out of college. I think a comparison with Gale Sayers is good. Sayers had that vision.” – Gil Brandt
Top Thursday Night Pittsburgh and Cleveland Football Cards
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2023 Topps Composite Football Black Chrome® Auto #TCBA-RW Rod Woodson /25
Player info
• 1993 defensive player of the year
• led the league with eight interceptions in 2002
Set info
• Composite also features topps brands such as Midnight, Heritage, and Allen & Ginter
card back
• vitals, draft info, and a guarantee that the autograph on this chrome black card is authentic
2023 Topps Composite Football Spotless Spans #SS-9 Hines Ward
player info
• 1,000 career receptions
• 2005 league championship mvp
set info
• spotless spans features 25 players
• 425 card base set
card back
• a recap of ward’s November 2022, in which he had 35 catches for 511 yards and five touchdowns
2023 Topps Motif Football #17 Joe Thomas
player info
• ten-time pro bowler
• selected to the 2010 all-decade team
set info
• 100 card base set with six parallels
What he said
“You have to be able to process 1,000 things that are happening at one time and be able to decide the right technique to use. And have the reaction between what your eyes are seeing and what your hands and feet need to do.” – Joe Thomas
2023 Topps Motif Football Gallery Graphs #GG-MD Michael Dean Perry
Player info
• two-time first-team all-pro
• Brother of William “the refrigerator” perry
set info
• gallery graphs features 49 players with six parallels (and three variations of the printing press parallel)
card back
• name, city, and a pledge from Topps of the authenticity of the on-card signature
