Tag Archives: New York Jets

NFL, WLAF

Esiason, Norman ‘Boomer’ (2)

Action Packed 1990, #33
Action Packed 1991, #34
Fleer 1990, #214
Skybox 1992, #73

CARDS: Action Packed 1990, Action Packed 1991, Fleer 1990, Skybox 1992
ACQUIRED: TTM 2021, C/o Home
SENT: 1/11 RECEIVED: 3/22 (70 days)
* Donation Enclosed

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

A couple of more cards that I wanted to get autographed of Boomer here. I’m glad to see he’s still signing and not stamping anymore. I’ll probably make one final pass at him later for a few last cards. He just had so many great cards during this period.

NFL

Forte, Matt

Topps Platinum 2014, #178 (136/172)

Card: Topps 2014 Platinum Certified (136/172)
Acquired: 2020, EBay

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Had respectable college years from 2004-06, but burst onto the scene with titanic 07 effort rushing for 2127 yards and 23 TDs on 361 carries playing for Tulane.
  • First round selection of the Chicago Bears in 2008, almost immediately became a Fantasy Football darling for the next 7 additional seasons.
  • Rushed for 1238 yards and 8 TDs in rookie year, while catching 63 passes for 477 yards and 4 TDs.
  • In every year with Bears, never failed to have less than 1250 yards from scrimmage.
  • Rushed for over 1000 yards 5 times, while narrowly missing the mark two more additional times.
  • Best season came arguably in 2013, rushing for 1339 yards and 9 TDs on 289 carries, while also catching 74 passes for 594 yards.
  • Caught a career high 101 passes for 808 yards during following season in 2014.
  • Signed with Jets in 2016, and still managed to post 1076 total yards from scrimmage (813 rushing, 263 receiving).
  • Retired after the 2017 season and signed a one day contract in 2018 to retire a Bear.

ACCOLADES:

  • Pro Bowl 2011, 13
  • 2008 NFL All-Rookie Team
  • 100 Greatest Chicago Bears of All-Time

A superior athlete and frequently the best player on the field- among the best in a long line of Bears runningbacks.

-Bears Chairman George McCaskey

NOTES:

Well as COVID began to break out across the country and people started losing jobs EBay started lighting up with great values and snipes I could have for pennies. This was probably the best steal I got. Crazy how long ago it all seems.

I remember my company (at the time) telling us that we were going to work from home the next two weeks. We all sort of took it in stride because it was during Spring Break, so it felt good to get out of the office and WFH.

I was keeping a lid on it though. I got out early and went and got my kid from daycare and informed them we wouldn’t be back until this cleared up… maybe… 3 months or so right? We rushed all over town stopping at multiple stores. Things were getting cleared out but I was piecemealing it together so we could bunk down for 2 weeks.

Then the weeks and months went by. COVID didn’t get better. It got worse. At first we were really fine with it. We saved a ton of money and financially I got myself into a better place, but as time drug on, eventually things got back to a new normal- in its own, strange way.

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AAF, NFL

Barnes, Deion

CARD: Topps AAF 2019
ACQUIRED: TTM 2019, C/o Home
SENT: 6/3/19 RECEIVED: 6/27/19 (24 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Played from 2012 to 2014 at LB for Penn State.
  • Logged 99 total tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, 4 pass deflections and 5 forced fumbles over his college career.
  • Wasn’t selected in 2015 NFL Draft, but signed with the New York Jets.
  • After being waived that year, was signed to the Chiefs practice squad and cut in 2016.
  • Stayed in playing shape, and signed with the San Antonio Commanders of the AAF in 2018.
  • Started all 8 games for SA, posting 16 total tackles and 2 sacks.
  • After league ceased operations, returned to Penn State and as of 2022 is a graduate assistant.

NOTES:

As a Commanders fan I was happy to get Deion’s autograph back- sort of… I mean, is this a crayon or a faded Vis-A-Vis he signed with? Just terrible. I may send to him again to cover this one and hopefully he will sign it better.