2014 NFLPA Rookie Premiere & 2014 Topps Inception Football Preview

The 2014 NFL Players Association Rookie Premiere is currently underway in Los Angeles.  Fortunately for us card collectors, Topps has been posting some good pictures of the upcoming releases on their Twitter feed.  Below are some of the pictures.

2014 Topps Inception Football Inscription Card

I actually grabbed the above picture from a video.  It shows what the new 2014 Topps Inception Football inscription cards will look like.  I think they look awesome.  I like the ornate gold foil inlay which frames the team logo, and which is underneath the player name.  It's smart of Topps to only put gloss on the actual player image rather than over the entire card.  By not putting gloss on the area where the player will sign this helps ensure that the autograph doesn't smear or scratch off so easily. 

This one is actually a preview of 2014 Bowman Football.  The cards are a little hard to see but from you can see they do look very nice. 

Brandin Cooks is showing off a old school mini.  Notice all the jerseys stacked up behind him?  That is why I don't usually buy or pay a premium for rookie year patch autograph cards.  Those jerseys will hardly be touched by the players.  At the most, each will be worn for minutes or mere moments just so the card companies can claim them as being "event used" or "player worn." 

 Another Inception preview, with tons of jerseys stacked in the background.

Overall, the cards Inception cards look pretty nice.  Obviously, the biggest draw for Inception is that it will be the first high-end release for the 2014 NFL rookie class and it will have tons of on-card autographs.  Unfortunately, some of the players are depicted on their cards as wearing number "00", which is because they haven't been assigned a number yet by their team.