2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football Hobby 2 Box Break #3 - PICK YOUR TEAM

2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football chromes out the main Contenders line. Like its inspiration, autographs are a key part of the checklist. But the change in card stock brings with it an opportunity to go in a different, more colorful direction with parallels.

The configuration is also different here. Rather than going with Contenders’ many packs, Contenders Optic has just one pack of six cards. Two of those are autographs with one insert and one parallel joining them.

2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football Checklist Overview

Not only are signatures focal point, but Optic focuses largely on on-card ink.

The centerpiece of the checklist are Rookie Ticket Autographs. Regular Contenders has parallels that revolve largely on different levels of tickets and corresponding games. Here, it’s the more common rainbow approach that virtually all chromium releases use.

2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football Rookie Ticket Autographs Blue Anthony Richardson

Looking to Contenders’ past are Tribute Autographs that recreate some of the brand’s classic cards this time with Optic’s stock.

Throwback Rookie Autographs take familiar designs and apply them to today’s players.

Rookie Patch Autographs fall one per case.

Going from rookies to legends is All-Time Contenders Autographs.

2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football All-Time Contenders Autographs Bo Jackson

Legitness and Now Contending are a pair of case hit inserts.

2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football Now Contending Puka Nacua

Other standard inserts include First Class Ticket, Lottery Ticket, Optic Illusions, Splitting Image, and Up and Coming.

There’s also a standard base set that falls under the Season Ticket banner. The parallels here are not just single colors but some that combine multiple like Marble versions.

2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football Marble Patrick Mahomes

2023 Panini Contenders Optic Football cards at a glance:

Cards per pack: Hobby – 6
Packs per box: Hobby – 1
Boxes per case: Hobby – 20
Set size: 207 cards
Release date (subject to change): August 14, 2024

What to expect in a hobby box:

Autographs – 2
Inserts – 1
Parallels – 1
Base Cards – 2