Easily my all time favorite Redskin. Hand’s down, my favorite. I loved his humility and consistency. He is the kind of athlete I would want my kid to be, someone you can be proud of and know that he has a ton of respect for the game and has zero problems in doing the work to be great. There aren’t too many guys like this any more and I don’t think he ever really got enough respect after his career was over. But he is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and when he retired was #1 on the all time catch list. That’s pretty good.
I have a couple copies of this card. One that i’ve had the longest is beaten to crap and actually has a couple of holes in it. I thought of using it for the wallet card challenge but decided against it this year but maybe next year? This card seems to be pretty perfect to my laymen’s eyes but it only yielded an 8. Guess it doesn’t really matter…i’m happy with it being slabbed and protected until i don’t want it to be slabbed anymore…kind of thought of shifting to Beckett graded cards for everything 1980’s and beyond but decided to keep it PSA. Anyone have thoughts on PSA vs. Beckett for grading modern cards? I’ve seen arguments for both sides but modern cards seem to carry greater value and graded with Beckett grading. I wasn’t a huge fan of graded cards for a while but feel that a few in my collection are a nice touch!