2020 Panini Contenders Ticket Stub Joe Burrow ROOKIE AUTO /9 #101 PSA 10 GEM

Joe Burrow does not really enjoy discussing his stats—unless you are talking about his win-loss record because victories are all that matter to him. “Every game calls for a different Joe,” Burrow said. “If our defense is playing great, I gotta protect the ball, we gotta run the ball well, take the opportunities when they’re there, but don’t push anything. If they’re scoring on the other side of the ball, I might have to take some chances. If we’re not running the ball as well, I might have to take some chances that normally I wouldn’t otherwise in a different game. Every game calls for something different.” Burrow exemplifies that as good as any quarterback, considering the Bengals won three games in 2021 when he threw for more than 400 yards and another four games when he threw for fewer than 200 yards. With an improved offensive line going into the 2022 season, the Bengals hope he will have more time in the pocket to craft those 400-yard passing games, but if only 200 yards are good enough to be on the right side of the scoreboard, you know Burrow will stick to that.

There are many collectors out there who stick to Burrow’s cards—some have a lot of his cards, while some only have a few. But no matter the size of the collection, this month’s Premier Auction likely gives one of them a chance to add something different to their collection. Among the parallels to the popular Rookie Ticket Autos in 2020 Panini Contenders is the Ticket Stub, which offers a serial-numbering system that matches jersey numbers. Therefore, only nine collectors have the chance to own a Ticket Stub parallel of Burrow’s Rookie Auto, which is among the scarcest cards in the set—just 14 players in the 184-card set have a lower production run, so the winning bidder will punch their ticket into a fairly exclusive club.