Nov 9, 2026

The Football Card Chase: Caleb Williams, Kabooms & MNF Drops

Andrew Gretchko

Week 9 of the 2026 NFL season means cooler weather. It’s not quite “...the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field” levels (yet!), but football card collectors on Courtyard.io are once again searching for the Iceman.

For the second week in a row, Chicago Bears star quarterback Caleb Williams is the most-searched football player on Courtyard.io.

Given the signal-caller’s role in revitalizing the Bears’ offense, which hung 27 on the stout Buccaneers defense last night, coupled with his feature on the cover of Madden, it’s not much of a surprise. Quarterbacks power the NFL, after all.

Perhaps that’s why 13 of the 14-most searched NFL players on Courtyard.io between NFL weeks 8 and 9 were quarterbacks. Here are the highlights:

The Most-Searched Football Player on Courtyard.io Between November 3 and November 8: Caleb Williams
The Top Peer-to-Peer Sale of a Football Card on Courtyard.io’s Marketplace Between November 3 and November 8: 2024 Panini Absolute Kaboom! Horizontal #7 Jayden Daniels (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - Sold for: $1,679.20
The Most Valuable Football Card in Courtyard Packs: 2020 Panini Flawless Rookie Dual Patch Autographs Platinum #3 Joe Burrow (BGS 9.5 GEM MINT) - $80,000

Heading into the highly anticipated Monday Night Football matchup—and potential Super Bowl LXI preview—between the 6-1 Buffalo Bills and the 6-1 Minnesota Vikings, football fans are waiting to see if yet another superstar quarterback, Josh Allen, can overcome the stellar Vikings defense to put some points on the board.

While we wait to see if we’ll get fireworks or a slow-scoring slugfest, Courtyard.io has Monday Night Matchup: Bills at Vikings Packs ($49) available, featuring bounties for graded cards from Josh Allen, Sefon Diggs, Justin Jefferson, and Jordan Addison that are worth a combined $2,173 in fair market value (FMV).

In the meantime, let’s dig into the data so you can help your football card collection sprint to the end zone.

The QB Craze: Most-Searched Football Cards on Courtyard.io

Between November 3rd and November 8th, the start of NFL Week 9 through the week’s NFL Sunday, Caleb Williams was the most-searched football player on Courtyard.io. This isn’t the first time, either. Just last week, Williams took home the same title, too.

With three straight appearances on primetime, all three of them wins, Williams has the big market Bears rolling, and football fans are taking notice.

The Top Football Card Searches on Courtyard Between November 3rd - 8th:

Two of the top-10 are retired (Tom Brady and Joe Montana), one is a much-maligned former first-round pick that’s back on the rise (J.J. McCarthy), and only a single player on the list isn’t a QB: the electric Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs.

While big name quarterbacks tend to drive demand for the league, this list is also indicative of on-field performance in Week 9, where Joe Burrow threw for three TDs and ran for another in the Cincinnati Bengals’ 34-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons, while Patrick Mahomes threw for two TDs in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 35-12 win over the New York Jets.

In addition to real-time action driving demand, football card collectors are also searching for key sets, with “Uptown,” Panini’s famous insert, almost making the top-10 search list on its own.

Top Marketplace Sales: Modern Grails & Vintage Legends

The three highest-priced peer-to-peer football card sales on Courtyard between November 3rd and November 8th were a graded Jayden Daniels Absolute Kaboom! valued at $1,679, a graded Jim Brown 1958 Topps rookie card valued at $1,675, and a graded Jahmyr Gibbs Gold Disco Prizm valued at $678.

2024 Panini Absolute Kaboom! Horizontal #7 Jayden Daniels Rookie Card (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - Sold for: $1,679
1958 Topps #62 Jim Brown Rookie Card (PSA 5 EX) - Sold for: $1,675
2023 Panini Select #198 Jahmyr Gibbs Gold Disco Prizm Rookie Card (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - Sold for: $678

The Washington Commanders are now 2-5-1, and yet football card collectors are still holding out hope that Daniels can be ‘the guy’. Meanwhile, NFL legend Jim Brown, who passed away in 2023, continues to see demand among football card collectors, with four sales of Brown’s rookie card going for over $1,400 on Courtyard’s marketplace over the last two-plus weeks. As the NBA continues to see a boom for its vintage market, perhaps that’s what we’re seeing here, too. And when it comes to Jahmyr Gibbs—the continued on-field success makes the demand unsurprising: On Sunday, the 24-year-old superstar became just one of five players in NFL history to score 11 or more touchdowns in each of their first four seasons.

For sellers, every sale on Courtyard's marketplace carries 0% selling fees, leading to plenty of football card grails getting listed. For buyers, that means the potential for sales you can’t find anywhere else. Time to start scouting!

Week 9 Standouts: Top Cards in Packs & Marketplace Sales

NFL Week 9 was filled with drama, and many of the superstars listed below were responsible for the on-field heroics.

Patrick Mahomes

Mahomes completed 23 of 31 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns (with no interceptions) in the Chiefs' 35-12 win over the Jets.

Best Card in Courtyard.io Football Packs (by FMV): 2017 Panini Donruss Optic #177 Patrick Mahomes II Autograph-Black (PSA 8 NM-MT) - FMV: $26,310
Top Sale on Courtyard.io’s Marketplace (by FMV): 2023 Panini Donruss Optic Downtown! #D6 Patrick Mahomes II (PSA 10 GEM MINT) sold for $2,022.00 on June 22

CeeDee Lamb

With fellow Dallas Cowboys wideout George Pickens out with an injury, Lamb caught 10 of his 16 targets for a whopping 195 yards and a touchdown.

Best Card in Courtyard.io Football Packs (by FMV): 2025 Panini Donruss Downtown #9 CeeDee Lamb (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - FMV: $568
Top Sale on Courtyard.io’s Marketplace (by FMV): 2025 Panini Donruss Downtown #9 CeeDee Lamb (PSA 10 GEM MINT) sold for $525 on September 14

Puka Nacua

Nacua is Matthew Stafford’s undisputed favorite target, and with Davante Adams still out with an injury, Nacua took advantage of the opportunity, hauling in 14 of 19 targets for 150 yards and a touchdown.

Best Card in Courtyard.io Football Packs (by FMV): 2024 Panini Donruss Downtown! #20 Puka Nacua (PSA 9 MINT) - FMV: $420
Top Sale on Courtyard.io’s Marketplace (by FMV): 2025 Panini Donruss Optic Uptown #8 Puka Nacua (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - sold for $488 on October 2.

Bijan Robinson

The only player on this list that played for a losing team this week, the Falcons’ star running back did all he could, putting up 100 rushing yards on 19 attempts, along with 47 more yards in the air and a rushing touchdown, as the Falcons fell to the Bengals in Madrid, Spain.

Best Card in Courtyard.io Football Packs (by FMV): 2023 Panini Donruss Optic Mythical #17 Bijan Robinson Rookie Card (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - FMV: $283
Top Sale on Courtyard.io’s Marketplace (by FMV): 2021 Bowman University Chrome Prospect Autographs #BR Bijan Robinson Red Refractor (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - sold February 20

Ja'Marr Chase

Chase went off in the Bengals’ win over ATL, hauling in 10 receptions for 155 yards and a touchdown, giving the fans in Madrid a taste of what a great NFL offense can produce.

Best Card in Courtyard.io Football Packs (by FMV): 2025 Panini Mosaic Micro Mosaic #21 Ja'Marr Chase (PSA 9 MINT) - FMV: $200.00
Top Sale on Courtyard.io’s Marketplace (by FMV): 2021 Panini Donruss Optic Downtown #DT36 Ja'Marr Chase Rookie Card (BGS 9.5 GEM MINT) - FMV: $959.60, sold for $1,010.00 (105.3% of FMV) on June 30, the only sale above FMV among the six with a listed sale price

Monday Night Matchup: Bills vs. Vikings Pack Drops

Monday Night Football is among the biggest games of the week every week, but Week 9’s clash of the titans feels like a potential Super Bowl preview—even if the Vikings barely have more touchdowns scored than weeks played.

For the next 24 hours, football fans on Courtyard.io can get in on the action via the Monday Night Matchup: Bills at Vikings pack ($49). Featuring four chase cards worth a combined $2,173 in fair market value, collectors that pull any of the four grails—and hold onto them until Tuesday, November 10th—will receive a bounty of 100,000 Courtyard Points, a value of $500. Here’s what to look out for:

2024 Panini Donruss Downtown! #2 Josh Allen (PSA 9 MINT) - FMV: $877

This is undoubtedly the top chase in the pack for Bills fans. Allen was the third most-searched football player on Courtyard this week, and remains one of the league’s best players, not to mention he’s an all-time fan favorite in Buffalo. Can he get the job done on the road?

2025 Panini Phoenix Color Blast #19 Justin Jefferson (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - FMV: $471

The Vikings’ superstar wide receiver has had a rough year with Kyler Murray at the helm, but the talent certainly hasn’t gone anywhere. This is a big time card from Minnesota’s big time player.

2023 Panini Donruss Downtown! #D18 Jordan Addison (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - FMV: $418

A Downtown! insert from Addison's rookie season, this is a chase for Vikings fans that have seen the potential of their #2 wideout.

2023 Panini Prizm Color Blast #CB24 Stefon Diggs (PSA 10 GEM MINT) - FMV: 407

Diggs played for Buffalo from 2020 to 2023, where he combined with Allen to put up four-straight 1,000-yard seasons. However, before starring for the Bills, Diggs was drafted by—and starred for—the Minnesota Vikings. Skol will never forget the Minneapolis Miracle, that’s for sure!

How to Buy, Sell & Vault Football Cards on Courtyard.io

On Courtyard.io, buying an authenticated, graded football card is as easy as choosing your favorite football pack. With pack prices ranging from $15 - $5,000, you’ve got plenty of options—and dozens of grails to chase.

Pull a card you weren’t looking for? On Courtyard.io, every pack pull comes with an instant buyback, allowing you to turn your new card into cash on the spot. You can also choose to add it to your collection and sell it on Courtyard.io’s marketplace, which has 0% selling fees.

For those that open a digital pack and want to proudly display the physical counterpart in their home, you can have any item in your Courtyard.io collection shipped to you, too!

Want to get in on the fun? Rip one of Courtyard.io’s many football packs, browse Courtyard’s marketplace for football cards, and follow us on Instagram and X to let us know what you’re chasing.

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