I just finished up opening this box with my 17 year old son and my 15 year old daughter. It was a good time and worth the $24. It was funny listening to my son who thought every player that he didn't recognice from Madden was a nobody. I imagine if you were only 4 when these were issued you don't have much of a point of reference. On the opening itself. The biggest disappointment was the heavy duplication. Several packs had 2 of the same card in one pack. I think you got either an extreme card or a draft pick card in every pack. As a Packer fan I was very happy to pull an extreme Favre card. We also pulled 5 insert cards in the box. A metalists card of Deion Sanders, a Nightmares Dan Marino, A Nemisis of Dan Marino and Cornelius Bennett, a Power Surge of Drew Bledsoe and another Power Surge of Marshall Faulk.I have had worse results spending $24 on cards. I'll be logging what I got into my collection and will be looking to trade for cards I am missing from series 1.