There are weekends that remind hobby collectors just how unforgiving the prospect game can be, and this was one of them. Luis Robert Jr. and Will Levis both landed on the wrong side of roster moves that once would have seemed impossible for players with their kind of buzz. Add Jonathan Kuminga to the mix, and the message is loud and clear: hype can vanish fast.
Kuminga is a good place to start because his market looked sturdy not long ago. A year ago, the Warriors offered him a three-year, $75 million contract.
He later signed a two-year deal with a lower annual salary, then got traded to the Hawks before the deadline. He had some bright spots there, but the Hawks declined his team option.
From there, he passed on interest from the Lakers and chose Minnesota, where he now sits as a mid-level exemption after once looking like a possible No. 2 option in Golden State.
His card market has felt that slide. One of his more liquid cards, a 2021-22 Panini Prizm Gold Prizm PSA 10, reached $17,220 in February 2025.
Three weeks ago, on August 6, 2026, it sold for $4,279. For a player still starting, that is a brutal decline in just 18 months.
Levis has followed a similarly sharp path. At one point, he was the odds-on favorite to go No. 2 to the Houston Texans.
Houston went with C.J. Stroud instead, and Levis slid to Round 2.
Even after the NFL made it clear he wasn’t a first-round guy, collectors still chased Titans breaks, though Panini products being backed up at the time spared many from the worst overpays. Panini Prizm didn’t even come out until after the 2023 season ended.
Now he’s out altogether. Tennessee waived Levis, and the team had been open to trading him for some time. In three years, he went from potential franchise quarterback to cut.
His card prices have taken the same kind of hit. A PSA 10 Will Levis Optic Downtown Gold /10 once sold for nearly $12,000 in September 2024.
It last changed hands on August 16, 2026, for just $1,600. With the news of his release, it’s fair to wonder where that number would be now.
Then there’s Robert, whose fall may be the harshest of all. MLB Pipeline had him as high as No. 3 in 2020, and the hobby priced him like a future star.
Injuries derailed multiple seasons, with his 2023 All-Star year standing as the exception in between. He was traded to the Mets in January 2026, then placed on waivers this weekend.
The card market has been crushed. A Bowman Chrome Auto Red Refractor that sold for $134,000 in February 2021 is now valued by Card Ladder at $3,895.
Another version of the same Bowman Chrome Auto, a Gold /50 PSA 10, peaked at $24,000 in February 2022 and last sold for $460 on June 3, 2026. That’s a 98.1% drop from its high.
None of this means collectors should stop prospecting. It does mean the risks at the top end are enormous. And while this weekend was a reminder of how fast the floor can fall out, it also helps explain why the summer conversation has centered on GOAT markets holding up instead.
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Now Restrepo is off the active roster, which changes the conversation around one of the clubs feel-good depth pieces. The move does not appear to close the door on his Tennessee future, since he is still expected to be a candidate to return on the practice squad, but it does underline how fluid the Titans final roster picture remains. For a team still balancing immediate needs against longer-term development, even a relatively modest receiver decision can ripple into a bigger debate about where the roster is strongest, and where help is still being prioritized. [Read more 🡒]
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Now that Levis is no longer on Tennessees roster and has entered free agency, the spotlight around that chapter has shifted in a different direction. Duddy recently posted a video from Nashville Stadium, and with rumors also linking her to Bengals wide receiver Andrei Iosivas, it has only added another layer to a story Titans fans had probably filed away until now. [Read more 🡒]
Titans Cut Day Left One Roster Move Fans Will Debate Most
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What will linger longest for fans, though, is the decision to move on from Kyle Philips, a player whose fit and role had already been debated for months. At the same time, the additions of Elijah Molden and Amani Hooker give the defense more familiar pieces to lean on, while the signing of offensive tackle James Hudson adds a lineman with prior experience and some coaching staff familiarity. It all adds up to a roster that looks more settled than it did a day ago, even if one of the bigger calls is the one people are most likely to argue about. [Read more 🡒]