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What If the NFL Was Just Soft Launching Romance Readers?

What happens when the NFL decides it wants Hallmark’s audience and Hallmark decides it wants football money? You get Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story, a G-rated Christmas movie stuffed with snow, Bills Mafia, stadium lore, and enough exposition to qualify as cardio.

Nikki and Meg are joined by Buffalo native Sara Frandina to break down Hallmark’s second NFL crossover, unpack why Buffalo was the obvious choice, and ask the real questions, like:

Why is this doctor never at work?
Why does every mystery require a receipt from 50 years ago?
The “he falls first” trope being wasted on an oblivious heroine
East Aurora standing in for “small-town Buffalo” (lol)
Joe Pantoliano quietly acting circles around everyone
Why this movie could have been 45 minutes shorter and lost nothing

If you came for holiday cheer, you’ll stay for the Bills culture, Hallmark logic, and a surprisingly deep dive into fandom economics.

00:00 – Welcome to NFL Hallmark Madness
01:05 – Our Relationship With Football and Hallmark
04:10 – Bills Fandom Is a Lifestyle, Not a Choice
08:45 – Why the NFL Is Doing This (And It’s Not Subtle)
12:30 – Plot Summary: Receipts, Ornaments, and Feelings
18:00 – Morgan Is Not Like Other Girls (She Likes Football)
23:10 – Sports Bars, Background Acting, and Unreal Reactions
27:40 – Exposition Dump: Hallmark Edition
31:45 – He Falls First and Everyone Knows Except Her
36:10 – Stadium Culture, East Aurora, and Buffalo Accuracy
41:30 – Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Are They Magical Or Just Old
46:00 – NFL as WWE: Branding, Storylines, and Monetization
56:10 – What We Shipped, What We Hated
01:01:30 – Holiday Recs and What We’re Shipping This Week
01:08:30 – Final Thoughts and Sign-Off

Ships:

Snowy Skies & Puppy Eyes by Fae Quinn
This and Every Life by Emmy Sanders