It was the moment every Chicago Bears fan was waiting for...besides the Week 6 Atlanta Falcons game, I guess: Hallmark's "Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story" was released.
The movie premiered on Hallmark on Saturday and features the Bears, the third NFL team to collaborate with Hallmark after the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills. The story follows a freelance reporter who spends time with Bears superfan Darlene Donnelly for a story while also falling for Donnelly's grandson, Matt Donnelly.
Cheesy, right? Absolutely, but it featured multiple cameos by the Bears, including Ben Johnson, Colston Loveland, Cole Kmet, Mike Singletary, Charles Tillman, and Dan Hampton. Walter Payton's wife, Connie Payton, also appeared. Among the characters and Bears legends, the movie featured plenty of winners and losers.
Winners and losers from Bears' Hallmark movie
Winner: Ben Johnson, HC
Johnson managed to do some recruiting while working the scenes, as he was throwing the football to some of the kids at a Bears event. They were so good that Johnson even warned one of his top players that he might have found some new blood for the team.
Loser: Cole Kmet, TE
Kmet was standing right there with Johnson when he was throwing the football to the kids, and even gave the veteran tight end a warning that he might be replaced. It's not known if Johnson was serious, but Kmet has been put on notice big time!
Winner: Colston Loveland, TE
Loveland shared a scene with Hampton where they were watching a competition involving Clark and her stepfather, which they of course won because they are the best. It appears as though Loveland loved every second of it and found some new friends. Also, his acting was actually pretty decent.
Winner: Caleb Williams, QB
Williams shared a short moment in the movie where he made a video for Darlene Donnelly and congratuated her on going to her 500th game. He, of course, had to throw in a "go Bears" at the end. Now he gets to show Donnelly that he is good to play with the hamstring injury against the Falcons.
Winners: Bears legends
Hampton, Singletary, Payton and Tillman lit up the screen and did well in their cameos. It looked like they had a good time on set even if their parts were small. Also, it was just great for Bears fans to see them again after having great careers with the franchise and the impact they made on Chicago.
Losers: Whatever fire department was going to get Matt Donnelly before his decision
Matt Donnelly was considering leaving for another fire department, but ultimately decided to stick around. That poor new fire department that never got him.
Winner: Darlene Donnelly
What a superfan Darlene is! She had all kinds of cool things in her house, including a signed Bears jersey with autographs from the 1985 Super Bowl champion team. There's no doubt Donnelly loves her Bears.
Winners: Matt Donnelly & Avery Clark
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Love always is the biggest winner. Who could have imagined that Clark would stick around and take a job with the Chicago Herald and start a romantic relationship with Matt Donnelly. There is no bigger winner than those two.
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