Hallmark’s Buffalo Bills Christmas Movie Trailer Features Damar Hamlin (Exclusive)
NEED TO KNOW
- Hallmark Channel’s Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story stars Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario
- PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the trailer, which features Buffalo Bills players including Damar Hamlin
- The new Christmas movie will premiere on Saturday, Nov. 22
The Buffalo Bills may play their season opener later today, but the action starts right now.
PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the trailer for Hallmark Channel’s Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story, a Christmas movie featuring cameos from star players like Damar Hamlin, Dion Dawkins and Ray Davis.
The movie stars Teen Wolf‘s Holland Roden and Shadowhunters alum Matthew Daddario — and it will premiere on Saturday, Nov. 22, as part of the network’s 16th annual Countdown to Christmas.
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The trailer kicks off with Roden and Daddario’s characters, Morgan and Gabe, reciting former Bills head coach Marv Levy’s famous line, which has become a mantra for Bills Mafia: “Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?”
Running back Davis immediately responds, “Go Bills!” and sets off a string of “Go Bills!” chants from Morgan and Andrew Walker, another Hallmark fave making a cameo in the movie.
Later, when Gabe is questioning whether his feelings for Morgan are “that obvious,” Bills offensive lineman Dawkins chimes in, “Who can’t see it?”
“So obvious,” Bills safety Hamlin adds.
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The players will be getting in on the story.
The official synopsis for the movie reads: “Pediatric doctor Morgan Quinn (Roden) and the Bills’ VP of Stadium Development Gabe DeLuca (Daddario) have always been close friends, but Gabe has always held a torch for her — a fact obvious to their families (Tracy Pollan, Steve Schirripa, Caroline Aaron)… and everyone else who crosses their path. When Morgan learns from her Uncle Tommy (Joe Pantoliano) that someone anonymously helped her family get by after he was drafted more than 60 years ago — and that he continues to receive a Christmas gift each year to this day — she decides to find his benefactor and give her uncle a Christmas he’ll always remember.
“Aided by Bills Mafia friends of theirs, Morgan and Gabe work together to unwrap the gifter’s identity. Along the way, Gabe’s love for Morgan deepens, and in turn, she begins to see him in a new light though neither is daring enough to admit their feelings. Meanwhile, Morgan’s hopes of pulling off her surprise for Uncle Tommy get sacked. That is, until Gabe takes matters into his own hands and uses his connections with the Bills to pull off the surprise of a lifetime for Morgan and both their families that will make this a Christmas they’ll never forget.”
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More cameos are coming, too.
The Bills’ head coach Sean McDermott, tight end Dawson Knox, long snapper Reid Ferguson, defensive tackle DeWayne Carter and wide receiver Joshua Palmer are also expected to appear, as will Bills legend Jim Kelly, former players Steve Tasker, Thurman Thomas and Scott Norwood and Bills’ play-by-play announcer Chris Brown.
And Luke Russert is also showing up in the movie in honor of his father, broadcast journalist and “die-hard Bills fan,” Tim Russert, who died in 2008.
The movie marks the second Holiday Touchdown film in Hallmark’s partnership with the NFL. Last year’s Chiefs Love Story — starring Hunter King and Tyler Hynes and featuring appearances from Donna Kelce, Andy Reid, Trey Smith, Mecole Hardman Jr., Clyde Edwards-Helaire and George Karlaftis — was the most-watched cable movie of 2024.
Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story premieres Saturday, Nov. 22 on Hallmark Channel.
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