Christmas is often known as essentially the most fantastic time of the yr — simply take a look at the 2025 Christmas film schedule — however some may argue that soccer season is fairly excessive up there too. Fortunately, Hallmark has made it so we don’t have to decide on, pairing its vacation rom-coms with the NFL in a second Vacation Landing flick. The celebrities of A Payments Love Story acquired the total tailgating expertise with Buffalo Payments followers final weekend, and I’m simply unsure about Holland Roden’s response.
The upcoming Hallmark film Vacation Landing: A Payments Love Story — which winks at quarterback Josh Allen’s real-life romance with Hailee Steinfeld however is unrelated to their story — stars Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario (sure, Alexandra’s brother) as lifelong pals and Payments followers. So when Buffalo opened its season final Sunday in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens, they acquired to mingle with the fandom, referred to as the Payments Mafia, and Roden had some robust emotions, telling Buffalo radio station WBEN:
You possibly can see why they’re the No. 1 fandom within the NFL.
Whoaaaaa, maintain on a minute there. I do know this yr is all about Buffalo for Hallmark, however as a die-hard New Orleans Saints fan (and boy, that’s not all the time simple to confess), I take offense to this assertion on behalf of Who Dat Nation.
To be honest, just about each fan base thinks theirs is the very best. I’m certain the members of Chiefs Kingdom who bundled up in winter gear to movie final yr’s Vacation Landing film in triple-digit temperatures have a factor or two to say about the very best fandom as nicely.
Nonetheless, it appears like Holland Roden’s co-star agrees together with her, as Matthew Daddario added:
Everyone’s on the identical web page. I do not know who despatched out the memo, what occurred, however the tradition is robust sufficient that everyone is dressed as much as the nines. It is wild. And a few of these get ups are fairly loopy, and admittedly, I feel it provides to the environment and will get everybody, everybody riled up, which is what I would like.
For Hallmark star Andrew Walker, the workforce with the very best followers was by no means in query. He’s solely acquired a small function in Vacation Landing: A Payments Love Story, however as a longtime supporter of the Buffalo workforce, no half was too small. Walker was blown away by the tailgating antics at Highmark Stadium, saying:
These are a kind of tailgating atmospheres that it is a one in every of a sort state of affairs, so I am simply excited to truly see it in actual life and expertise it as nicely. [As we were] driving in, we noticed the submitting cupboard, the grill, we’ve not seen the table-jumping but. The bowling ball we’re about to stroll into, but it surely’s all these fairy tales, these sensible tales.
The Payments is probably not my workforce, however there’s no arguing that their followers know easy methods to have a superb time. Jason Kelce can attest to that, as he partied onerous with Payments Mafia earlier than going viral for his celebration of his brother Travis Kelce’s landing a few seasons in the past. In the meantime, Kelly Clarkson has adopted the Payments as her workforce and was not shy about telling Sinners star Hailee Steinfeld that her husband was a “badass motherfucker.”
The large query now could be will that badass QB tune in to see Holland Roden, his Payments teammates and (arguably) the very best fandom in soccer? We’ll must see, however this Saints fan certain will, as Vacation Landing: A Payments Love Story hits the 2025 TV schedule at 8 p.m. ET Saturday, November 22, on Hallmark Channel.