When ESPN first announced the eight-part ‘We the Fans’ documentary that would chronicle the 2016 Chicago Bears season through the eyes of the fans from section 250, I was intrigued. I was curious about how they would capture the rabidness that some fans have for their team and I was curious if the show would focus more on the fans’ lives or more on their fandom.
The show focused largely around Mike Schaefer and his pending marriage to his fiance and the Tounsel family and their generational love of the Bears. There were other characters along the way, but without question, these were the two focal points of the series.