The Rams were supposed to host a wild-card game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The contest had to be moved because of wildfires.

Monday’s Wild Card playoff game between the Vikings and Rams has been moved to Arizona. The NFL announced the relocation of the game on Thursday night. “The decision was made in consultation with public officials, the participating clubs and the NFLPA,” the league said in a statement. The game still begins on Monday at 8:00 p.m. ET.

Football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings will be played in Arizona amid the deadly wildfires in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings have been forced to retreat from still-raging wildfires in Southern California, setting a bit of NFL history in the process. The league announced on Thursday that the wild-card round playoff game scheduled for Monday night at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles had been moved due to the wildfires.

The Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams will face off in the NFC Wild Card round Monday night in an unfamiliar setting. The Rams were set to host the game at

The league pivoted to its contingency plan after the deadly fires burned tens of thousands of acres around Los Angeles.

The NFL is monitoring the California fires ahead of the playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings scheduled for Monday, January 13, at SoFi Stadium.

The move is in "the interest of public safety," according to a news release from the National Football League.

In a rare but necessary move, the NFL announced Thursday night that it would relocate the wild-card playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California,

The league indicated that the decision to move the game to Arizona was “made in consultation with public officials, the participating clubs and the NFLPA.” The game will be televised on ESPN ...

the home of the Arizona Cardinals, the NFL announced today," the league said in a statement. "The decision was made in consultation with public officials, the participating clubs and the NFLPA."

A playoff elimination always leaves a bad taste. Especially, as it was the case for the Green Bay Packers, was the performance clearly wasn't as good as it could have been. On Saturday, it just became a little bit worse for edge defender Lukas Van Ness and defensive tackle TJ Slaton.