In response to the wildfires that are ongoing around the Los Angeles area, Monday's playoff matchup against the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams is being moved to Arizona, the league announced in a statement on Thursday evening.

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The Arizona Cardinals pulled off the sort of parlay that helps keep a gambler from having to explain to his family why they’re sleeping in the motor lodge instead of the suburbs: They exceeded preseason expectations and yet still disappointed fans.

The Los Angeles Rams home playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings has been moved to Arizona due to raging wildfires in the city, the National Football League said Thursday.The Rams' city rivals, the Los Angeles Chargers,

As ESPN reported, the fast-moving wildfires were encroaching on the Rams' training complex in the Woodland Hills neighborhood late on Thursday afternoon. The Rams were forced to cancel player media availability. Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports noted that the relocated game will make NFL history.

“One player stood in full practice gear and cleats in (the) parking lot on his phone with family trying to coordinate next steps,” wrote The Athletic’s Jourdan Rodrigue on X. The NFL then decided to move the Rams’ playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings from Los Angeles to Arizona.

The NFL has moved the Rams-Vikings playoff game to Arizona due to the wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area

"In the third year of the Jonathan Gannon-Monti Ossenfort era, a playoff berth is desperately needed, so the Cardinals will start getting aggressive with their cap space. They will add both Josh Sweat, an old friend of Gannon's from his Eagles days, and Osa Odighizuwa to a defensive line sorely in need of immediate contributors."

The Vikings-Rams playoff game has been moved to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, and the last time a game was moved from California to the Valley was in 2003.

The NFL has moved Monday's playoff game between the Vikings and Rams to Arizona, saying the decision was made in the interest of public safety as wildfires continue to ravage Southern California.

There could be an NFL playoff game at State Farm Stadium this season after all, despite the Arizona Cardinals having missed out on the postseason.