After a devastating week, the Los Angeles Rams gave their city a brief distraction and burst of positivity during a dominant victory over the Minnesota Vikings to advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
Matthew Stafford picked apart Brian Flores’s Vikings defense while the Rams’ rising defense gave Sam Darnold plenty of fits. The Rams delivered a complete performance in the 27–9 wild-card victory that took place in Glendale, Ariz. It was supposed to be a home game for the Rams, but the game was moved from SoFi Stadium to State Farm Stadium while Los Angeles battled the wildfires that forced thousands of people to evacuate, with many of them losing their homes.
