If the Vikings need a blueprint, those Rams provided one with their Super Bowl run. It also helps that O’Connell, offensive coordinator Wes Phillips, running back Cam Akers, receiver Brandon Powell, and tight end Johnny Mundt were all a part of that that experience with the Rams.

Those other times when things went wrong — we’re talking four Super Bowl losses plus 1998, 2000, 2009 and 2017 — weren’t solid opportunities. This time, the NFC playoff field is flawed.

The Vikings will be facing the Los Angeles Rams in the opening round of the playoffs. What other matchups have formed?

As the Rams prepare for their NFC wild-card playoff game against the Vikings, they said they've been slowly building the team into a Super Bowl contender.

For those searching for hope after the 14-win Vikings’ playoff hopes were deflated by the season’s worst loss, a handful of coaches and players can say they’ve been in a similar spot and managed to win a Super Bowl.

Playoff rivals from a bygone era will be in adjustment mode when the Los Angeles Rams take on the Minnesota Vikings in the final game of the wild-card round on

The NFL has moved the Wildcard round matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings to Arizona due to the ongoing wildfires in LA. The game, which was due to be played at the Rams’ SoFi Stadium in Inglewood,