The race to be Super Bowl LIX champion is on. The wild-card round of the NFL playoffs ends on "Monday Night Football" with a clash between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams. This marks the eighth playoff meeting between the two teams, the first since the 1999 NFC divisional round. (The Rams defeated the Vikings 49-37 en route to winning Super Bowl XXXIV.) Minnesota is 5-2 all time against the Rams in the playoffs.
Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell was on the Rams staff that won Super Bowl LVI as the offensive coordinator under head coach Sean McVay.