The Los Angeles Chargers are keeping practice plans flexible with the region dealing with the wildfires in the Los Angeles area ahead of the team’s playoff game against the Houston Texans. According to ESPN’s Kris Rhim,

The Chargers will open the NFL playoffs with an AFC wild-card game on Saturday at Houston and the Rams will close the weekend with a Monday night game at home.

The Los Angeles Chargers will visit the Houston Texans in Round 1 of the NFL playoff bracket on Saturday. There, the Chargers will look to keep playing with house money in Year 1 of the Jim Harbaugh experience by stealing a road win after closing the season on a three-game heater that included outbursts of 34 or more points in each contest.

The NFL is ready to move one of its wild-card round games next week as wildfires continue to rage in Los Angeles County.

With wildfires spreading, the NFL has selected a backup venue for the Rams-Vikings playoff matchup—could the first playoff game in Glendale since 2015 happen?

On Thursday evening, the NFL confirmed that a contingency plan is in place for Monday night’s Wild Card game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings, scheduled to take place at SoFi Stadium.

Monday's NFL Playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings could be under threat due to wildfires.