INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- NFL Wild Card weekend will begin and end with a team from Los Angeles this year.
The Los Angeles Chargers will travel to play Houston Texans to open the postseason at NRG Stadium in Houston. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, January 11 and will air on CBS and Paramount+.
The opening weekend of the postseason will conclude with a Monday Night Football match-up between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings at SoFi Stadium. Kickoff is set for 5:00 p.m. PT on Monday, January 13 and will air on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+.
This is the first time since 2018 that both the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers are in the postseason in the same year. The last time the Rams won the NFC West and entered the postseason as a No. 4 seed they went on to win the Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium.