The Los Angeles Rams were playing hundreds of miles from home but made a statement with a 27-9 rout of the Minnesota Vikings in the final game of the NFL wild card round of the playoffs ... Darnold ...

Be that as may, there are plenty of reasons to expect that contrary to other years, the Vikings will bounce back and beat the Rams rather than wither and fade under the playoff spotlight.

Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson finally ended a pretty rough ... the Boston Celtics, New York Giants and Miami Marlins.

While the Giants sit at home, their former quarterback, Daniel Jones could be taking snaps for the Minnesota Vikings in the playoffs on Monday ... (Giants beat reporter Darryl Slater of NJ ...