The Los Angeles Rams are working around the clock to handle the logistics of moving a playoff game from SoFi Stadium to Arizona due to wildfires in the area, and the Cardinals are doing everything they can to ease the situation a little easier to make.
Not just the game will be played at the Cardinals' stadiumbut the Rams are taking advantage of that Team training facility on Saturday for a walkthrough and the final practice before the game on Monday.
Additionally, the Cardinals made an incredibly elegant gesture on Friday by sending two of the team's planes to help transport the Rams, their staff and their families from Los Angeles to Arizona.
The Cardinals are sending two of the team's 777 aircraft to Los Angeles this afternoon to pick up and bring the Rams team, its staff, their families, six dogs and two cats — yes, six dogs and two cats, per official — to Arizona tonight.
Cardinals hand over their… pic.twitter.com/pdCeBFVHuN
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 10, 2025
The Rams' traveling party totals 450 people, 350 of whom are leaving on Friday evening. This includes players, coaches, family members, six dogs and two cats.
That's a large group that now has to travel after originally expecting to be home in Inglewood, and the Cardinals are helping make it all as smooth as possible.
Regarding the decision to leave the team tonight, Rams president Kevin Demoff suggested it wasn't strictly necessary, but Vice President of Football and Business Administration Tony Pastoors said, “Hope is not a strategy.”
Demoff said it was the right decision for the organization and players to facilitate…
– Stu Jackson (@StuJRams) January 10, 2025
