Matt Leinart‘s glad the NFL moved the Rams’ playoff recreation out of Los Angeles … making it clear to TMZ Sports activities on Friday, it would not have been proper to play the lean as fires proceed to ravage town.

The league formally relocated Monday’s L.A. vs. Minnesota Wild Card spherical matchup to Arizona on Thursday, citing the security of its gamers and its followers … and Leinart advised us at LAX he is all for the transfer.

The previous quarterback — who truly performed his faculty ball in L.A. after which elements of his professional profession in Glendale, Ariz. — stated issues are merely “extra necessary than soccer” for the time being.

“The security and type of what everybody’s going via right here, it is clearly lots of devastation,” he stated. “So I believe it is the good factor to do.”

It is, after all, a bummer for the Rams and their followers … because the NFC West champions ought to have been rewarded with an opening-round house recreation for all of their successes within the 2024-25 marketing campaign.

However, Leinart stated the blokes ought to be capable of deal with the 370-mile journey … telling us, “they’re professionals, they’re going to determine it out. They’re going to be all proper.”