L.A. Benched / Week 16

At 1 p.m. Sunday, it was 70 degrees with 0% chance of precipitation and 0% chance of pro football in Los Angeles.

* Ram fans who remember the last game at Anaheim last Christmas Eve can commiserate with Cleveland. Sunday’s Brown-Bengal game was possibly the last at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, if the team moves to Baltimore.

* In Houston, another city suddenly without an NFL team, spectators at the Astrodome booed the Oilers in what probably will be their last game in the city they have called home for all of their 36 seasons. They are moving to Tennessee next season. “On a scale of 10, I’m a 12,” Leyton Brundrett said, describing his love of sports. “But I will not miss the Oilers. Things have gotten totally out of hand.”