When the Rams won their championship in 2021, they did so as the Super Bowl favorite in NFL betting odds in their own stadium and representing their home of Los Angeles.
This was after the Rams moved from St. Louis in 2016. Then the Chargers moved back to LA from San Diego in 2017.
Within about a year, LA went from no NFL teams to two. But that leaves plenty of deserving cities without a franchise.
Largest Cities Without an NFL Team
| Rank | City | Population |
| 1 | San Antonio, Texas | 1.5 million |
| 2 | San Diego, California | 1.4 million |
| 3 | San Jose, California | 1 million |
| 4 | Austin, Texas | 996 thousand |
| 5 | Columbus, Ohio | 929 thousand |
| 6 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 701 thousand |
| 7 | El Paso, Texas | 685 thousand |
| 8 | Portland, Oregon | 666 thousand |
| 9 | Memphis, Tennessee | 630 thousand |
| 10 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 574 thousand |
NFL Expansion
Could a St. Louis NFL expansion team be helpful for the league? Or would other cities make more sense?