Trent Dilfer rode the Ravens' defense to the Super Bowl and a trip to Disney World. As free agency begins, Dilfer finds himself in Never, Never Land.

	Despite leading the Ravens to a Super Bowl title, Trent Dilfer could be looking for a new home.

Hearing little from the Ravens in recent weeks, he's beginning to believe those long-existing rumors that the Ravens will replace him with Brad Johnson, the top quarterback available in free agency. Johnson would love to reunite with the coach who groomed him in Minnesota, Brian Billick.

The Ravens, however, still have Dilfer as an option if they don't wish to pay Johnson's $6 million to $8 million a year price tag. Where that leaves Dilfer is uncertain because the quarterback position is influenced by possible cap casualties.

The Seahawks Mike Holmgren would love to grab Mark Brunell if he doesn't restructure his contract in Jacksonville, but Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver says Brunell won't be cut.

Elvis Grbac's future in Kansas City is a little more tenuous. Chiefs' new boss Dick Vermeil isn't sure he wants to pay $7 million a year for Grbac, and he only has until this week to decide. In the end, Vermeil and Grbac should come together on an agreement that will keep him in Kansas City.

One place a cap casualty is certain is in Buffalo, where the Bills will release either Doug Flutie or Rob Johnson.

Being only 28, Johnson will draw more interest on the open market, but the Southern California surfer dude may not want to blow a chance to get back to the West Coast if the Bills cut him. He knows that the Chargers hired former Bills general manager John Butler, who traded away first- and fourth-round draft choices to acquire him. While the Seahawks, Bucs, Dolphins and a few other teams may show interest in Johnson, the Chargers would have first crack at signing him.

That would leave Holmgren and the Seahawks resorting to the trade market for a new starting quarterback. He's already talked with Rams coach Mike Martz about Trent Green. Holmgren's former team, the Packers, called him about their backup, Matt Hasselbeck. The problem in both cases is that the Rams and Packers want a first-round draft choice for their quarterback. Holmgren won't go higher than offering a second-rounder for now. Stay tuned.

If the Seahawks do get Green or Hasselbeck, then Dilfer, the Super Bowl-winning quarterback, might be out of luck. He'll be competing, as he was a year ago, with former starters looking for new chances. His main competitors for those jobs will be Gus Frerotte of the Broncos, Jon Kitna of the Seahawks, Scott Mitchell of the Bengals and Shane Matthews of the Bears.

The wild-card in the mix will be Ryan Leaf, whom the Chargers are expected to unload in March. Most teams are expected to shy away from claiming Leaf's contract, which has a $1.5 million base. Plus, interested teams will be hearing the horror stories of how he didn't fit in with his teammates in San Diego.

All of a sudden, amid this competition, Trent Dilfer's not looking so bad after all.