If the NFL salary cap worked, Trent Dilfer would still be in Baltimore. Instead, Dilfer got pink-slipped and the Ravens brought in the far-more-expensive Elvis Grbac. And rather than dust off the old resume and update his references (Hmmm, let's see, Brian Billick -- maybe -- Tony Dungy -- no -- let's just come back to that one) Dilfer has been hitting the charity golf circuit and playing hard to get.

"I'll be playing football next year, I'm pretty confident of that," he told a Baltimore reporter before teeing off in Lake Tahoe this week. "The lessons I've learned from this experience have been invaluable. That you can't control a lot of things. That good guys don't always have things go their way. That hard work doesn't always pay off the way people expect it to. But if you are patient and have great character and are a professional, ultimately, you can accomplish what you set out to accomplish."

Well, okay, big guy -- no worries, it's all good. You hit the links, and we'll hit the links. We paid a visit on Trent's behalf to the Monster Jobs board right here on ESPN.com.

Date of availability for resume applicant #14569834?

IMMEDIATELY!

TRENT DILFER

Address:

Any locker in,
Any NFL Stadium in,
Any NFL city.
E-mail: flemfile@aol.com

Phone:

1-800-RENT-A-QB (primary)
1-800-IM-ONLY-29 (secondary)
1-800-I-HAVE-A-SB-RING (mobile)
1-800-HEY-SERIOUSLY-I-HAVENT-RETIRED (pager)

Objective: Quarterback and salary cap casualty who went 11-1 while guiding the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl championship, seeking a contract, any contract really, and a chance to continue roller-coaster eight-year career with an NFL team.

Target Job:

Desired job type: Employee
Desired status: Full-time
Salary: 1,000,000.00 USD per year
Site location: On-site
Description of my perfect job: Anything other than sitting on the couch unshowered, watching 2-Minute Drill reruns when training camp rolls around. No, seriously, I'd like a starting position on a successful NFL team with a substantial running attack, an offense that doesn't require me to win games by myself, and a supportive fan base.
Career level: Management (manager/director of staff)
Date of availability: Immediately

Target Company:

Category: Sports and recreation
Description of my ideal company: Any franchise affiliated with the National Football League. Please, no inquiries from the Arena League, CFL, NFL Europe or WWF.

Target locations:

Relocate: Yes
To: US-CA-San Francisco, US-DC-Washington/Metro, US-FL-Miami, US-FL-Tampa, US-LA-New Orleans, US-MA-Boston, US-MD-Baltimore, US-MI-Detroit, US-MN-Minneapolis, US-NC-Charlotte, US-NY-New York City, US-OH-Cincinnati, US-PA-Pittsburgh, US-TX-Dallas, US-WI-Green Bay/Appleton, US-CA-Oakland/East Bay.

Work status in US: I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Experience:

3/2000 -- 3/2001: Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore MD. Starting QB. Signed as a free agent to back up Tony Banks (okay, not my finest hour). But after Banks struggled horribly early on I came in, snapped the offense's 21-quarter TD drought, went 11-1 as a starter and guided the Ravens to the championship. Completed 134 of 226 passes (59.3%) for 1,502 yards, 12 TDs and 11 INTs for a passer rating of 76.6 (11th in the AFC, but my passer rating in the playoffs against Denver was 118.2). Also continued my tireless charitable work in the community and showed I could take a backseat to a great running game and defense if need be. Led emotional comeback against Tennessee that seemed to unite the team and start our roll toward the Super Bowl. Afterward I cried on ESPN and my coach, Brian Billick said, "Every mother in America wanted to reach through her TV set and hug him."

Went 12 of 25 for 153 yards and 1 TD in the Super Bowl and showed a lot of class by not bad-mouthing Tampa, but turned a lot of people off with Tourette-like Bible banging. Still, my philosophy is this: "The one thing I've learned about this league is that it's a league of overreaction. People overreact when you win, and they overreact when you lose. I go as hard as I can and if I fail, I move on. When Tampa Bay gave up on me after last year I refused to get overly emotional. I told my wife, 'We'll be fine.' Now I wake up each morning and ask God to help me live this day to the fullest."

4/1994 -- 3/2000: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay FL. Starting QB. No. 1 draft choice (6th pick overall) of the Bucs in the 1994 draft. Finished as the second-leading all-time passer in Bucs history with 12,969 yards with a QB rating of, well, 69.4. In 1995 took over starting QB role and began a roller-coaster five-year run where I fluctuated from game to game between eye-popping performances that highlighted my incredible physical gifts, to horrific collapses that showed my maddening penchant for poor decisions and awful throws under pressure. (And you thought Serena Williams was the only athlete with that problem?) Still, in 1997 threw for more than 2,500 yards and 20 TDs and led the Bucs to a 20-10 win in the playoffs against Detroit. That year also became the first TB QB invited to play in the Pro Bowl. It was the first, and only time in my career my passer rating climbed over 80. Was rolling again in 1999, starting the first 10 games and setting the ground work for an NFC Central title. But I got benched for inconsistent and uninspired play and then got hurt in November and was replaced by rookie Shaun King. The Bucs dumped me faster than a series on The WB.

When I got benched that year, I just sat back and said, 'Did I deserve to be benched?' Well, who cares? I don't think there was ever a stretch of games where a person in that organization felt that I wouldn't have died for us to win a game. Did I always play my best football? No. But I don't think many people can. Tampa got the best effort it could from Trent Dilfer.

Was the Bucs' United Way spokesman. Also worked with Habitat for Humanity, the homeless, abused women's charities and Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

Education:

5/1994: Fresno State, US-Cali-Fresno, Bachelor's degree. Went 20-9 as a three-year starter at Fresno and won or shared a conference title all three years. Third-team all-America honors. Led nation with a 173.1 passing efficiency, third-highest mark ever in NCAA. OKAY, OKAY, I DID ALL THIS WHILE PLAYING IN THE WAC, SO SHOOT ME!

Affiliations:

8/1994 -- present: Fellowship of Christian Athletes member
4/1994 -- present: NFL Players Association member

Skill levels:

Passing a football: Intermediate (Last used 1 year ago, 8 years of experience)
Running w/football: Beginner (Last used 1 year ago, 8 years of experience)
Running an NFL offense: Intermediate (Last used 1 year ago, 8 years of experience)
Dealing w/media: Expert (Last used 1 year ago, 8 years of experience)
Latching onto a great team: Expert (Last used 1 year ago, 1 year of experience)
Winning games by myself: Beginner (Never used, 0 years of experience)

References:

Brian Billick, Baltimore Ravens head coach
Phone number: 1-800-ITS-THE-LEAST-I-COULD-DO
E-mail: www.ravenszone.net
Reference type: Professional

Additional information: A scratch golfer, I have won a handful of off-season charity events. However, I do not wish to make this a full-time vocation. My wife, Cassandra, a former Fresno State swimmer, and I have two daughters, Madeleine (5) and Victoria (2), and a son Trevin (3). My middle name is Farris.

E-mail your job offers for Trent Dilfer to flemfile@aol.com. We'll post the best ones online, and may use some of them in ESPN The Magazine, where David Fleming is a senior writer.