No league is more famous for its delusional geography than the NFL. Dating back to the expansion of the 70's, the disoriented alignment of New Orleans and Atlanta in the NFC West and Dallas and Arizona in the NFC East has since been deeply ingrained in the minds of its fans.

But by June at the latest, the NFL will announce a realignment plan with a keener eye towards location in order to accommodate the Houston Texans in 2002. Those fictitious eight-year olds who use the NFL standings as their trusty atlas will finally have a fighting a chance in our nation's schools--unless they're from Dallas.

Since no realignment plan has actually been approved, the NFL isn't showcasing potential pairings on every other commercial, yet everyone seems to have a pretty good idea what's going to happen.

Long ago, the league announced that it would split into eight four-team divisions with Houston guaranteed a spot in the AFC, forcing somebody else to move out. Naturally, the team to move must have nothing to lose by switching conferences--in other words, a team that is flat out worthless to begin with, much like the Milwaukee Brewers when they switched leagues in baseball.

The team of choice right now is none other than the Seattle Seahawks.

As for actual divisional setup, here is the tentative distribution that has leaked out. I would set the margin of error at three misplacements:

AFC East--Baltimore, Buffalo, New England, NY Jets

AFC Central--Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh