Chad Ochocinco loves the spotlight.
And there is no bigger football spotlight than the Super Bowl. But the New England Patriots wide receiver has barely been a blip on the radar as he plays for the first championship of his NFL career.
Is Ochocinco, who for years was a free spirit and sometimes a malcontent with the Cincinnati Bengals, upset that he has become an afterthought this season in New England?
"No!" he told the Associated Press adding an expletive and a smile, "because I've done the other thing over and over."
"I'm happy, but the competitive side of me is (angry)," he said. "Does that make sense?"
In a way, yes. Ochocinco loves being the center of attention, but it appears that now that he has finally gotten a taste of winning, maybe he likes that better - even if it's not exactly the way he envisioned it.
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Terry McCormick covers the Titans for TitanInsider.com