FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Chad Ochocinco is going to the Super Bowl again, and this time he will be in uniform, answering questions, instead of causing a commotion by asking them.

He might even get on the field.

The Patriots receiver is returning to the NFL’s title game, changed but not chastened since his time as a spotlight-seeking superstar who crashed the big party two years running as the lead correspondent for the “Ochocinco News Network.’‘ After a decade of losing in Cincinnati – and having too much fun doing it – Ochocinco swallowed his considerable ego to fit in better in New England, a franchise that likes its players boring.

The payoff: a trip to the Super Bowl for a player who had never won a postseason game.

“It’s been a learning experience; that’s what this has been. This had been one of the most humbling experiences I’ve ever been in,’‘ he said Thursday as he prepared for the Feb. 5 game against the New York Giants.

“This is one of the first times I’ve been about doing exactly what everyone told me to do. It wasn’t about the numbers. It wasn’t about money. It wasn’t about me.’‘