"Patriots receiver Chad Ochocinco took yesterday off from preparing for today's AFC Championship Game against the Ravens, spending the day in Florida.

Ochocinco attended the funeral of his father, according to a source close to the player, and he planned to return in time for the game at Gillette Stadium. Ochocinco was spotted at Logan Airport at around 6 p.m. on Friday. It was not clear whether Ochocinco was to come back last night or this morning.

Ochocinco spoke on a weekly basis with his father before he died earlier last week. They were not close. Ochocinco tweeted earlier in the week, "Please send your prayers and condolences to my older and youngest brothers. Our father passed this morning.""