JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Ty Law is at the Super Bowl for the fourth time with the New England Patriots, although it never was like this. While his teammates practiced in a light rain, the Pro Bowl cornerback was driving around the media center in a motorized cart.

Law broke his left foot when he slipped on the turf at Heinz Field during an Oct. 31 game at Pittsburgh. He missed the final nine games of the season, and was placed on injured reserve before the playoffs began.

"I'm still part of the team," Law said.

But maybe not for long.

Law, a first-round pick out of Michigan in 1995, might have played his last game for New England because he will cost $12.5 million against the salary cap next year, a figure the cap-conscious team has never paid.

For now, Law made it clear that he was still a Patriot.

"I understand reality," he said. "I probably understand it more than some athletes in my position. But I'm still under contract. So to talk about playing for another team is nonsense."

New England quarterback Tom Brady is a two-time Super Bowl MVP and used to getting star treatment. But he knew he really arrived when Michael Jordan called him by his initials."I met Michael Jordan for the first time. He was like, 'How's it going TB?'" Brady said Thursday. "That was the coolest thing I ever heard. A lot of people call me 'TB.' But never like that."

No one will notice MikeBartrum unless he messes up. Such is life as the long snapper for the Philadelphia Eagles.But get him on a basketball court, or near a fast-foot restaurant, and he's a star attraction."Up in Philadelphia, they had all of these tricks for me to do," Bartrum said.Among them was snapping a football into the hoop from halfcourt."I was able to do that on the second one," Bartrum said. "It was kind of tough. I didn't think with the size of the football and trying to get it in the hoop, plus the angle going up, if I would be able to do it. But I got lucky."And then there was the trip to Burger King."It was funny, because the lady who was in there was catching the ball as I was snapping it, so she was all jacked up about it," he said.