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NEW ENGLAND (3-1) at CLEVELAND (0-4)Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBSOPENING LINE -- Patriots by 10 1/2RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Patriots 3-1, Browns 1-3SERIES RECORD -- Browns lead 13-10LAST MEETING -- Patriots beat Browns 27-26, Dec. 8, 2013LAST WEEK -- Patriots lost 16-0 to Bills; Browns lost 31-20 to RedskinsAP PRO32 RANKING -- Patriots No. 3, Browns No. 32PATRIOTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (19), RUSH (3), PASS (28)PATRIOTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (19), RUSH (15), PASS (20)BROWNS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (12), RUSH (1), PASS (25)BROWNS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (19), RUSH (15), PASS (20)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Patriots QB Tom Brady returns from four-game Deflategate suspension to make season debut. Brady fought leagues ruling for more than year before finally accepting ban in July. League investigation determined he and Patriots intentionally underinflated footballs in 2015 AFC championship game. ... Patriots barely missed Brady until last week, when shut out at home by Bills. Patriots had not been blanked at home since 1993 and outcome could have them angrier than usual. ... Patriots are NFL-best 49-17 in October since 2000. ... With one win, Patriots coach Bill Belichick takes sole possession of fourth place on NFLs career list. Hes tied with Curly Lambeau with 226 regular-season victories. Top three are: Don Shula (328), George Halas (318), Tom Landry (250). ... Belichick went 36-44 as Browns head coach from 1991-95. ... Bradys appearance will give him 17 seasons with one team, tying him for most by NFL QB with John Brodie (San Francisco) and Dan Marino (Miami). ... Brady enters 2016 season fifth on career yards list with 58,028. ... Brady tied with Peyton Manning with four seasons of 35 or more TDs. ... Brady is 5-1 against Browns. ... RB LeGarrette Blount ranks third in NFL with 352 yards rushing. ... TE Rob Gronkowski has 65 receiving TDs since 2010, most in NFL at position. ... Leagues lone winless team, Browns had chances last week, but done in by three straight turnovers in second half. ... Browns leading league in rushing yards (597) and average per carry (5.74). ... RB Isaiah Crowell is second in league with 386 yards, most in first four games for Cleveland since Hall of Famer Jim Brown (476) in 1965. ... Crowell (6.4) and Duke Johnson (6.2) are first Browns backs to rank 1-2 in league in average since Brown and Bobby Mitchell in 1958. ... WR Terrelle Pryor had his first TD reception last week, but was flagged 15 yards for celebration. ... Browns rookie QB Cody Kessler makes first start at home. ... Browns have been ravaged by injuries, losing seven starters since opener. Latest injury was C Austin Reiter, who tore knee ligament last week and is done for season. ... RG John Greco will return to center and make third start. He played guard last week after coach Hue Jackson benched Alvin Bailey following OVI arrest. ... 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Because Ive never been that guy, actually. Ive always came from the bottom. It doesnt surprise me that Ive got to work my way up. Im excited to do it. I like being the underdog because its what Im used to.Attaining elite status might be difficult considering nearly all the starting quarterbacks returning in the Big 12, among them Oklahomas Baker Mayfield, Baylors Seth Russell, Texas Techs Patrick Mahomes and Oklahoma States Mason Rudolph.Lightly recruited and often hearing he was too slow and too short, the 6-foot Howard fought for respect in his first full season as a starter in 2015. He was fifth among conference quarterbacks both in passing yards and total offense, and fourth in touchdown passes. He also threw the second-most interceptions.The math shows Howard needs to improve his accuracy, and hell get that chance behind a veteran offensive line and a speedy group of returning receivers.Howard completed just 55 percent of his passes, throwing for 3,145 yards with 26 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. Although his receivers dropped multiple throws, Howard takes the brunt of the blame.My completion percentage definitely needs some work, Howard said. Thats one thing that Im focusing on right now is just putting the ball in play. If I have more completions, then I have more yards.A confidence boost came in the Cactus Bowl, where Howard threw for a bowl-record 532 yards and five toucchdowns in a 43-42 win over Arizona State as the Mountaineers ended the season 8-5.ddddddddddddhat game let Howard and his teammates establish a mentality that we can go out there and do this every game, he said. It raised our bar higher to expect good things to happen rather than not. I feel like it carried over into the offseason.Howard also aims to avoid repeating his mistakes. During losses to ranked teams Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU in October, Howard failed to complete half his throws in each game and was intercepted six times. Three of those came against Oklahoma, when he also had two fumbles, one of which was returned for a touchdown.West Virginia was seventh in the 10-team league in third down conversions. Coach Dana Holgorsen wants to give Howard more time as a pocket passer and better hone his timing with his receivers, including on intermediate routes.West Virginia threw the ball only 41 percent of the time last year amid the emergence of Big 12 rushing leader Wendell Smallwood. Smallwood is now in the NFL, meaning Howard could see his production chances increase.Winning games and losing games, everybody points the finger at me, Holgorsen said. Being effective in the passing game, everybody points the finger at him.Top receiver Shelton Gibson, who had 887 yards and nine touchdowns a year ago, has no doubts about Howards abilities to remain in top form when the season begins at home Sept. 3 against Missouri.Me and Skyler had that connection so long ago, Gibson said. Its just there. Hes getting it done with the other receivers. Everythings coming together.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '