The New England Patriots and Cleveland Browns face off on Sunday, Oct. 16. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial) and Paramount+ (free trial).

Jacoby Brissett looks back fondly on his rookie season with New England, where he was thrust into a starting job, was schooled in the Patriot Way as one of Tom Brady’s understudies and won a Super Bowl.

Bill Belichick traded him the following year.

Brissett may experience some flashbacks Sunday against a New England team with a current QB situation similar to the one it had in 2016 as Belichick brings the Patriots (2-3) in to face the Browns (2-3), whose season seems at a crossroads in Week 6.

After being drafted in the third round by New England, Brissett rocketed up the depth chart and started the season’s first two games for Belichick when Brady was suspended by the NFL for the “Deflategate” scandal and Jimmy Garoppolo got hurt.

Although he was only there one season — he got traded to Indianapolis the following year — Brissett remains grateful for the early opportunity to play for arguably the best coach and with the greatest quarterback in NFL history.

With starter Mac Jones (ankle) and backup Brian Hoyer (concussion) slowed by injuries, Belichick has turned to No. 3 quarterback Bailey Zappe, a fourth-round pick out of Western Kentucky.

Zappe played well in his first start last week, completing 17 of 21 passes for 188 yards with a touchdown and an interception in a 29-0 win over the Detroit Lions.

Jones returned to practice on a limited basis this week, but didn’t look very mobile and the Patriots will likely take a cautious approach rather than risk losing him for longer. So Zappe will probably get the call for a second week.

When is Patriots-Browns?

The Browns play the Patriots at noon (1 p.m. ET) Sunday, Oct 16.

Live stream options

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo standard” package, which comprises 121-plus channels for $69.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

Paramount+

Paramount+, which offers a 7-day free trial,and features more than 20,000 episodes and movies from ViacomCBS family, which includes CBS, Comedy Central, BET, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and more.

There are two tiers to the streaming service. For $4.99 per month, you get limited commercials. For $9.99 per month, there are no commercials. Both tiers come with the 7-day free trial.

Will it be televised?

The Patriots and Browns will be televised on CBS.

Preview

BILL’S WAY: Belichick’s modus operandi is to take away a team’s strength. In Cleveland’s case, that’s the league’s top-ranked running game.

Led by star back Nick Chubb, the Browns are averaging 192.4 yards per game and rolling off a 213-yard performance against the Los Angeles Chargers.

A man of few words, Belichick was downright verbose while praising Chubb, whose 593 yards through five games are the most for a Cleveland back since Hall of Famer Jim Brown’s 787 in 1963.

“He’s very hard to tackle,” Belichick said. “He’s got tremendous contact balance and playing strength. He’s got good vision and good patience. He really sets up his blocks well. He gets the most out of every block and then he’s very hard to get on the ground.”

CHASING SHULA: Belichick has an opportunity to inch closer to another milestone.

Including the playoffs, he enters Sunday with 323 career victories, one shy of tying “Papa Bear” George Halas for second place all-time. Longtime Miami coach Don Shula is first with 347.

Belichick earned 36 wins as Cleveland’s coach from 1991-1995.

Patriots center David Andrews said the reasons for Belichicks’s win total are infinite, and that priorities are defined for everyone inside the Patriots’ facility.

“The attention to detail. The standard,” Andrews said, “and I think he’s done a great job of that being from the top down. It trickles throughout the coaches and then the players. I think there’s something to be said that nothing can ever be good enough.”

SHAKY DEFENSE: The Browns have been playing something closer to two-hand touch than tackle lately.

Cleveland’s rushing defense has been gouged for 440 yards rushing the past two weeks with Atlanta (202) and the Los Angeles Chargers taking turns flattening a unit that has been disappointing through five games.

Coordinator Joe Woods vowed to get his defense mended, and the Browns traded for linebacker Deion Jones following last week’s loss to help.

“I promise everybody, we’re trying to do everything we can,” said Woods, who has become a target for disgruntled fans. “Right now, it’s not going well in terms of the consistency.”

Cornerback Greg Newsome II is confident Woods will figure things out.

“Coach Woods never changes,” he said. “The heat is temporary. When you find a way to fix some of the things we’ve been fixing, it all can turn around.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.