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CLEVELAND — Tony Romo's bloodied chin needed stitches and an X-ray, and Marion Barber's ribs were badly bruised. The Dallas Cowboys absorbed more than a few hard blows on Sunday.

Not as many as they landed, though.

Picking apart Cleveland's secondary with ease, Romo passed for 320 yards, Terrell Owens caught a 35-yard touchdown pass and Barber scored on a pair of 1-yard runs as the Cowboys opened a season they expect to end in the Super Bowl by overwhelming the out-of-sync Browns 28-10.

Coming off a 13-win season, which ended with a bitterly disappointing playoff loss at home to the New York Giants, the Cowboys lived up to all their preseason hype with a solid all-around performance. They're the team to beat in the NFC, and after one game, it's hard to argue there's any better.

"We're ready," said Owens, who finished with five catches for 87 yards. "Training camp and all that stuff is over with. The season is here and this was a great start."

With all day to throw, Romo completed 24 of 32 passes as Dallas' offense racked up nearly 500 yards, controlled the clock and strung together four long touchdown drives. The defense held one of the AFC's most potent offenses to 205 yards, and except for some silly penalties, the star-studded Cowboys had a knockout debut.

Saddled with enormous expectations, the Browns dropped to 1-9 in openers since returning to the league in 1999.

Cleveland's only touchdown came on Derek Anderson's 2-yard pass to Kellen Winslow in the second quarter.

"We faced a good football team and made them better," Browns coach Romeo Crennel said.

"We dropped balls, missed tackles, missed an interception and let them throw a (touchdown) over our heads. You can't do that and expect to win. A lot things went wrong."