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Money Is Only Part of the Price the Browns Will Pay for Watson

Cleveland guaranteed Deshaun Watson $230 million over five years. The cost to their reputation as he fights accusations of sexual misconduct will be harder to calculate.

Deshaun Watson and his legal team in Houston on March 11 after a grand jury declined to indict him on criminal charges.Credit...Callaghan O'Hare for The New York Times

Cleveland Browns, he’s your problem now.

You courted Deshaun Watson, took him in and handed him the fattest guaranteed contract in N.F.L. history, despite his tarnished reputation and the many women who have accused him of sexual misconduct during massage sessions.