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Trading for Deshaun Watson? It’s a moral dilemma for fans

Open the garage door at Patrick Robertson’s Winston-Salem home, and your eyes are instantly assaulted by a tidal wave of black and blue. Seventy-five Carolina Panthers jerseys hang from the walls, many of them framed and autographed.

Robertson intends to grow his collection until he has no more wallspace left, but there’s at least one player whose jersey the Panthers superfan isn’t sure he’d ever display. The allegations of sexual misconduct against Deshaun Watson leave Robertson squeamish about purchasing the embattled quarterback’s jersey were the Panthers to someday trade for him.