There are obviously cap considerations here.......but unequivocally, Watson is a better player than Baker to me.
That isn't even a knock on Baker. If you had a discussion about tiering QB's moving forward, I honestly think Watson is the only other player that even has an argument to land in Mahomes' tier from a team building standpoint. I do believe his ceiling is that high.
To level set, Watson has better career rating than someone like Aaron Rodgers. He has to sustain it obviously but through the dumpster fire that is the Houston org, that is just really staggering to me.
If you put Watson in the Cleveland offense, it would be laughably good. I think trading Baker is a super sticky situation though.......and it isn't just as easy as who is better.
Watson costs more, so there would be trade offs. But it is at least an entertaining hypothetical. I'd prefer to keep Baker but I see why some might entertain this relative to how insanely good I think Watson would be with real talent around him.