Here's the problem with not going QB in the top 3 and taking MHJ.
If you grab MHJ, and say, Pennix in the 2nd (not sure he'll be there but whatever) and Pennix doesn't work out or if you go get a veteran stop gap for the time being, the Pats will have probably improved their team enough to end up with a middle round pick in 2025. You are probably not getting your QB there, so you're back doing this dance again, looking for a QB.
I fucking love MHJ. I'd do fucking backflips if they could get him, but you only get to shoot your shot at a true franchise QB once or twice a decade at best (worst?) and timing that kind of shitty season up with a QB draft class that matters is really fucking hard. The 2024 QB class is really fucking good, IMO. In 2022, there was one QB taken in the 1st round (Pickett at #20). That's the risk you run if you don't take a shot this season and instead, try to get one down the road.