In SOME sense, I want them to pick third. If other teams take Williams and Maye, you happily snag MHJ and get a QB with pick #35. And then you say, "What could we do? The QB everyone wanted us to take was gone already." And it would be true. And nobody would think it wrong for the Pats to NOT trade up to #1 or #2, or that it was wrong to not draft a lesser prospect at #3 when the top two guys were gone. It would be the smart play at #3 in this scenario.
And if someone takes MHJ at #2, then you take whichever QB is left over. Unless, yeah, you really don't like Williams or Maye, and then you draft the OT from PSU or you trade down and accumulate more assets.
I do worry that having the #1 or #2 pick means a very, very difficult choice to take a QB or MHJ. I worry that picking Maye there - while it makes all the sense in the world on paper - will be wasting that pick on a bust while MHJ goes on to have a HOF career with someone else.
And if someone takes MHJ at #2, then you take whichever QB is left over. Unless, yeah, you really don't like Williams or Maye, and then you draft the OT from PSU or you trade down and accumulate more assets.
I do worry that having the #1 or #2 pick means a very, very difficult choice to take a QB or MHJ. I worry that picking Maye there - while it makes all the sense in the world on paper - will be wasting that pick on a bust while MHJ goes on to have a HOF career with someone else.