as long as you keep diameters the same, staggered can work. Not advisable though as it’s hard to get it perfect since the tires are rarely accurately depicted with respect to ACTUAL width and sidewall sizing.
it’s not as sensitive as people think. People used to say you had to replace all 4 tires if you got a flat because one newer tire would be bigger (tread wise) than a 50% worn tire. Nonsense.