No, consuming the blood of the Passover lamb would have been a violation of the law of God. So why would Jesus ask His apostles to violate the law of God?
Jesus is NOT the Passover lamb. Jesus is prefigured by the Passover lamb.
The prohibition on drinking the blood of the lamb signified that the life of the lamb came from God and belonged to God.
The command to drink the blood of Jesus signifies that Jesus’ life does NOT belong to God any longer. It belongs to US because Jesus gave his life for us. Thus, his blood—the symbol of his life—also belongs to us. He TELLS us this precisely by commanding us to drink his blood.
To refuse to drink the blood of Jesus is to refuse the gift of his life that he wills to give to us.
To cling to the law of the Old Covenant is to refuse the gift given to us under the New Covenant.
Bingo !!!