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Run-first Bills shouldn't match Patriots' offer for Chris Hogan

Restricted free-agent wide receiver Chris Hogan will sign a three-year, $12 million offer sheet Friday with the New England Patriots, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, that will likely result in the Buffalo Bills' fourth-leading receiver from last season joining an AFC East rival.

What does that mean for the Bills? Here are some thoughts:

Wouldn't be feasible for Bills to match: The Bills have five days to match the Patriots' offer sheet or they will lose Hogan without compensation from New England. The Patriots engineered the offer so that it would be difficult for the Bills to match, structuring the contract so that Hogan would have a $5.