Archives for January 29, 2013

‘Robert Sitter, 31, suffered head trauma, a fractured jaw and broken ribs when he was struck while running across Southwestern Boulevard with a friend at the end of the Bills-Miami Dolphins game. He was in a medically-induced coma in Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, for more than a month.’

‘The Bills made a killing from the original five-year deal. Rogers paid the club $78 million for five regular-season and two pre-season games — a shot into the Bills’ coffers of $11.14 million per game, more than double what the team clears from each home game at Ralph Wilson Stadium, according to a Buffalo News report.’

‘The Buffalo Bills have named Kurt Anderson and Jason Vrable as offensive quality control coaches.’

‘”I don’t think it’ll be strange at all,” Weaver told Buffalobills.com. “I think our relationship having played together won’t change much at all. I think it’ll be a huge plus for us. We pushed each other as players and I think the great thing about me and him is we always an open, honest communication. I think any relationship, player-coach, coach-to-coach, it can be nothing but a positive.”‘

‘Sitter, who had worked at Fox Pools in Burlington for about four years as a service technician, was hit by a taxi cab while leaving a Buffalo Bills-Miami Dolphins game on Nov. 15. He suffered head trauma, a fractured jaw and broken ribs.’