Forget about the motorcycle accident, Ben Roethlisberger is going to miss Week 1 after undergoing an emergency appendectomy. Charlie Batch will get the start, but Big Ben is a marginal fantasy starter, so most fantasy owners should already have another good QB on the roster…Hines Ward, who had missed the last few weeks of practice with a bad hamstring, returned to the field and should play in Week 1…Thomas Jones has been named the starter for the first game. Cedric Benson was supposed to be the starter this year, but injuries and a weird relationship with the rest of the team have hindered his progress…According to ESPN, Laurence Maroney is going to miss Week 1. Let’s hope this doesn’t drag out like a lot of New England injuries seem to. The team is very tight-lipped about the status of their players.