Attention FF players..........

September 3, 2006

Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will not start the season opener against Miami on Thursday night after having an emergency appendectomy on Sunday afternoon.

Steelers spokesman Dave Lockett confirmed the surgery and said that Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher has already announced that backup Charlie Batch will start. Roethlisberger, who could be discharged as early as today, is considered week-to-week.

Roethlisberger told the Steelers medical staff that he has been up all night vomiting and had stomach pain when he came to the training facility Sunday morning. The staff put him through a short examination and quickly sent him to the hospital.

A doctor who did not wish to be identified because he is unfamiliar with Roethlisberger’s condition said it generally takes two or three days before an average person is released from the hospital after an appendectomy.

The surgery rarely has any long-term side effects, meaning that Roethlisberger should be able to play relatively soon.

One concern is a patient losing weight and strength in the short-term. Roethlisberger had already lost approximately 20 pounds after a motorcycle accident he suffered June 12.

Roethlisberger was told he nearly died in the crash, but made a quick recovery despite several head injuries because he wasn’t wearing a helmet.

Roethlisberger recovered quickly enough after the accident that he was able to play in the exhibition opener for the Steelers.

well good news for the Fins, but sucks for ben, hope he recovers....in time for week 2

i was saying in the nfl thread that i had an appendectomy and i was outta action for a long time..this was a while ago, and i know things have changed..but i dont see him being back for a couple of weeks

wow, i really haven't been paying enough attention to his whole situation after the accident. i didn't even think he was going to be able to play this season. i guess i didn't look at his injuries and any other reports. huh.

I need you in my fantasy football league.

hahahaha, sorry i'm already preparing to get my ass kicked in someone else's league.

I can see him coming back in a few weeks. Maybe the week after the bye? who knows.

this happened about 9 months too late

awww shucks, that's too bad......

it still doesn't increase the Browns' chance to make the playoffs.

yea, i mean its not like ben was doing wheelies in a parking lot and...

oh yea, wait

There was a player in the Tennesee-Cal game this weekend who had the same procedure on August 16th. Crazy recovery time. So Ben should miss at least 2-3 weeks.

hines ward may be out too

darn. i hope that pie-faced asshole misses the rest of the year.

Can someone honestly tell me why Browns fans are so bitter against the Steelers?

Oh yeah, it's cause the Browns never beat the Steelers.

do you realise how racist you are, or is this new?

who do you think you are that you can call me racist? I hate every asshole on the Steelers black, white, mix, whatever i don;t care.

that being said. i have black friends. i have much respect for for Braylon Edwards, Kellen Winslow, Romeo Crennel. Where do you get off calling me racist. That's fucked up. you have no idea who i am, and you are calling me racist. i make one comment about those jerkoff's the Pittrsburgh Steelers and you call me racist. let's see here i hate Ben Toothlisberger, does that make me racist against white people?


think before you post next time.