Big Ben & Other Stuff

... Looky here, Big Ben will start in Arizona this Saturday. I'm not sure how I feel about this, especially given that the preseason didn't seem to do him much good a year ago, but it'll be interesting to see how he rebounds from taking his first hit.

... Here's the Jeff Hartings-playing-out-his-contract story I mentioned in a previous comment.

... Here are Wex's camp notes from Wednesday.

... And here are Dale Lolley's camp notes for Wednesday, and here's what he wrote about Colon a few days ago:

Rookie Willie Colon was playing left tackle today and looks to have moved ahead of Trai Essex and Barrett Brooks on the depth chart. Essex will be out at least a week after injuring his groin midway through the afternoon session. Brooks, meanwhile, has problems of his own after his weekend arrest.