Report: Roethlisberger to have surgery, will miss Sunday's game vs. Patriots

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The game that was supposed to provide the Patriots defense with the their toughest test just got easier. Significantly easier. 

Steelers quarterback Ben Roesthlisberger suffered a knee injury in Sunday's 30-15 loss to the Dolphins, and according to multiple reports, the injury is a torn meniscus. He'll have surgery on Monday, according to Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and he will miss Week 7 when the Patriots travel to Heinz Field. 

The Patriots are in the middle of what appeared to be the most difficult stretch of their season when the schedule was released. After beating the Bengals to move to 5-1, they head to Pittsburgh, then play at Buffalo. Following their bye week, the Seahawks then will visit Foxboro. 

Of all those games, Pittsburgh (4-2) on the road was arguably the toughest. If Roethlisberger misses the game and Landry Jones takes over, the Steelers offense becomes much less explosive. In seven games last season, Jones completed 58 percent of his passes for 513 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions. 

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