Ben Roethlisberger set for knee surgery, 'we're all playing through pain' [VIDEO]

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, coming off a rough game Sunday, apparently is headed for knee surgery.

Roethlisberger will have a torn left meniscus surgically repaired Monday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Ron Cook reported Sunday night. According to Cook, there is no timetable for Roethlisberger's return.

Roethlisberger, 34, entered Sunday's game against the last-place Miami Dolphins averaging 299.2 yards passing per game.

Yet, with about five minutes left in the game, he had been held to 83.

Roethlisberger padded his statistics at the end, but, in the final analysis, it wasn't one of his better performances as the Dolphins emerged with a stunning 30-15 upset win over Pittsburgh.

The Steelers quarterback completed 19 of 34 passes for 189 yards, one touchdown and two costly interceptions.

Worse yet for the Steelers (4-2), Roethlisberger had to leave the game for one series in the second quarter due to an injury to his left knee. He was hurt on a play in which he was intercepted by Dolphins safety Reshad Jones.

"It happened before I threw," Roethlisberger said. "I felt something funny in my knee.

"I don't know anything yet (about the severity of the injury). We pray it's nothing too serious."

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was asked if Roethlisberger's mobility was affected by the injury.

"I'm sure it was," said Tomlin, who was in no mood to do much in the way of elaboration.

Asked the same question, Roethlisberger joked: "I'm not that mobile anymore anyway."

Meanwhile, Roethlisberger seems to be having a bit of a road/home split problem. In the past three years, he is 14-3 at home but just 9-8 on the road.

But it wasn't just Roethlisberger who was minimized by Miami (2-4) on Sunday.

Steelers running back Le'veon Bell was held to 53 yards on 10 carries. Antonio Brown, who started the day leading the NFL in receptions, was held to four catches for just 39 yards on eight targets.

"A lot of defenders," Roethlisberger said when asked why Brown didn't have a bigger day. "We've seen that a lot. We've got to get other guys involved."

One of those "other guys" is wide receiver Sammie Coates, who had a big game last week against the New York Jets but was battling a hand injury.

Coates was held without a catch on four targets by the Dolphins.

Between the injuries and the inspired Dolphins defense, the Steelers had nowhere to go. But was this upset largely a function of those injuries -- Roethlisberger's knee, Coates' hand?

You won't hear Roethlisberger making that claim.

"We don't make excuses," Roethlisberger said. "We're all playing through pain.

"They outplayed us today. They were the better team."