DENVER -- Broncos defensive tackle Daryl Gardener will have surgery after tearing wrist ligaments during a fight last week and is expected to miss the first two weeks of the season.

Following surgery on Thursday, Gardener will be in a cast for six weeks and will need two more weeks of recovery after that, Broncos spokesman Paul Kirk said.

That means Gardener would miss all of Denver's preseason games and the first two regular games of the season.

Gardener and Broncos defensive tackle Russell Newman were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct after a fight with another customer at a restaurant early Friday morning.

Police said a third person was involved in the fight, which started with an argument inside the restaurant over a long wait to be seated.

Kirk would not say whether the Broncos would discipline the players.

Gardener joined the Broncos in March after starting 15 games last year for the Washington Redskins. Newman, released by the Philadelphia Eagles during last year's training camp, was signed in January.