"The Chiefs would feel for any fallen teammate who will miss the entire season because of an injury.

But they experienced a special sense of loss this week seeing Tony Moeaki hobble through the locker room on crutches.

They'd pinned much of their hope for this season on simply fine-tuning a high-flying passing attack until Moeaki, a second-year tight end out of Iowa, tore the ACL in his left knee during last week's final preseason game at Green Bay and was placed on injured reserve two days later.

Now, that fine-tuning is looking more like an overhaul.

"Obviously, we're going to miss Tony," quarterback Matt Cassel said. "We're going to have to move forward with somebody else. Whether that means us messing around with some different personnel groups or (having) one of these younger guys step up and filling that role, like Jake O'Connell did last year against Arizona, we'll have to close ranks and move forward.""