"Matt Cassel kept running Sunday, and sometimes he was able to plant and run forward. Usually, he was scrambling or backtracking.

The Chiefs' pass protection put together one of its more disappointing performances of the season in Sunday's 31-3 loss to the previously winless Miami Dolphins.

Sure, the Chiefs knew that the Dolphins had a talented pass rush. But on Sunday, it looked like the Steel Curtain. Cassel was sacked five times, the most in a game since January's regular-season finale against Oakland, another blowout loss.

"Sometimes that happens," Cassel said. "They have a good pass rush, and we knew that coming in. It just so happened that I had to get outside the pocket a little bit more than I have in the past.""