MIAMI — So the Miami Dolphins had to play Sunday without their best pass rusher.

So what?

It didn't matter that outside linebacker Joey Porter was sidelined with a hamstring injury

as the Dolphins' pass rush overwhelmed the Buffalo Bills' makeshift offensive line all

afternoon during a 38-10 Miami win.

Porter dominated the Bills last season, recording four sacks (one for a safety), a forced

fumble and a fumble recovery in two games. And that was against a far more experienced

offensive line than the one the Bills put on the field Sunday.

But Porter, who had 17 sacks in 2008, wasn't missed. Bills quarterback Trent

Edwards was under siege by the Dolphins, who finished with six sacks. They had only four in

their first three games.

The Bills' offensive tackles, Jonathan Scott and Kirk Chambers, were the primary victims of

Miami's heat.

Scott played on the left side for Demetrius Bell, who was out with a groin injury, while

Chambers took Scott's spot on the right side. Both players were overmatched by outside

linebackers Cameron Wake and Jason Taylor, who had five sacks between them.

Wake, a free agent out of the Canadian Football League, was actually in Buffalo for a

workout last spring. Maybe the Bills shouldn't have let him get out of town.

Wake, who was Porter's primary replacement, posted his first three NFL sacks.

"Cameron caught me on two plays," Chambers said. "I'm not happy with the way I played, but

I've just got to look forward and learn from this game. I know I'm better than how I played."

Taylor, a longtime Bills killer with 17 career sacks against them prior to Sunday, added two

more to that total.

Taylor's sacks came on back-to-back plays against Scott.

"He's a Pro Bowler," Scott said of Taylor. "I was doing fine for the first three quarters,

but I messed up on my technique on two plays. I got a little lazy and he took advantage of it.

I just got to look in the mirror and see how I can get better to help this team get some

victories."

When the Dolphins weren't sacking Edwards, they put so much pressure on him that he rarely

had a chance to find open receivers downfield and had to throw the ball away to avoid getting

hit.

But even when Edwards' blockers gave him time, he dumped the ball off to a running back for

a short gain. Because the offensive line sprung so many leaks, perhaps Edwards felt pressure

even when it did not exist.

"It was a rough learning experience for us," Chambers said.

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Backup offensive guard Seth McKinney pulled double duty Sunday. He got his first snaps on

offense, replacing rookie right guard Eric Wood on a few plays. McKinney was also part of a

six-man defensive line in the Bills' goal-line package.

The move was probably done in part because defensive tackle John McCargo was sidelined with

a calf injury.

"That was the plan for this game," McKinney said of his new role. "We had practiced it in

previous weeks. It was a contingency plan.

"No, I hadn't [played defensive line] before. But I went out there and tried to make the most

of it. It's tough work. I give those guys credit."

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Joining Bell and McCargo on the inactive list were safeties Donte Whitner and Bryan Scott,

linebacker Paul Posluszny, wide receiver Steve Johnson and defensive end Chris Ellis. Ellis

didn't make the trip because of the death of his mother.

. . .

Lost in the Bills' defeat was the revival of their pass rush. Buffalo matched the Dolphins'

total of six sacks, one more than it had in the first three games. The six sacks were the most

the Bills have recorded in a game since registering seven against the Dolphins here on Sept.

17, 2006.

Safety George Wilson was credited with two sacks. He is the first Bills defensive back with

a multi-sack game since Lawyer Milloy had three against St. Louis on Nov. 21, 2004.

. . .

With his fourth-quarter touchdown, wide receiver Josh Reed moved into a tie with Bob Chandler

on the Bills' all-time career receptions list. Both have 295 receptions. Reed needs seven

catches to move into the top five. The fifth spot is held by Pete Metzelaars (302 catches).

. . .

Brian Moorman averaged a whopping 51.4 yards on five punts, the seventh-best average in Bills

history. He now owns six of the team's 10-best punting performances and three of the top four.

He holds the record with a 57.8-yard average at Chicago on Oct. 8, 2006.

. . .

Edwards became the eighth Bills passer with 5,000 career passing yards. ... Bills running back

Marshawn Lynch made his return to action after serving a three-game suspension. He was held to

just 4 yards rushing on eight carries, but he led the Bills with five catches for 43 yards.