GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The outlook for Knile Davis season changed with a late-night phone call.On Tuesday, the running back was buried on the Kansas City Chiefs depth chart.By Thursday night, Davis could be a very important player in the backfield for the Green Bay Packers when they host the Chicago Bears in the 193rd meeting of the NFLs oldest rivalry.Injuries have hit the running back position for Green Bay, a troubling development for an offense that is also struggling to get consistency from the Aaron Rodgers-led passing attack.Enter Davis, a fourth-stringer with Kansas City who found out late Monday night that he had been dealt to the Packers for a conditional draft pick. Soon enough, Davis could be taking handoffs from Rodgers.He can get the ball out, and then you know weve got to run the ball to keep them off of him. So its a good balance, Davis said.It is how its supposed to work when the Packers (3-2) are clicking. The past two games, though, hard-charging back Eddie Lacy and the rushing attack have showed more consistency than the passing game.But Lacy has a left ankle injury. Backup James Starks has already been ruled out with a knee injury.We all have a part in it, and weve all got to improve individually so collectively we can get back on the right track and start playing a little bit more consistently, Rodgers said.By yardage alone, the Bears offense is humming compared to the Packers. Theyre seventh in total offense (375.2 yards per game) and fourth in passing (284.2 yards), with Brian Hoyer having started the past four games with Jay Cutler sidelined by a thumb injury.But the yardage hasnt led to a lot of points. Chicago (1-5) is among the lowest in the league in scoring at 16.8 points a game.This might be the game in which the Bears can take chances deep to open up the offense, especially with Green Bay riddled with injuries at cornerback.Hoyer plans to take his chances, as long as theyre not too risky.So even as frustrated as we are, trying to score touchdowns in the red area, you still dont want to take points off the board, Hoyer said.Other notes and things to watch on Thursday night:FAMILIAR FOES: The Bears-Packers rivalry goes back to 1921, with Chicago holding a 94-92-6 edge in the series. The teams last played on a rain-swept Thanksgiving night last year, when Chicago won 17-13 to spoil a game that marked the return of former Packers quarterback Brett Favre to Lambeau Field.BEARS DOWN: The Bears are in danger of falling to 1-6 for the first time since 2000. Whether its because of a long line of injuries or simple breakdowns, Chicago appears to have taken a step backward in coach John Foxs second season. The past two weeks have been particularly rough.The Bears lost to Indianapolis on a late touchdown pass from Andrew Luck to T.Y. Hilton. Against Jacksonville last week, they led by 13 going into the fourth quarter, only to lose 17-16 on a 51-yard touchdown from Blake Bortles to Arrelious Benn in the closing minutes.CORNER CONCERN: Pass coverage is an issue for the Packers with so many injuries in the secondary . Their best cornerback, Sam Shields, was placed on injured reserve this week with a concussion to make room for Davis. Quinten Rollins says he will miss his second straight game with a groin injury. Damarious Randall also has a groin injury, and he appears unlikely to play after leaving Sundays loss to Dallas.That leaves LaDarius Gunter, who had a poor game last week against the Cowboys, and Demetri Goodson as the likely starting cornerbacks.AIR BEARS: Hoyer has a franchise-record four straight 300-yard passing games filling in for Cutler. He has also thrown 189 passes this season without an interception.But the Bears are 25th in the league in red zone offense, having converted just 47 percent.Weve got to be better. Weve got to execute better, offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains said. Ive got to call better plays and weve got to coach it better. In the NFL, the games are so close, you cant have that point change.RUN TIME: Davis was studying the Packers playbook to try to get ready for Thursday. The fourth-year backs best season was 2014, when he ran for 463 yards and six touchdowns on 134 carries. Green Bay is also likely to activate rookie Don Jackson, who ran for more than 2,300 yards in his college career at Nevada, from the practice squad.---AP Sports Writer Andrew Seligman in Chicago contributed to this story.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Genaro Armas at: https://twitter.com/GArmasAP Air Jordan 1 Retro High Og Cheap .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. Air Jordan 1 Sale . LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. http://www.saleairjordan1.com/jordan-1-retro-low.html . William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period. Jordan 1 Black Toe For Sale .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. Jordan 1 For Sale Cheap .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Just last month, Joe DeCamillis, the Denver Broncos special teams coach, vehemently defended the NFL rule that allows players to leap over the snapper to block a field goal or extra point attempt so long as any contact is incidental.DeCamillis shared his thoughts after Arizona coach Bruce Arians complained about Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagners leaping block of a 39-yard field goal attempt in a frustrating 6-6 tie.The reason that is a prevalent play in my opinion is because of what theyve done to field goals as far as your restrictions in trying to block things, DeCamillis said. The way people are doing it now, they bury their heads and they cut block you so you cant go through them. The only way to get a field goal blocked, against certain teams, is to go over top.He begged the leagues gatekeepers to keep this particular gate open and not to succumb to the notion that its an unsafe play.In my opinion, I think it would be a mistake to take that play out, DeCamillis said. I think you have to play it on the other side. I think the more you make things easy on people, the less coaching is involved.The antidote, he said, was the same mantra coaches tell kids from the time they first strap on shoulder pads and a helmet: Heads up!The snapper has to see whats happening, DeCamillis said, adding teams have to vary their snap count to keep opponents from timing their leap just right.Theres things you have to do, in my opinion, for that to not happen to you, DeCamillis said. I just think its another thing that doesnt need to be taken out of the game. I dont see thats any bigger of a deal with safety than any other play thats going on, a receiver going across the middle, whatever it is.The Broncos (7-3) pulled off the perfect block Sunday when the Saints lined up for the potential game-winning extra point. New Orleans (4-5) had just tied the game at 23 on Drew Brees 32-yard TD toss to Brandon Cooks with 1:22 remaining.Justin Simmons timed his leap perfectly, cleared seventh-year long snapper Justin Dresher and blocked Wil Lutzs kick. Fellow rookie safety Will White Shoes Parks scooped up the football and raced 84 yards for the first game-winning defensive 2-point conversion in NFL history.Im just glad he had the right cleats on, safety Darrian Stewart said. I think thats what saved us.The play was upheld because officials couldnt determine whether Parks stepped out of bounds as his white cleats blended in with the white sideline and no CBS angles were available to prove otherwise.Twitter blew up with fans wondering if Parks had gone out of bounds or whether it was even legal for Simmons to leap the snapper or for defensive lineman Jared Crick to push the snapper toward the ground just as Simmons jumped over him.Dean Blandino, the NFLs senior vice presiddent of officiating, said it was all legal .ddddddddddddBlandino explained that Simmons cleared the line without using his hands or arms and didnt land on a player, so his action is legal.Cricks was, too. Lined up over the right guard, he twists at the snap and pushes the snapper toward the ground.Thats legal, open-hand push: legal, Blandino said. If there was a grab and a pull, that would be defensive holding. This is a similar concept as an offensive lineman blocking a defensive player. If he can get up on top of that defensive player and push him toward the ground its legal versus grabbing and pulling him.Then, the return.There was a question as to whether the defender steps out of bounds with the right foot at about the Saints 35-yard line. White shoe, white sideline, very difficult to tell from all available angles, Blandino said. ... We need something looking right down the line from either end zone, thats going to be your best look. And unfortunately, we just dont get that look.It looks like the foot could be out but you just cant tell, Blandino said, adding, Its important to remember in replay, were not re-officiating the play. Replay is designed ... to fix obvious mistakes. And if its not an obvious mistake, then the call on the field must stand.NBC affiliate WDSU had an end zone angle of Parks racing down the Saints sideline but even that was inconclusive.Coach Gary Kubiak gave game balls to Simmons and DeCamillis in the jubilant locker room.Also Sunday, two big-time quarterbacks called out their respective teams following demoralizing losses that continued monthlong slumps by two of the early-season Super Bowl favorites.After Zeke Elliotts 32-yard touchdown sprint in the closing seconds gave Dallas a 35-30 win over Pittsburgh, Ben Roethlisberger said the Steelers, who havent won since Oct. 9, were undisciplined and not accountable. Pressed for specifics, he said, Just a feel.Following Green Bays 47-25 loss at Tennessee, the Packers fourth in five games, Aaron Rodgers criticized his teams focus and energy for the second straight week.There has to be that healthy fear as a player that if you dont do your job theyll get rid of you, Rodgers said. So, I think weve all got to go back and the urgency has got to pick up, the focus has to pick up and we got to play better.Such comments by the quarterback can galvanize a team, but Roethlisberger and Rodgers also risk losing the locker room for the home stretch with their teams just one game out of first in their division.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '