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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Davante Adams has a concussion after all. A day after the Green Bay Packers receiver said he had cleared the protocol after a hit that knocked him out of the loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Adams showed up on the injury report with a concussion. Adams left the game in the third quarter after a hit from Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee. The team announced he was being evaluated for a concussion. On his way out of the locker room Sunday night, Adams said he did not have one, but that changed Monday, when the Packers issued their first injury report in advance of Thursday night's game against the Chicago Bears. The quick turnaround might make it difficult for Adams to get cleared in time. He was one of three receivers to show up on the Packers' injury report. The others -- Randall Cobb (back) and Jared Abbrederis (quad) -- also were new injuries. Cobb was on the report last week because of a neck injury but played 53 snaps and caught seven passes for 53 yards, including a touchdown against the Cowboys.  The Packers also have issues at running back, where James Starks won't play this week after undergoing surgery Sunday to repair a torn meniscus and Eddie Lacy remains hobbled by a sprained left ankle; and cornerback, where they could be without their top three -- Sam Shields (concussion), Damarious Randall (groin) and Quinten Rollins (groin). Coach Mike McCarthy seemed more concerned about those two spots than receiver. "I think obviously the stress points of our game-day roster for Thursday will be the running back position and the corner position," McCarthy said Monday. "Any time you're dealing with your 53-man roster, how you're going to forecast how you're going to line up with the 46, you've got two positions that need attention and, frankly, these injuries that we have, they're not of long-term IR nature. That's all part of a normal season. You've just got to work through it. "It's Monday. We're still gathering information. I don't know if we'll have it sorted out until Tuesday, maybe Wednesday." The Packers will promote rookie running back Don Jackson from the practice squad, according to a source. They will need to clear a spot on the active roster Tuesday before they can make that move. The plan is for Jackson to be active Thursday night against the Bears so they're not left with just one natural halfback, as they were against the Cowboys.
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