"Brian Urlacher hardly qualifies as an expert on special-teams play. Urlacher, a Chicago Bears linebacker, doesn't cover punts and has certainly never returned one.

But he knows how he would approach the prospect of punting to Devin Hester, his teammate and perhaps the NFL's all-time greatest return specialist.

"I'd kick the ball straight out of bounds," said Urlacher, who has seen Hester score 17 touchdowns on punt or kickoff returns in his six NFL seasons. "But they keep kicking to him, and he just keeps taking them back for touchdowns."

The dilemma of what to do about Hester this week rests with the Chiefs, who play the Bears on Sunday in Chicago. The Chiefs haven't scored more than 10 points in any of their last four games, so they'll have a tough time defeating the Bears even if Chicago doesn't get seven points or more directly from Hester's returns.

Hester returned a punt 73 yards for a touchdown against the Chiefs in 2007 in their only game against him.

"It's pretty hard to say anybody has ever done it much better," Chiefs coach Todd Haley said. "You just don't want to be that guy (who) gives him an opportunity to beat you."

The Chiefs have been creative against top returners. In 2009, they allowed Cleveland's Josh Cribbs to score two touchdowns on kickoff returns. So the following season, they had Ryan Succop kick short and high to Cribbs. The so-called mortar kicks were successful and a reason the Chiefs were able to beat the Browns."