The 2014 NFL schedule will begin with the Green Bay Packers playing at the Seattle Seahawks in a Thursday night game in Week 1.

The Sunday night game in Week 1 will feature the Indianapolis Colts at the Denver Broncos.

The Seahawks will play at the San Francisco 49ers in the Week 13/Thanksgiving night game. The two teams meet again in Week 15 on Dec. 14.

Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs are in extension talks.

"My agent handles all of that, and that's why you hire that guy to take care of that, so you can focus on football,” said Smith, who has one year remaining on his contract. “It's really not my place. I have a contract for this year."

Smith has a single year left on his contract that will pay him $7.5 million in 2014. He'd become a free agent in 2015 without a new deal.

John Dorsey, general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, likes to scout in non-traditional places for players.

The Chiefs have two former Ivy Leaguers, a player who never played beyond junior college before joining the club and one who was strictly a basketball player in college.

“We all have our avenues to find players,’’ Dorsey said. “There are different ways of doing it. It’s my responsibility to the Kansas City Chiefs to do everything within our power to make sure we’ve got everything covered. We’re going to do that because if you’re not out there working, somebody else is and they’ll find those guys. Everybody does such a thorough job now. 

“In today’s football, it’s really hard because all 32 teams are doing their due diligence in terms of working to unearth talent. The objective is to get real players. Anybody can go and find obscure players but they have to be able to play at the end of the day.’’