Maurice Jones-Drew described his own free agent experience as "frustrating", but he doesn't believe that running backs have been devalued by the NFL in general.

“There was no one proven on the free-agent market but me, and I am 29,” Jones-Drew said. “I am 29, coming off a major foot injury and people say I had a “bad year. He’s done.”

“I don’t think the running back position has been devalued. It’s the toughest position in the league and people saw again last year in the playoffs how important the running game is. Running the ball is all that matters. San Diego, all their fortunes changed when they started running the ball.

“(Toby) Gerhart and (Ben) Tate have both been backups. Why would a team give them a bunch of money? I guarantee the money will go back up for running backs next year. It’s just a down year.”

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.

The Seattle Seahawks have acquired Terrelle Pryor from the Oakland Raiders for a 7th round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

The 6-foot-4, 235-pound Pryor is scheduled to make $705,000 in 2014.

The Raiders were expected to release Pryor on Tuesday if a deal wasn't worked out. 

The San Francisco 49ers were also interested in Pryor.

The Oakland Raiders will cut Terrelle Pryor on Monday if they are unsuccessful in completing a trade by then.

The Raiders acquired Matt Schaub earlier in the offseason.

Pryor is hoping to start in 2014.

The Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots met with Zach Mettenberger ahead of his Pro Day on Wednesday.

Mettenberger is still recovering from a torn ACL.

Johnny Manziel is meeting with the Oakland Raiders on Sunday and Monday.

Manziel flew to Oakland on Sunday morning.

The Raiders own the fifth overall selection in the 2014 NFL Draft and traded for Matt Schaub in the offseason.

The Raiders went 4-12 with Terrelle Pryor and Matt McGloin splitting time at quarterback.

The Oakland Raiders have signed punter Daniel Zychlinski.

The team announced the move to add the former Stanford player on Friday. Zychlinski played for the Cardinal from 2008-12, averaging 42.2 yards on his 97 punts.

Zychlinski provides insurance behind Marquette King, who led the NFL with a 48.9 yard average per punt in his first year in the NFL.