Former Pinson Valley High School standout Zach Cunningham signed with the Detroit Lions on Tuesday, the NFL team announced.

According to the Dolphins team website, "Lions-Dolphins, meanwhile, is almost a preseason anomaly. This will be the first time Detroit and Miami play in the preseason this century. The last time the ...

The conferences want four automatic bids and possibly three qualifying games that would water down the playoff field and diminish actual title contenders.