Free-kicks are rare in the NFL. How are they different from field goals? Check out the rules behind this unique play now.

We saw something pretty darn cool on Thursday night: Cameron Dicker booted a free kick after a punt fair catch before halftime of the Los Angeles Chargers’ win over the Denver Broncos ...

The Los Angeles Chargers line up for a rare fair catch kick against the Denver Broncos. / @NFL Cameron Dicker and ... to play a regular down or attempt a free kick. Or, as was the case on Thursday ...

The Los Angeles Chargers took advantage of one of the most obscure rules in the NFL rule book on Thursday night when they successfully converted a fair-catch free kick during their 34-27 win over ...

The only game-winning free kick in NFL history came after Chicago’s Cecil Turner called for a fair catch of a Packers punt at the Green Bay 43-yard line. Percival then connected on his kick with ...

At 57 yards, it was the longest fair catch free-kickever made in the NFL. What is the free-kick rule, and why is it so rare? According to the NFL rulebook, a free kick is a kickoff, safety kick or ...

The play known as the “fair catch free kick.” Governed by Rule 10, Section 2, Article 4 of the NFL Rulebook, this states: After a fair catch is made or is awarded as the result of fair catch ...

A free kick is sort of like a field goal, but not really. Players line up a bit more like a kickoff, where everyone on offense must be behind the line of scrimmage when the ball is kicked. On defense, ...

The previous record was held by Paul Hornung, who made a 52 yard fair catch kick for the Green Bay Packers in 1964. Per the NFL rulebook, a team can attempt a free kick if they call a fair catch ...

Dicker attempted and completed the NFL's first fair catch kick since ... in sports that allows the team calling for a fair catch to attempt a free kick (useful if there is no time left in a ...

Basically, it's a free field goal attempt with the ... Before Dicker's kick on Thursday, there hadn't been a fair catch kick attempted in an NFL game since 2019. Carolina's Joey Slye attempted ...