NFL's obscure fair-catch free kick rule left several Chargers …
Dec 20, 2024 · 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...
Obscure rule leads to Chargers getting 1st made fair catch free kick …
Dec 20, 2024 · On Thursday night, viewers got a lesson on a little-known rule: the fair catch free kick. The Denver Broncos couldn't run out the rest of the first half against the Los Angeles Chargers so...
WATCH: Chargers utilize obscure NFL rule to hit league's first fair ...
Dec 20, 2024 · Chargers returner Derius Davis called for a fair catch on the play, and that's where the rarely used fair-catch kick came in. Basically, the rule goes like this: If a team fair catches a...
What Is A Fair-Catch Free Kick Field Goal In The NFL? - TODAY
Dec 20, 2024 · Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker made the NFL's first fair-catch free kick field goal in nearly 50 years during his team's win over the Denver Broncos.
What is a free kick in football? Chargers' Cameron ... - Sporting News
Dec 20, 2024 · The fair catch free kick rule allows a team that successfully hauls in a fair catch on a punt to kick an uncontested field goal from the spot at which the ball was caught.
How many times has the fair-catch free-kick field goal worked in NFL …
Dec 20, 2024 · Chargers' Cameron Dicker made a rare fair-catch free-kick field goal from 57 yards out, the longest in NFL history. Only seven free kicks have been successful in the league.
Kicker Cameron Dicker ends first half of Chargers' win with history ...
Dec 20, 2024 · Dicker converted a 57-yard fair-catch field goal, the first such made kick since 1976, to end the half, cutting the Chargers' deficit to eight points and sparking a rally that led to a 34-27...
Taking advantage of an obscure rule, Chargers ... - 5 Eyewitness News
Dec 20, 2024 · Wersching, who kicked for the Chargers and 49ers during 15 NFL seasons, made a 45-yard fair-catch kick at the halftime gun for San Diego against Buffalo on Nov. 21, 1976. “It doesn’t happen ...
The fair catch free kick exact rule that explains the rare play in …
Dec 20, 2024 · What is a fair catch kick? According to NFL rules, a team can go for three points by kicking the ball between the posts if it successfully fields what’s termed as a ‘fair catch’.
What is a fair catch free kick? Watch Chargers' Cameron Dicker …
Dec 20, 2024 · The Chargers then used a little-known play called fair catch free kick. Cameron Dicker than nailed a 57-yard field goal to cut the Broncos' lead to 21-13 at halftime.