Chargers' Cameron Dicker made a rare fair-catch free-kick field goal from 57 yards out, the longest in NFL history. Only ...

Cameron Dicker's 57-yard field goal on a free kick after a Chargers fair catch Thursday night broke a record set by a Packers ...

The Chargers coach earned his team a free three points when the Broncos punted as time expired, enacting a free kick rule ...

The Los Angeles Chargers pulled off the first successful free kick field goal since 1976, which was also achieved by the ...

The Los Angeles Chargers took advantage of one of the most obscure rules in the NFL rule book on Thursday night when they ...

The game between the Chargers and Broncos got a little confusing toward the end of the first half on Thursday night when Los ...

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

Dicker’s field goal was actually a fair-catch field goal, the first of its kind to happen in an NFL game in nearly half a century. The kick happened after the Broncos punted the ball at the end of the ...

The Chargers took advantage of an obscure NFL rule with a fair catch kick against the Broncos on ‘Thursday Night Football.’ ...

A 57-yard field goal attempt made more sense than a Hail Mary attempt, so Harbaugh opted to kick. Free kick field goals are .

You never know what you’re going to see on the football field, and Thursday night’s Chargers-Broncos was no different.

Know the rare and fascinating history of the drop kick field goal in the NFL, a quirky play that's nearly extinct but ...