Cameron Dicker booted a free kick after a punt fair catch before halftime of the Los Angeles Chargers' win over the Denver ...

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

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 ...

A field goal is three points and a touchdown is six. But how do you score just two? Here’s how a play can be ruled a safety.

Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker booted the very rare, 57-yard free kick right through the uprights to make it the first successful attempt in the NFL since 1976. Chargers kicker Ray Wersching is ...

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 ...

NFL Cameron Dicker and the Los Angeles Chargers ... catch his team has the option to play a regular down or attempt a free kick. Or, as was the case on Thursday, if there is a foul that interferes ...

enacting a free kick rule that resulted in Cameron Dicker drilling a 57-yarder as time expired to go into the half. The three points swung momentum toward Los Angeles, which went on a 24-6 run as ...

At 57 yards, it was the longest fair catch free-kick ever 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 ...