Cameron Dicker last week became the first NFL kicker to convert a free kick since Wersching did it while with the Chargers in 1976. The team brought Wersching to El Segundo on Monday, a surprise ...

Corrections/clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated the distance of Dicker's kick. The Los Angeles Chargers just did something that hasn't been ...

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.

The Chargers forced a Broncos punt after Justin Herbert’s second interception in as many games. On the punt, Broncos cornerback Tremon Smith committed fair-catch interference on Chargers returner ...

It had not happened in nearly 50 years, but Thursday night's NFL game saw the first successful fair catch free kick since 1976. Just before halftime, the Chargers' Derius Davis called for a fair ...

Also according to the rulebook, the fair-catch kick is technically distinct from a free kick. The NFL only considers kickoffs ...

Welcome to FTW Explains: a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Are you wondering what a free kick is in the NFL? We got you covered. At the end of the first h ...

Courier-Express beat reporter Jim Baker called it "one of the most inept quarterbacking performances ever witnessed in a ...

As the first half came to a close, Los Angeles kicker Cameron Dicker converted the first free-kick field goal in NFL history since 1976, nailing it from 57 yards out. A rare fair catch free kick ...

Harbaugh got an opportunity to utilize what he called his favorite rule in football: The fair-catch kick. According to NFL rules, if a player makes a fair catch, his team may attempt an ...

earning three points at the end of the first half with the successful execution of a rare fair-catch free-kick field goal. So what's a fair-catch kick? It's Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh's favorite ...