NFL's obscure fair-catch free kick rule left several Chargers …
2 days ago · 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 ...
Obscure rule leads to Chargers getting 1st made fair catch free kick …
3 days ago · It takes a specific circumstance for an NFL team to try a fair catch free kick. That's why one hadn't been made in almost 50 years. On Thursday night, viewers got a lesson on a little-known rule ...
Los Angeles Chargers score on ultra rare 'fair catch kick ... - NBC News
2 days ago · It was the NFL's first successful free-kick field goal since Ray Wersching of the then-San Diego Chargers connected from 45 yards out against the Buffalo Bills on Nov. 21, 1976.. Wersching ...
Fair-catch kick explained: Chargers convert first since 1976 - USA …
3 days ago · The NFL only considers kickoffs, safety kicks or onside kicks to be free kicks and specifically states that a fair-catch kick "is not a free kick." There's also this from Rule 10, Section 2 ...
Chargers score in a way that hasn't happened in 48 years | AP News
2 days ago · The most recent fair-catch kick in the NFL was attempted in 2019, when Carolina’s Joey Slye missed from 60 yards in a game played in London. Harbaugh also attempted it with the San Francisco 49ers in 2013, but Phil Dawson missed from 71 yards right before halftime.
WATCH: Chargers utilize obscure NFL rule to hit league's first fair ...
3 days ago · Wersching was also playing for the Chargers when he hit his free kick, which means the only two fair-catch kicks the NFL has seen since 1970 have been converted by the Chargers, who went on to win ...
The Chargers’ Fair Catch Free Kick and Other Obscure N.F.L. Rules
2 days ago · The fair catch free-kick field goal. On Thursday night in a game against the Denver Broncos, Derius Davis of the Los Angeles Chargers made a fair catch at his own 38-yard line — meaning no one ...
Fair catch free kick jump-starts Chargers comeback vs. Broncos
2 days ago · It was the first fair-catch kick attempt in the NFL since 2019. “It's my favorite rule in football, and just been trying to get one of those, like every game,” Harbaugh said with a smile postgame.
How many times has the fair-catch free-kick field goal worked in NFL …
2 days ago · 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.
What is a free kick in football? Chargers' Cameron ... - Sporting News
3 days ago · 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.
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