Here's a look at the obscure rule. Whenever a player makes a fair 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 ...

He also invented the Nerf football. 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.

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

Cameron Dicker of the Los Angeles Chargers made the first successful fair-catch kick in the NFL since 1976 on Thursday night ...

The fair catch kick has its origins in rugby’s “goal from mark,” which has since been removed from the rugby codes. According to Quirky Research, “Mac Percival’s game-winning kick in ...

Watch as Cameron Dicker converts the first fair-catch free-kick field goal in 46 years as the Los Angeles Chargers claimed a 34-27 win over the Denver Broncos to close in on a spot in the NFL play ...

The Chargers completed their rally in the second half to beat Denver 34-27. What is a fair catch free kick? Here's what you need to know about the rule and why the Chargers were able to take ...

Ray Wersching was a surprise Chargers guest, invited by the Spanos family to also meet Cameron Dicker, whose free kick was the first since Wersching's in 1976.

Confused about what a free kick is? A Kansas City-area high school football coach discusses kickoffs, safety kicks and other ...

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.

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 ...