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

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

A free kick is sort of like a field goal, but not really. Players line up a bit more like a kickoff, where everyone on ...

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

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

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

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

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

Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker booted the very rare, 57-yard free kick right through the uprights to make it the first ...

The Los Angeles Chargers took the momentum in their Thursday Night Football game against the Denver Broncos in the rarest way ...

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