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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.
Curly Lambeau—yes, that Lambeau— made the first fair catch kick in 1921. Dicker's attempt was just the sixth in the 21st Century and there wans't a single fair catch kick attempted in the 1990s.
And what's this about a fair catch kick too? Well, let's check out how ForTheWin alumn Nate Scott described the last free kick we saw in the NFL, when the Carolina Panthers missed one in 2019.
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.
You don't see that every day. The Chargers trailed 21-13 at the half against Denver but only after Cameron Dicker hit a 57-yard fair catch kick at the end of the half. Wait … a what? Let us explain.
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Chargers pulled off a rare “free-kick field goal.” There are other oddball rules in the book if you dig deep enough.
If fair-catch interference is called, a half can't end on a defensive penalty, so the receiving team can opt for the fair catch kick.
The Chargers then used a little-known play called fair catch free kick. Cameron Dicker than nailed a 57-yard field goal to cut the Broncos' lead to 21-13 at halftime.
Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker just did something no NFL player has done since 1976. What is a fair-catch kick?
NFL's obscure fair-catch free kick rule left several Chargers players totally confused: 'Is it two points?' A few Chargers players had no idea what was happening at the end of the first half ...
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.
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