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

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.

There is a rule that says that any time a team makes a fair catch, it has the right to a free kick of the ball, which the opponent is not allowed to attempt to block. Of course, this almost never ...

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 ...

We saw something pretty darn cool on Thursday night: Cameron Dicker booted a free kick after a punt fair catch before halftime of the Los Angeles Chargers’ win over the Denver Broncos ...

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 ...

But what is a free kick? 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 ...

Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker just did something no NFL player has done since 1976. What is a fair-catch kick?

so the receiving team can opt for the fair catch kick. Typically, if the receiving teams opts for the free kick, the attempt happens from the spot of the fair catch. Thursday night, the Broncos ...

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. Percival then connected on his kick with ...

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 ...