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

Just before halftime of Thursday night’s game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos, Chargers punt returner ...

In the realm of the NFL, most of the rules are quite distinctive ... the ball on the ground or on the tee and try to score three points. Another form of kick in the NFL is the safety kick.

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

Cameron Dicker and the Los Angeles Chargers made NFL history on Thursday night when they converted the first fair catch kick ...

(No tee permitted ... on the very next play after a fair catch. The fair-catch kick rule is very rarely used in the NFL. The last player to attempt a fair catch field goal before Thursday ...

According to the NFL rules, if a player makes a fair catch ... play by a snap or fair catch kick (drop kick or place kick without a tee) from the spot of the catch or succeeding spot after ...

What is the free-kick rule, and why is it so rare? According to the NFL rulebook ... fair catch kick (drop kick or place kick without a tee) from the spot of the catch or succeeding spot after ...

Governed by Rule 10, Section 2, Article 4 of the NFL Rulebook ... the ball in play by a snap or fair catch kick (drop kick or place kick without a tee) from the spot of the catch or succeeding ...

The Los Angeles Chargers line up for a rare fair catch kick against the Denver Broncos. / @NFL Cameron Dicker and ... Here's a look at the obscure rule. Whenever a player makes a fair catch ...