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Chargers players had no idea what was going on when Cameron Dicker successfully made a fair catch free kick vs. the Broncos.

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

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 offense must be behind the line of scrimmage when the ball is kicked. On defense, ...

After the two teams exchanged timeouts, the Chargers trotted out Cameron Dicker for the 57-yard, fair-catch kick. Dicker knocked the football through the uprights for the first successful fair ...

As the second quarter wound down, the Denver Broncos were flagged for interference on a fair catch, resulting in a 15-yard ...

The Chargers forced a Broncos punt after Justin ... encountered at the end of the first half. “It’s a fair-catch, free-kick situation; we practice it,” Payton told Amazon sideline reporter ...

Dicker attempted and completed the NFL's first fair catch kick since 1976 ... The 59-yard free kick was exactly the type of momentum the Chargers needed heading into the locker room, as they ...

Just before halftime of Thursday night’s game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Denver Broncos, Chargers punt returner Derius Davis settled under a punt attempt and waved his arms for a ...

The Los Angeles Chargers just did something that hasn ... kicks to be free kicks and specifically states that a fair-catch kick "is not a free kick." There's also this from Rule 10, Section ...

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 ...