Los Angeles Chargers score on ultra rare ‘fair catch kick,’ first successful attempt since 1976
Placekicker for the Los Angeles ChargersEast Coast residents who get up early and those who watch linear TV likely missed Cameron Dicker's 57-yard free-kick field goal on Thursday.
Dicker's unimpeded field goal at the end of the first half of Prime Video's "Thursday Night Football" kicked off a resurgence that saw the Chargers overcome a deficit to defeat the visiting Denver Broncos 34-27.
It was the first successful field goal on a free kick in 48 years in the NFL.
In the final seconds of the second quarter, Denver was forced to punt on fourth-and-12 from its own 16-yard line as the Broncos led 21-10.
At his own 38-yard line, L.A. punt returner Derius Davis was in position to make a fair catch.A kick receiver who signals that he will reel in the boot and give up any possibility of a retur...