CAMERON Dicker set a new NFL record during Thursday Night Football.
The Los Angeles Chargers kicker took advantage of a little-known rule to end the first half of the game.
Cameron Dicker set a new NFL kicking record[/caption]
Dicker kicked the longest fair catch free kick in NFL history[/caption]
Dicker took part in what is known as a fair catch free kick.
This is a field goal attempt that doesn’t have any defenders in formation to try blocking it.
The Chargers were able to attempt this play after fair catch interference was called on a punt, placing them in field goal range.
With no defenders on the field, Dicker booted a 57-yard field goal through the uprights.
That was the longest fair catch kick in NFL history.
The kick helped spark a comeback for the Chargers in the second half, as it shrank their first-half deficit to 21-13.
The Chargers went on to win 34-27.
Dicker gave credit to his special teams coordinator, Ryan Ficken, as he taught him about the rule in 2022.
He said Ficken prepares him weekly for this kind of scenario.
“It was awesome,” Dicker said.
“It was funny to be in that scenario and just be like, ‘Huh, there’s no lineup there. This looks a little weird,’ but it was really cool.”
The last fair catch kick attempt came in 2019 when Joey Slye missed a 60-yard attempt for the Carolina Panthers.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh loved the moment, and has been a part of a fair catch kick attempt in the past.
In 2013 as the San Francisco 49ers head coach he had Phil Dawson try a 71-yard fair catch kick that was missed.
“This is our chance; this is our moment,” Harbaugh said.
NFL on Netflix
Netflix will be the global home of the NFL on Christmas Day this year.
The streaming service will show two special holiday games live around the world.
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs kick off the double header against the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 pm ET.
And they’ll be followed by the Baltimore Ravens at the Houston Texans from 4.30 pm ET.
That game will also feature a halftime show from Beyonce in her home town of Houston, Texas.
Netflix also confirmed their broadcast team for the day, led by Fox NFL commentator Greg Olsen and former Good Morning Football host Kay Adams.
“I wanted to try it from 65 [yards].”
Other members of the team had no clue what was going on, with some thinking they should go for a hail mary.
“Everybody was trying to figure out what was going on,” linebacker Bud Dupree said.
“We knew he could make it. We just didn’t understand. Was it going to be a two-point or three-point, or did we get the ball on the 1?
“We didn’t know.”
