For the first time in years a team decided to attempt a free-kick field goal. Most likely you’ve never seen anything like this before in your life so here is the defiinition of the rule straight from the NFL.

After a fair catch, the receiving team has the option to put the ball in play by a snap or a fair catch kick (field goal attempt), with fair catch kick lines established ten yards apart. All general rules apply as for a field goal attempt from scrimmage. The clock starts when the ball is kicked. (No tee permitted.)

Now that one team has done it I’m sure we’ll start to see more and more teams attempting a free-kick. Hopefully the next one we see will actually be successful and not a total flop like this Rackers’ attempt.