It was great. They practiced it!
May be Flutie's last score in the NFL?
I can't wait for the highlights, so I can see this. Does anyone know if there is a video of it?
He's practiced it for years. Apparently, there's some obscure rule that allows a drop kick from any place on the field. At least that's what I remember.
So... say you were down by two points and had the ball on your own 40 with five seconds left. You could throw a pass to a receiver at the other team's twenty, and then the receiver could attempt a 30-yard drop kick.
That's why Flutie's practiced it. But the NFL may have changed the rule in recent years.