Quote Originally Posted by morsdraconis View Post
So, when they say it's a "fair catch kick" does that mean that Rackers kicked the ball off, and the Giants fair caught the kick off instead of running it back, thus allowing the Cardinals to attempt this kick? Do I have that right?
From my understanding of the Yahoo Sports article, the Giants kicked off deep (someone mentioned a penalty or something) and a fair catch gave Arizona the ball at their own 42 yard line.

With only 5 seconds left before halftime, they could have done the usual of snapping the ball and trying a hail mary, or they could "fair catch kick", which is basically a field goal attempt, just the ball isn't snapped, there's no offensive or defensive lines, and it's basically like a kickoff, just no tee and either someone must be holding the ball or you have to drop kick it.

If it goes through the uprights, you get three points, like a standard field goal. If it doesn't and stays in bounds, the other team is able to return it similar to a kickoff return.