Australian punter Michael Dickson pulled off one of the plays of the year on Thursday Night Football, averting a catastrophe with some brilliant quick thinking and skill.<\/p>\n
With his Seattle Seahawks trailling the Los Angeles Rams 16-7 late in the third quarter, Dickson was called on to punt after a failed offensive drive.<\/p>\n
LIVE UPDATES:<\/strong> AFL trade news 2021 news and whispers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Australia sets new record in World Cup qualifiers with win over Oman<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Storm board 'seriously considered axing' Cameron Munster<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n His first kick was blocked, but the Sydney native scooped up the rebound with one hand, evaded the defence and launched a second kick down the field, pinning the Rams on their own 10-yard line.<\/p>\n While a penalty flag was initially thrown for an illegal second kick, it was overruled and the play allowed to stand.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeifertESPN\/status\/1446302984413929474<\/a><\/p>\n It ended up being a 68-yard punt, the longest of Dickson's season and the second longest of his career.<\/p>\n Instead of their opponents starting with the ball in scoring position, Seattle forced them to punt and would score on the following drive, closing the score to 16-14.<\/p>\n The Rams would end up winning anyway, but the eyes up play from Dickson caught the attention of everyone watching.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/FieldYates\/status\/1446301832402415648<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1446302084333129728<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Realrclark25\/status\/1446301649023250462<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FieldGulls\/status\/1446294594493186051?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n Dickson, a former Sydney Swans academy player, has been a fan favourite across his three seasons in Seattle.<\/p>\n He was named an all-pro in 2019 after his rookie season<\/a>, and this summer signed a four-year, $14.5 million ($19.8 million AUD) contract extension.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australian punter Michael Dickson pulled off one of the plays of the year on Thursday Night Football, averting a catastrophe with some brilliant quick thinking […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140744"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140746,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140744\/revisions\/140746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}