Where's the drop kick?

[BKL]

I was playing out a game and my team was down by 4 points. My defense recorded a safety later in the quarter, putting them down by 2 with 3 seconds left.

On the free kick we fair caught it at the opponent 45 yard line with just 3 seconds left. Isn't there a rule where my team can attempt a free drop kick field goal?

I don't see this option in the game...

[OldGiants]

It does NOT have to be a drop kick. However, a team does have the option to take a 'free' kick from the 45 yard line, sort of a kick off with no chance of it being blocked.

So, yes, a team should have the option to take a kick after a fair catch.

This option does not exist in college football for reasons I'll let folks google.

[BowTieSports]

While, yes, you are correct as to the NFL rule, it is such an obscure rule with such a specific set of circumstances to its application that it is probably more of a pain to code in to the game than it would be worth to the actual game play experience. There hasn't been a successful free kick in the NFL since 1976. And prior to Phil Dawson's attempt in the NFL this year it had been 5 years since one was even tried. Personally, while I understand it is not 100% accurate, I'm OK with a once every 5 years-or-so event not being coded into the game play.

If you are talking about realism of the game experience, though, I'd be more concerned with an NFL punter/kicker booting a 25-yard non-onside kick into the field of play on a post-safety free kick, then the option to try a free kick after said shank.

(And as an aside I don't think any of the Xbox or PlayStation NFL games had the free kick coded into the game play, either)