It all started as a marketing ploy.
Bud Light announced that they would buy everyone in the city of Denver a free beer if Broncos kicker Brandon McManus kicked the longest field goal in NFL history during the 2020 season.
The longest field goal to date belongs to one Matt Prater, the current kicker for the Detroit Lions, when he kicked a 64-yard field goal back in 2013 as part of the Broncos team. McManus has not made a field goal of longer than 57 yards in his professional career, but playing in the Mile High City, where the air is thin, anything is possible.