The NFL this offseason endeavored to fix many problems, some of which they created themselves, others that they fabricated entirely. Others were legitimate problems, such as the catch rule, but whether or not their ‘fix’ actually proves to be just that will be determined only be how it is actually carried out in practice during the 2018 season and beyond.
Aiming to create a more objective standard to help determine what is and is not a catch, the league’s owners back during the Annual League Meeting approved changes to the catch rule that would define post-catch actions that would satisfy the requirement for completion of a catch.