After years of tweaking the rules, the NFL finally figured out how to properly define a catch. Now, the NFL has made a minor fix to something that was no longer broken.

The NFL’s “back of the book” rule-change process has introduced a tweak to the rule regarding the establishment of possession of the ball.

It appears in the definition of a “football move,” which is specifically referred to in the rulebook as “any act common to the game.” As of last year, that term was followed by several examples: “tuck the ball away, extend it forward, take an additional step, turn upfield, or avoid or ward off an opponent.”

This year, it has changed. The examples of performing “any act common to the game” now read like this: “extend the ball forward, take an additional step, tuck the ball away and tur

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