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NFL to consider restoring 'football move' requirement for catch

The NFL is going back in time to try to define and clarify a legal catch.

The league's competition committee next week will recommend restoring the "football move" requirement for a reception, the same term it removed from the rule in 2015 in an attempt to make a catch less subjective and easier to officiate.

Al Riveron, the NFL's

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