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What the heck is a catch in the NFL, anyway? An explainer

The NFL can’t ever seem to decide what a catch is and isn’t. So how are we as fans supposed to know, anyway? Here’s an explainer to help explain the rule book once and for all.

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(Friend, you may want to start here. If you are new here, this is not where you are supposed to be. You are supposed to be somewhere that would at first appear to be the same, but is actually quite different. This will make sense to you one day.

If you are truly supposed to be here, you already know you are supposed to be here.)

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SB Nation presents: The NFL needs to tell us what a catch is

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