NFL Competition Committee mulling changes to catch rule, others

Nobody knows what a catch is. Not us here at Niners Nation, not the 32 teams playing football, not the referees enforcing the rules and certainly not the NFL itself. But they are making efforts to “simplify” the rule, according to multiple reports after conversations between the Competition Committee on Monday.

Specifically, the committee is looking at eliminating the “going to the ground” portion of the catch rule in an attempt to “clarify” things, according to Judy Battista of NFL.com.

The committee “appears to have unanimous agreement that controversial catch rulings involving Dez Bryant and Calvin Johnson should have been ruled complete,” according to New York Giants owner John Mara, via…