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Welcome to yet another edition of "Is this a catch?" This week's episode features , who caught a touchdown pa s from during the second quarter of "Sunday Night Football." That touchdown knotted up the score between the and , but that's hardly the reason why it matters. It matters because it, once again, demonstrated Christian Yelich Jersey how nobody has a clue what qualifies as a catch in the NFL. On the play, Rodgers scrambled, shrugged off a violent facemask, and fired a rocket to Nelson in the back of the end zone. Nelson snagged the pa s, but within a split second, Redskins cornerback knocked the ball out of Nelson's arms. The officials ruled the play a touchdown on the field and, after a review, the catch was upheld. Take a look:. eludes the rush...And finds !TOUCHDOWN ! NFL (@NFL) It's worth noting that, because Nelson wasn't Eric Sogard Jersey going to the ground, he didn't have to maintain po se sion through the proce s of the catch. Check out Here's why the NFL upheld Jordy Nelson's touchdown catch for the Packers. NFL rules say that a receiver must have the ball long enough to become a runner in order to establish po se sion. According to the rules, a player has the Matt Garza Jersey ball long enough to become a runner when "after his second foot is on the ground, he is capable of avoiding or warding off impending contact of an opponent, tucking the ball away, turning up field or taking additional steps." The rule applies both in the field of play and in the end zone. I think you could make the argument that Nelson did all of that. Had the play taken place in the field of play exactly the same way, it would have been a catch and a fumble. But as soon as he established po se sion in the end zone, it was a touchdown and the play was over.To conclude: The catch-rule isn't clear. But we already knew that. Remember when the NFL said didn't catch this pa s?Remember when this wasn't a catch? SB Nation (@SBNation) As expected, the internet was confused. If this is a touchdown I'm completely lost on what a catch is Terrance Knighton (@MisterRoast98) Ref: Nelson barely had control of the ball Dark side ref: It's a touchdown Jennifer X. Williams (@JenXperience) How in the world was that a Mike Moustakas Jersey catch? Even Nelson thought it wasnt. Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) That Nelson TD needs to be reviewed with a real-time replay. Slo-mo can make it seem like he had it for an hour. Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) New rule: Catch is defined by holding onto ball for One Zach Davies Jersey Mi si sippi, regardle s of anything that happens after One Mi si sippi. I think. Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) What is a catch? What is anything, really? Andrea Hangst (@FBALL_Andrea) NFL still has to figure out what a catch is Joe Theismann (@Theismann7) Is it a touchdown? Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) And that concludes this week's edition of "Is that a catch?"