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Another season, another catch controversy: Did Julio Jones catch it in bounds?

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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2018 file photo Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) warms up before an NFL preseason football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla. Jones, fully healthy, says it’s no big deal that he didn’t play in the preseason. With the NFL regular season opener three days away in Philadelphia, Jones is only concerned that he hasn’t missed practice and that he feels better to begin a season than he has in three years. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, file)

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The NFL’s new catch rule was supposed to make it easier to define what a catch is.

We still don’t know.

The league adopted a rule that says a player has caught the ball when he has control, two feet or another body part down and either making or having the ability to make a football move.

Julio Jones did all that on a pass he caught for a 52-yard gain, but on-field officials ruled he did not have control of the ball before sliding out of bounds on his back. The Falcons challenged the ruling.

The league’s officiating head, Al Riveron, ruled from New York that the call stood.

NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay, a former official, second-guessed Riveron’s decision as it appeared Jones pinned the ball to his shoulder while in bounds.

The Falcons ended up punting.