One of the biggest misconceptions surrounding NFL game officials is that they are not held accountable like players and coaches. But after spending 22 years in the league’s officiating department, I can assure you that is not the case. Since 2013, the NFL has hired 34 new game officials — roughly one-quarter of the staff turned over in the last five years.

What constitutes a catch? It's a question that gets asked every couple of weeks in the NFL. There are few rules in league history that generate more discussion-and angst-than the catch rule, and I was intimately involved in one of the more controversial plays in recent memory.