ORLANDO, Fla. -- Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh deserves some praise if a new catch rule passes at the NFL owners meetings.

Harbaugh was singled out by competition committee chairman Rich McKay on Monday for pushing less subjectivity in one of the most controversial rules in football.

Under the Ravens' proposal, it would be ruled a catch if the receiver has control, two feet inbounds and a third step is taken. While the committee wanted to add a football move to that third element (and not just a third step), Harbaugh did help frame what could be the newly rewritten catch rule.

"I think one thing coach Harbaugh did is he got us to think about the fact that we needed to get out of the element of time," McKay said. "How long did he have? We needed objective elements, and that's what we tried to do."

In early February, Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti predicted a change to the NFL catch rule, which played a major factor in several games this season, including Super Bowl LII.

Asked about the definition of a catch, Bisciotti shook his head for a few seconds before answering.

"The whole thing is stupid," Bisciotti said at Friday's "State of the Ravens" news conference. "I heard Roger’s [Goodell] thing. I heard the whole objective/subjective thing. I agree with it. Start over. It’s just ridiculous."

NFL Nation reporter Kevin Seifert contributed to this report