Higgins toe tap from other angle

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(09-26-2022, 12:31 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/2021%20-%20Rule%20Book%20%20Case%20Book.pdf
The most important part of that is the final sentence. If your toe tap is part of taking a step, and part of your foot goes out, it's out of bounds. It's the difference between a step and a toe drag.

Ok...now i'm confused. Maybe i'm just not talking about the same thing everyone else is talking about. To my understanding, even facing backwards, if your come down on the balls of your feet and immediately jump or step backwards without any other part of your foot touching out of bounds...it's a catch. 

I keep reading where the "heel has to be down". I've never read or heard that before. 

If you come down on the balls of your feet in bounds, but then your heel comes down out of bounds...it's not a catch. 

That's how i've always thought it to be.