An American football phrase used in the NFL rulebook used to overturn a clearly caught pass by a receiver but referees wish to overturn for no particularly reason. It is often used to screw over the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys. Naturally stretching out for a touchdown is not a "football move".

A term used by NFL television analysts in attempt to easily clarify/determine whether a particular pass was either a) caught and then fumbled or b) incomplete. The thinking is that if a ball was dropped after making a "football move" that the ball was officially caught and then fumbled. In contrast, if the receiver was not making a "football move," it was simply a dropped pass and therefore incomplete.

The problem with this term is that a receiver could clearly fumble the ball while making a non-football move (e.g. basketball move, volleyball move, etc.).