i think you may be the only one that struggled with that. I thought it was pretty easy and if you were good at it, it gave you the advantage over your opponent.
I think they should just get rid of the user catch and just let the animations take over the catch and once the WR has the ball the obviously the user takes over.
If there is still a user catch, they should make it harder because too many people were doing it and having success with it. I say just remove the user catch and let them use their animations to make the catch more realistic. To me, i want this game to be as real as it gets. And when i (along with others) make a user catch, 9/10x it doesnt look real. just take it out EA.