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Originally posted by Forksref
No reason why not. The difference is in the penalty: all roughings are a first down. I think the intent is to protect the quarterback who is vulnerable immediately after the pass is thrown. I'd call it roughing the passer. Since the pass is from behind the NZ, the pass is a legal pass and that bolsters the case for roughing the passer.
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You probably didn't mean to phrase it that way, but the foul is roughing the passer. In the case of a legal foward pass, one, two, three or whatever number in NF only games, that passer could be anyone. Not just the player called the Quarterback.
Any player A-player can throw a forward pass and as long as the pass meets the crtieria for a legal forward pass, that player cannot be roughed.
To answer sm_bbcoach's question, Yes, you can have roughing call on that pass.