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Ed, I think you are correct on the point of safety, but not about the foul called. You could still have a foul for unnecessarily rough contact, a personal foul, but not roughing the kicker. Remember the definition of kicker is someone who has kicked the ball, not intends to kick it. The defender does have reasonble certainty of an impending kick, and should use caution when approaching the player in position to kick, lest there be a foul. Just what foul you call though depends on what action took place.
The difference in the foul called is 15 yards and the automatic first down for roughing, versus only the 15 yards for PF.
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