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That may have been part of the genesis of it. If a would-be passer is past the line, the defense has a right to consider him a runner, with whom you have a bit more latitude. If said runner suddenly becomes a passer after he's crossed the line and throws a ball and you nail him, it doesn't seem fair that he could say he was a passer.
That said, if they'd meant it to be only for illegal passes beyond the line (which is only one of the many illegal passes), they could have specified that.
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