I can't even vaguely imagine calling grounding on this play. QB is off balance - I don't know how you could possibly determine that it was thrown poorly on purpose. Forget coaches - I believe you'd have an incredibly hard time justifying that call to your partners or supervisors (assuming they saw it).
HTBT regarding Roughing vs Roughness - but the rule is put in to protect a defenseless QB. What I would consider is ... would I call this foul if it wasn't the QB. If yes - then perhaps we have roughness. If this is anywhere near borderline, it's roughing.
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