Roughing the punter

[James Neil]

So using this logic , I assume you'll call roughing the passer if a team is in a passing situation and a player is in a shot-gun or droping back to pass and he gets hit before releaceing the ball ? He may be running around with his arm cocked , looking down field for a open receiver . He may even have his arm in motion when he gets hit .We all know he wants to pass the ball . But it can't be roughing the passer unless he's already passed the ball . This is a contact sport where all players are exposed to injury . We can't penalize a player just because he's made a good play on a unprotected player who just happens to be in a position where he's vulnerable to injury . I feel that is why we're given a set of definitions to use as a guide as when we need to protect certain players . A punter has 10 other players at his disposal to protect him from being hit before he has a chance to kick the ball . A player setting up to pass has the same . A holder has special protection also .The rules makers have provided us a guideline with rule #2 to help us determine when these players need that special protection . I feel we should use them . IMHO