Roughing the Passer

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Definition

A defender continues an effort to tackle or "hit" a passer after the passer has already thrown a pass. A defender is allowed to take one step after the ball is thrown; a defender is penalized if he hits the passer having taken two or more steps after the ball leaves the passer's hand.

Outcome

15 yards and an automatic first down

2009 Stats

Penalty Log

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Against	Beneficiary	Date	Player	Pos	Ref Crew	Week	Quarter	Time	Down	Distance	Yardage	Declined	Offsetting	Home	Phase
Baltimore	Kansas City	09/13/09	J.Johnson	LB	Gene Steratore	1	4	07:32	2	2	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Detroit	New Orleans	09/13/09	L.Cohen	DE	Mike Carey	1	2	00:21	2	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
New England	Buffalo	09/14/09	V.Wilfork	NT	Scott Green	1	3	14:35	1	20	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
New England	Buffalo	09/14/09	A.Thomas	OLB	Scott Green	1	4	07:39	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Cincinnati	Green Bay	09/20/09	B.Johnson	LB	Ed Hochuli	2	1	04:58	3	2	7	No	No	No	Defense
Green Bay	Cincinnati	09/20/09	A.Harris	CB	Ed Hochuli	2	2	03:08	1	10	6	No	No	Yes	Defense
Washington	St. Louis	09/20/09	J.Jarmon	DE	Jerome Boger	2	1	04:20	2	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Buffalo	Tampa Bay	09/20/09	K.Mitchell	LB	Ron Winter	2	4	01:50	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Pittsburgh	Chicago	09/20/09	J.Harrison	OLB	Scott Green	2	2	06:16	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	San Diego	09/20/09	T.Pryce	DE	Tony Corrente	2	2	00:24	2	10	0	No	No	No	Defense
Jacksonville	Houston	09/27/09	D.Smith	ILB	Ron Winter	3	2	11:08	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Minnesota	San Francisco	09/27/09	E.Henderson	MLB	Jerome Boger	3	2	09:50	4	1	6	No	No	Yes	Defense
Atlanta	New England	09/27/09	J.Anderson	DE	Al Riveron	3	1	05:59	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
New Orleans	Buffalo	09/27/09	T.Hargrove	DE	Walt Anderson	3	1	01:42	2	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Seattle	Chicago	09/27/09	P.Kerney	DE	Don Carey	3	4	02:00	2	7	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	Oakland	09/27/09	R.Fields	DT	Ed Hochuli	3	4	11:03	1	10	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Indianapolis	Arizona	09/27/09	E.Foster	DT	Pete Morelli	3	2	01:24	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	New England	10/04/09	H.Ngata	DT	Ron Winter	4	1	03:35	3	9	15	No	No	No	Defense
Baltimore	New England	10/04/09	T.Suggs	OLB	Ron Winter	4	2	05:16	2	11	15	No	No	No	Defense
Dallas	Denver	10/04/09	J.Ratliff	DT	Walt Anderson	4	4	08:27	2	5	15	No	No	No	Defense
Cleveland	Buffalo	10/11/09	C.Williams	DT	Jerome Boger	5	4	06:34	3	8	15	No	No	No	Defense
Detroit	Pittsburgh	10/11/09	L.Cohen	DE	Ed Hochuli	5	2	12:59	3	4	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Oakland	N.Y. Giants	10/11/09	T.Scott	DE	John Parry	5	3	11:45	3	10	13	No	No	No	Defense
Philadelphia	Tampa Bay	10/11/09	V.Abiamiri	DE	Terry McAulay	5	3	05:15	3	10	12	No	No	Yes	Defense
St. Louis	Minnesota	10/11/09	C.Dahl	DB	Don Carey	5	4	03:20	3	7	2	No	No	Yes	Defense
New England	Denver	10/11/09	T.Warren	DT	Carl Cheffers	5	2	07:46	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	Indianapolis	10/11/09	K.Vanden Bosch	DE	Walt Anderson	5	2	00:57	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Tennessee	Indianapolis	10/11/09	J.Ford	DE	Walt Anderson	5	2	00:30	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
New Orleans	N.Y. Giants	10/18/09	J.Vilma	OLB	Ed Hochuli	6	2	09:13	2	6	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Cleveland	Pittsburgh	10/18/09	D.Bowens	ILB	Walt Anderson	6	2	03:26	2	13	15	No	No	No	Defense
Washington	Kansas City	10/18/09	A.Haynesworth	DT	Tony Corrente	6	2	10:20	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Philadelphia	Oakland	10/18/09	T.Laws	DT	Pete Morelli	6	2	08:32	3	8	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Tennessee	New England	10/18/09	C.Hope	DB	Gene Steratore	6	2	09:07	2	7	15	No	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	New England	10/18/09	T.Brown	DT	Gene Steratore	6	3	14:52	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Carolina	Buffalo	10/25/09	T.Brayton	DT	Terry McAulay	7	4	15:00	2	7	3	No	No	Yes	Defense
Buffalo	Carolina	10/25/09	S.Johnson	DT	Terry McAulay	7	4	01:56	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Arizona	N.Y. Giants	10/25/09	K.Dansby	ILB	Al Riveron	7	3	00:41	3	14	15	No	No	No	Defense
Cleveland	Chicago	11/01/09	K.Wimbley	OLB	Al Riveron	8	2	06:26	3	8	15	No	No	No	Defense
Detroit	St. Louis	11/01/09	J.Peterson	OLB	Ron Winter	8	1	05:22	3	9	14	No	No	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	Green Bay	11/01/09	R.Edwards	DE	Tony Corrente	8	4	07:33	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Indianapolis	San Francisco	11/01/09	C.Session	LB	Ed Hochuli	8	2	00:51	2	10	13	No	No	Yes	Defense
Washington	Atlanta	11/08/09	L.Alexander	LB	Ron Winter	9	2	00:50	3	11	15	No	No	No	Defense
New England	Miami	11/08/09	P.Chung	SS	Mike Carey	9	3	02:58	3	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Carolina	New Orleans	11/08/09	D.Lewis	DT	Scott Green	9	2	00:29	2	15	7	No	No	No	Defense
Carolina	Atlanta	11/15/09	T.Brayton	DT	Bill Leavy	10	4	08:54	2	7	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Detroit	Minnesota	11/15/09	J.Peterson	OLB	Walt Anderson	10	4	01:52	3	12	15	No	No	No	Defense
Jacksonville	N.Y. Jets	11/15/09	R.Nelson	FS	Ed Hochuli	10	1	02:26	2	7	10	No	No	No	Defense
Kansas City	Oakland	11/15/09	T.Hali	OLB	Mike Carey	10	3	02:38	3	9	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Cleveland	Baltimore	11/16/09	J.Trusnik	LB	Carl Cheffers	10	2	03:50	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Jacksonville	Buffalo	11/22/09	A.Ellison	DT	Mike Carey	11	1	09:24	2	8	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	San Diego	11/22/09	V.Holliday	DE	Ron Winter	11	1	07:24	3	4	5	No	No	Yes	Defense
Oakland	Cincinnati	11/22/09	S.Routt	CB	Don Carey	11	3	07:10	3	6	3	No	No	Yes	Defense
Green Bay	Detroit	11/26/09	C.Matthews	OLB	Bill Leavy	12	1	13:48	2	6	3	No	No	No	Defense
Miami	Buffalo	11/29/09	C.Crowder	ILB	Jeff Triplette	12	1	07:15	3	2	0	No	Yes	No	Defense
Miami	Buffalo	11/29/09	J.Taylor	OLB	Jeff Triplette	12	2	06:53	2	4	15	No	No	No	Defense
Houston	Indianapolis	11/29/09	A.Smith	DE	Al Riveron	12	2	09:01	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Philadelphia	Atlanta	12/06/09	V.Abiamiri	DE	Ed Hochuli	13	2	02:08	3	4	14	No	No	No	Defense
Cleveland	Pittsburgh	12/10/09	M.Benard	LB	Ron Winter	14	2	00:27	2	2	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Baltimore	Detroit	12/13/09	T.Pryce	DE	Don Carey	14	1	10:05	3	4	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Houston	Seattle	12/13/09	D.Ryans	ILB	Pete Morelli	14	2	11:47	3	3	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Denver	Oakland	12/20/09	E.Dumervil	OLB	Al Riveron	15	2	10:01	2	12	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Minnesota	Carolina	12/20/09	K.Williams	DT	Pete Morelli	15	3	13:55	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Tennessee	San Diego	12/25/09	W.Hayes	DE	Tony Corrente	16	2	06:25	1	20	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Atlanta	Buffalo	12/27/09	K.Biermann	OLB	Bill Leavy	16	2	04:39	3	2	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Seattle	Green Bay	12/27/09	P.Kerney	DE	Walt Coleman	16	1	06:41	2	7	15	No	No	No	Defense
St. Louis	Arizona	12/27/09	D.Scott	DT	Al Riveron	16	3	05:26	2	9	7	No	No	No	Defense
Philadelphia	Dallas	01/03/10	M.Fokou	LB	Ron Winter	17	2	02:33	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
Houston	New England	01/03/10	B.Pollard	SS	John Parry	17	2	02:52	1	10	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
N.Y. Giants	Minnesota	01/03/10	O.Umenyiora	DE	Terry McAulay	17	2	05:37	2	8	15	No	No	No	Defense
Green Bay	Arizona	01/10/10	C.Jenkins	DT	Scott Green	Wildcard Weekend	3	02:41	1	5	15	No	No	No	Defense
New Orleans	Arizona	01/16/10	S.Shanle	OLB	Ron Winter	Divisional Playoffs	2	12:46	2	7	14	No	No	Yes	Defense
Arizona	New Orleans	01/16/10	C.Campbell	DE	Ron Winter	Divisional Playoffs	3	10:00	1	10	15	No	No	No	Defense
New Orleans	Minnesota	01/24/10	T.Hargrove	DE	Pete Morelli	Conference Championships	3	04:14	3	4	15	No	No	Yes	Defense
Totals							2.35		2.01	8.45	904	0	4	34