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March 27, 2007
Points of emphasis
NFL Director of Officiating Mike Pereira reviewed some points of emphasis for officials Tuesday.
One point of emphasis in 2007 will be that officials should not call roughing-the-passer penalties when the defender has his arms extended and makes minimal contact with the quarterback. Pereira’s feeling was that too many touch roughing-the-passer calls were made in 2006.
But the overall roughing-the-passer penalties in the NFL were reduced from 127 to 106 last season.
The league will also continue with its point of emphasis on illegal contact by defenders. The number of illegal contact penalties were down from 162 to 121 last season.
