Report: Members of NFL competition committee 'uncomfortable' with roughing the passer rule

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The NFL has a problem when it comes to the number of ticky-tack roughing the passer flags thrown thus far this season, and even the men who had a hand in creating it have realized it. NFL Network reporter Judy Battista wrote on Tuesday that “several” members of the league’s eight-member competition committee are uncomfortable with the way the group’s decision to make roughing the passer a point of emphasis this season is playing out. Packers linebacker Clay Matthews reacts to his penalty after tackling Redskins quarterback Alex Smith on Sunday, his third roughing the passer penalty of the season.

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