Smackin' it down

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Jontrem

I could be wrong but I think it is running into the kicker if they hit the plant leg and roughing if they hit the kicking leg....I could be wrong but I think I recently heard this on one of the broadcasts.

I believe it is the other way around. Hit the kicking leg and it is running into the kicker; hit the plant leg and it is roughing.

Either way, it is in the rules so the call is pretty automatic with not a lot of room for interpretation by the official.