Kill the Play or Not?

[Warrenkicker]

Originally Posted by Fedex

Thanks to all who responded. I really appreciate it. Here's partly why I asked this question. I had a situation where the offensive tackle puts his hand on the ground simultaneously with the snap (Wasn't set for 1 second). I, as the linesman, throw the flag and let the play continue. At halftime, the GM of the team berates me because he said I should have blown the play dead. Was I correct in letting it go?

Sounds like you got it right. That is a shift and illegal shifts don't kill the play.

And GMs might be great fans of football but some don't have great rules knowledge so I wouldn't worry about him.