Dead Ball Penalty at End of 4th Down?

[Welpe]

The officials were almost correct in their enforcement. They are correct in that if Team A (the offense) fails to achieve the line to gain, Team B (the defense) is awarded a first down. This happens by rule as soon as the ball becomes dead. In this case, a dead ball foul after the down has ended, by it's nature, occurs after Team B had been awarded a new series.

The reason that I say the officials almost got it right is that Team B should have been awarded the ball but instead of 1st and 25, it should have been 1st and 10 since the chains had not been set yet and the ready for play had not been given yet.