'Sherman did exactly one thing wrong on the play: He jumped offsides. He jumped egregiously offsides (and yes, that word is ONLY to be used in cases of officiating malpractice), but that in and of itself doesn’t signal a stop to the play. In fact, officials are instructed to let the play continue unless a defender gains such an advantage by jumping offsides that he’s going to get a free shot at an opponent. Usually that’s the quarterback. In this case it was a kicker. There’s even a term for that: unabated. And like egregious, unabated is one of those words that’s almost never used except with regard to football officiating.'