Premature Whistle? what the NFL says

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According to the post game press reports the VP of officiating Walt Anderson, the referees determined that there was in fact a whistle but that it had been blown after the pass had been caught. The review showed Burrow was in and that Boyd legally caught the pass in bounds. They could not review for the whistle per NFL rules.

In my view the whistle was blown simultaneous with Boyd touching the ball

Pool report from today’s Raiders-Bengals game: pic.twitter.com/KqJsTr3PDJ

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 16, 2022