Officiating crew is done

[jfkbengals]

(01-16-2022, 02:44 PM)magikod Wrote: What happens when the whistle is blown while the ball is in the air?

Play is dead.

It's not different than a returner sprinting down the sideline and they whistle because they think he stepped out, or the runner doesn't touch the ground and they blow the play dead.  The whistle has blown, so nothing after counts.  The only time it can coun't after the whistle is in the case of a fumble where there is a clear recovery after the whistle and the ruling on the field was down by contact.  A coach can challenge the runner was down, and if it is in fact determined there was a turnover and there was a clear recovery, the recovery is awarded.