Officiating crew is done

[jfkbengals]

(01-16-2022, 03:48 PM)Interceptor Wrote: Fixed it.

But yeah, "inadvertent whistles" are dangerous because a few blown here and there can alter the outcome of a game. I think when the ball is released by the QB before the whistle it should be considered a continuation until it is touched/caught or hits the ground/out with no advancement.

It would not surprise me one bit to see a rule change in the offseason to address this situation.  I would think that there would be verbiage added to the rules to state the condition you describe, with a caveat to say that if the whistle is to blow the play dead as a no play scenario (a TO was called, enforce a false start, etc.) then the play was indeed dead.