01-17-2022, 03:15 AM
The only way "whistle gate" would have been really a problem would have been if they actually had taken the TD away and forced the play to be replayed. The issue was the sounding of the whistle, and since Burrow clearly was in bounds, the ball was nearly in Boyd's hands and he was also WIDE open (as in no defenders within 2 yards). The wrong whistle had no effect on play and actually killing the play would have been the WRONG call.