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The 2 situations that I see where the whistle is a little tardy and the player gets drilled are these. R muffs a kick and scrambles after the ball and covers up, invariably a kicker will come down and drill him and the coach is screaming a whistle wasn't blown. The K's need to know that the ball is dead even if a whistle isn't blown. We can't blow the whistle untill we are sure that the ball hasn't squirted out the other side. The other situation is a muffed snap by the Qb, the same thing, he just covers up and gets drilled by a defensive lineman. The same reason the whistle is late, we as officials have to KNOW that he has control of the ball (not THINK he has control of the ball). It is the responsibilty of the defense to know that the QB is down and the play is over even if they haven't heard a whistle.
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