San Diego/Denver

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by lpneck

Basketball official here delurking...

I keep seeing the phrase "inadvertant whistle" thrown around. It wasn't an inadvertant whistle, right? He simply ruled it an incomplete pass, which would REQUIRE that he blows his whistle.

Am I missing something?

Yes, it was ruled an incomplete pass by the R. I don't think that the IW signal was given in the Dever or Dallas games.

Also blowing the whistle is not required when the down ends (runner is tackeled, incomplete pass), some downs do not have a whistle after them.