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I can't think of a reason a whistle should ever be blown mid play.
The official with the premature whistling problem is the poor guy who was seriously injured in a sideline collision with a player early in the season. (9 broken ribs, collapsed lung.) He was only recently able to return to work. There's speculation that with the players racing straight toward him and Rex blocking his view, he had a panicky self-preservation moment.
That's not an excuse, mind you, but maybe a reason.