Antoine Winfield Was Robbed
October 26th, 2025
Antoine Winfield was on his way to a scoop-and-score Sunday but the zebras called his return back, claiming an inadvertent whistle.
Man, the NFL zebras are getting shady.
Why does it seem like every decent play the Bucs make the past couple of games, someone buzzes the refs from Control Central in New York and the play is altered or reversed?
It’s almost like the NFL is in bed with a few sportsbooks.
Bucs safety Antoine Winfield sure seemed as if he got hosed today. And as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in “Full Metal Jacket” famously said, the refs didn’t have common courtesy to give him a reach-around.
Winfield had two scoop-and-scores. Both were reversed. One zebra claimed there was a whistle that stopped a score. Like WTVT-TV Channel 13 meteorologist Paul Dellegatto twittered, it must have been one of those whistles that only dogs can hear.
Winfield, naturally, didn’t talk about those rotten calls but he did discuss the Bucs’ suffocating defense holding New Orleans to 48 yards rushing. Between Anthony Nelson and Winfield, the two nearly beat New Orleans by themselves.
If Nelson wasn’t making a play, it was Winfield, and vice versa.
The Bucs had four takeaways, the most in a game in two seasons. Winfield said that has always been a goal of the defense.
“Try to take the ball away as much as possible and give our offense more opportunities,” Winfield said.
Between Winfield and Nelson, it seems like the slimy Saints couldn’t mount any sort of offense.
In the second half, the Bucs defense fully put the slimy Saints offense under lock and key. The slimy Saints didn’t have a play inside Bucs’ territory until 7:59 left in the game. By that time, the Bucs had a 20-point lead and the Bucs were already eating a W on the bench.
That, boys and girls, is playing defense.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:51 pm
The dubs taste so much better in the Superdome!
October 26th, 2025 at 8:53 pm
I hear the Five Families might be looking for some new opportunities, if you know what I mean.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:54 pm
Seeing the broadcast play it back “listening for the whistle” was great. Everyone at home watching this game was just a quiet listening for it like I was. Nobody heard one. They were trying to keep the game close at that point.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:55 pm
The Five Families were ousted by the Russian mob twenty years ago…
October 26th, 2025 at 8:55 pm
Bucs sitting on the mountain watching the NFC south crumble. Nice view!
October 26th, 2025 at 8:55 pm
6-2!!!!!!!
Luckily it didn’t cost us but the refs are getting worse
We have a championship defense folks!!!!!!!!!
GO BUCS
October 26th, 2025 at 8:56 pm
It does seem like the refs were trying to give the Saints every opportunity to build some momentum but they refused to cooperate. The probelm with complaining is that the refs will simply double down on their efforts to bone the Bucs; kind of like MLB umpires such as John Shulock and Angel hernandez held grudges against certain players and teams for years. If the Bucs inadvertantly busted up a ref, the result would be the same. The books had this line at a mysteriously low 3.5 points and the refs did everything in their power to keep the Saints close, thge conspiracy buffs are having a field day with the different ways the refs have boned the Bucs game after game this season.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:56 pm
Even when the announcers replayed it there was no whistle. They couldn’t believe it either.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:57 pm
The Stainks Stink in every phase. Bottom of the pack. Bucs are a lock for another division title now.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:57 pm
“It’s almost like the NFL is in bed with a few sportsbooks.”
What else would any reasonable person think at this point? Incompetence? Maybe if it only happened once.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:57 pm
“Dog whistle”!
Sorry Winfield,
Sincerely,
Roger Goddell
October 26th, 2025 at 8:58 pm
bucboi
Chill dude. Good game? Sure.
Were we playing Brady and the Dynasty Patriots? Uh, no.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:58 pm
I have been commenting for years that professional sports being in bed with gambling is a recipe for disaster. Does anyone really believe that the current NBA scandal is a one off? It’s common sense. Too many have long avoided facing the obvious, historical truth all in pursuit of the all-mighty dollar. It’s a shame.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:58 pm
Im getting sick and tired of these refs….why is there no investigations? They must have skin in these awful games they’re calling….but still should be held accountable. Fines, suspensions….something.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:58 pm
That was inexplicable. So the whistle blew mid-play while the receiver was running? Or Winfield was down by contact with no Saint in sight?! Curious, dubious and felonious.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:59 pm
Licht and top Bucs brass need to have a meeting with the zebras
October 26th, 2025 at 8:59 pm
The officiating in sports in general is poor but the NFL has taken it to another level. BS like today really makes people wonder about the legitimacy of the game.
October 26th, 2025 at 8:59 pm
It seem like all year after we do something good, huge bomb, sack, interception, long run etc…I can’t even immediately enjoy it, cause inevitably there is a flag on the ground as I’m jumping off my couch celebrating! Like the movie Let It Ride (its a must see) my girlfriend and I scream “is that official” after said plays before we high five and rejoice
October 26th, 2025 at 8:59 pm
It really does make you wonder when the calls are BLATENTLY WRONG…. it would help to see one that was called wrong on the field and THAT call gets reserved, a call that fans on both teams can clearly see was corrected.
It really does cause the integrity of the game to be questioned what we have seen these last couple of weeks.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:00 pm
Sorry to bother you Mr. Goddell but the FBI is here.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:00 pm
Don’t get too excited Bucboi, it was just the Aints. With that being said, great game today by the defense. Hats off to them 👏
October 26th, 2025 at 9:02 pm
Actually, there were 5 takeaways. The refs ruled one of them an incomplete pass.
I think there were more bad/non calls in this game than the eggles and lions games combined.
I really want to know how they get away with this ish?
This almost has to be called criminal at this point!
October 26th, 2025 at 9:02 pm
Who blew their whistle?
The play was fluid with nothing interrupted calling for play stoppage!
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
October 26th, 2025 at 9:02 pm
winfield should sue if he lost any contract incentives
October 26th, 2025 at 9:04 pm
Listen, plentya questions get asked — and plentya whispers, too, pinning every lousy call on one outfit like it’s forensic evidence. You’re makin’ folks steamed with that line of talk. My advice? Fuhgeddaboudit. Drop it, take your W, and beat feet before this thing goes sideways and you’re takin’ a long nap — permanently.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:05 pm
Outstanding. Glorious. So happy they played lock down instead of bend and break. Get healthy and especially Baker – heal up.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:06 pm
gp Says:
October 26th, 2025 at 9:02 pm
Actually, there were 5 takeaways. The refs ruled one of them an incomplete pass.
I think there were more bad/non calls in this game than the eggles and lions games combined.
I really want to know how they get away with this ish?
This almost has to be called criminal at this point!
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Heh, easy there, tough guy. You start tossin’ around words like “criminal,” people might start askin’ questions you don’t wanna answer. Look — bad calls happen, yeah? Sometimes they go your way, sometimes they don’t. My advice? Take the W, keep your trap shut, and let this one fade into the night before somebody decides to make an example outta all this chatter. Capisce?
October 26th, 2025 at 9:06 pm
JTHV Says: If you watch as much NFL football as I do (kids play on Saturdays) you wouldn’t be surprised by the egregious refereeing going on.
It’s every single game now that some nasty blatant disregard to human eyesight going on the NFL’s “Replay Assistance” either doesn’t get involved or when they do, they are watching the same play as all other eyeballs.
If it looks like a fish and smells like a fish it’s not a ribeye.
Trash NFL refs so far this season
October 26th, 2025 at 9:07 pm
Bucs defense has held another opponent under 20pts!!!!!!
Folks still not believing in the defense lol…don’t worry… we’ll have more performances like this!!!!!
GO BUCS
October 26th, 2025 at 9:07 pm
Funny that ONE zebra heard the phantom whistle yet none of his crew were seen waving their arms that the play was dead at that point. There were 22 players on the field who didn’t hear the whistle either and continued playing. Throw in the FOX replay where no whistle was heard and you have to believe that something is going on in the NFL that needs to be investigated. These continual bad calls are going to kill this sport. It’s crazy the number of bad/ missed calls this year. The Bucs aren’t the only recipients! Incompetence or something much worse?
October 26th, 2025 at 9:09 pm
Please!
Send Guido my way!
I’ll ship him back with a flag in his
October 26th, 2025 at 9:11 pm
At this point there should be a lawsuit against the nfl. Ive watched wsy too many games these refs are blatantly screwing us. You cant even at this point say its not true. Three td taken away today. Cade was another td.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:13 pm
Bowlesboi where was that championship defense against the Lions and Seahawks??? Please put Bowles bowels down. He’s not that great of a coach. His teams never step up well against good defenses or offenses
October 26th, 2025 at 9:13 pm
“It’s almost like the NFL is in bed with a few sportsbooks.”
Thats exactly what I have been thinking the last few weeks and then this past week the whole NBA story came out
October 26th, 2025 at 9:14 pm
The most ridiculous thing I have ever seen and we have all seen a lot of bull on the field. Thought it couldn’t be worse after last week.
Why is it not an NFL mandate that the refs furthest from the play aren’t allowed to blow a whistle. If the ref nearest the play doesn’t blow it, no one does. There wasn’t a whistle to begin with but saying the guy on the far side blew one instead of going to the tape, seeing no defender give up on the play and awarding a TD is criminal.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:14 pm
Defense was great! Offense still needs some tweaks. It was soooo nice to see the Saints crash and burn…..again.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:16 pm
firethecannons Says:
Licht and top Bucs brass need to have a meeting with the zebras
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And the FBI needs to have a meeting with them as well.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:17 pm
I could not agree more with NPR Buc. It is very simple if you are say Troy Vincent the Senior Head of the NFL simply look at all angles of video for that play right before contact to right after contact and see if any official had their whistle to their mouth and if none did, then boy have you got a huge problem that must be investigated by NFL Security. All zebras from the Bucs game brought in and questioned separately.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:17 pm
Haha, rod, you lucky my posts being monitored, idiot
October 26th, 2025 at 9:22 pm
Fan99
We beat the Seahawks and held the lions to under their average of 30….
So Bowles has you eating more than crow tonight lol!!!!!!!!
GO BUCS
October 26th, 2025 at 9:23 pm
Dont criticize the refs guys….rods threatining permanent dirt naps….well im your huckleberry. Come get me!
October 26th, 2025 at 9:23 pm
All zebras from the Bucs game brought in and questioned separately.
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Also check their bank records, as well as those of their friends and relatives.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:24 pm
Where do we meet tough guy?
October 26th, 2025 at 9:32 pm
SO DAMN SICK OF THE REFS PLAYING FOR VEGAS . CALL FROM NEW YORK UPSTAIRS CAN GO SUCK A HOTCHEE AND CALLING THOSE TURNOVERS BACK . NFL PLAYS FOR VEGAS NOW !
October 26th, 2025 at 9:34 pm
MadMax Says:
October 26th, 2025 at 9:24 pm
Where do we meet tough guy?
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I75 N, mile marker 278, rest stop.
Mens bathrooms.
Wear something cute. 🙂
October 26th, 2025 at 9:35 pm
YIKES!?!
October 26th, 2025 at 9:36 pm
Much rather mess with the mob!
eeeeyaaatoieee
October 26th, 2025 at 9:39 pm
gp Says:
October 26th, 2025 at 9:36 pm
Much rather mess with the mob!
eeeeyaaatoieee
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HAHAHA
Good retort.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:40 pm
The win is one great thing.
What really bothers me is in the times of gambling and everything else this all sucks
These are plays that take away not only personal but franchise and league records.
Winfield hopefully will be represented the right way into the hall of fame to remind that just in one game let alone his young career those are two more notches he should have had.
I believe #20 would agree.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:41 pm
Sure, little man behind the keyboard hurling insults and threats will show up….i know you…never to someone’s face.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:42 pm
On reviews, it takes indisputable video evidence to overturn a call…..now we need indisputable audio evidence for a whistle…..
October 26th, 2025 at 9:43 pm
Just doing the math….
There are approximately 50-60 Division 1 (FBS) games per week.
There are 13-14 NFL games per week.
I don’t watch every college game, but I watch a great deal.
Each week, there may be one or two questionable calls in college football.
In the NFL, each game has 3-4 horrendous calls or non-calls.
Something is seriously wrong.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:47 pm
Gambling/corruption is the only logical reason the refs would be making these crazy obviously terrible calls. And the replay booth is in on it.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:47 pm
@firethecannons
Howabout indisputable evidence of game tampering and fixing.
October 26th, 2025 at 9:48 pm
And the replay booth is in on it.
Which means the union is in on it.
Oh wait, who owns the union?
October 26th, 2025 at 9:55 pm
gp Says:
October 26th, 2025 at 9:48 pm
And the replay booth is in on it.
Which means the union is in on it.
Oh wait, who owns the union?
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Careful there, pal. Some stones ain’t meant to be turned over, if you catch my drift.
October 26th, 2025 at 10:03 pm
NPRbucs is spot on. The whistle was so loud, none of the players OR REFS stop playing or chasing the play!? Absolutely no whistle was audible during play-back, either. Dog whistle, indeed!
October 26th, 2025 at 10:22 pm
Later in the broadcast they showed a Saints fan dressed as a giant whistle and he blew a whistle right into the camera. It probably came from him!
October 26th, 2025 at 10:23 pm
Consider this. We’re all complaining based on only seeing the broadcast camera angles.
I can’t wait for our ‘all 22 guru’ to chime in with all the crap we missed!
October 26th, 2025 at 10:23 pm
The FBI is investigating. Trust me.
October 26th, 2025 at 10:45 pm
And somehow Winfield was down by contact on his pick when the contact came before he secured the ball….
October 26th, 2025 at 10:45 pm
@gp – I agree today it was somehow even worse. But we still prevailed. And truth is we probably still lose to the Lions, though it would have been closer without the officials bending us over. It’s very clear the NFL does not want the Bucs winning this year. We’re playing 2 opponents every week for the rest of the year, bank on it.
And no there was absolutely no whistle on that play. Every single ref was running down the field following the play. Only whistle blown was in Vegas…
October 26th, 2025 at 10:46 pm
Twice Robbed.
October 26th, 2025 at 10:47 pm
You watching this Packers-Steelers game. Something tells me New York has money on Green Bay.
October 26th, 2025 at 11:06 pm
That was absolutely horrible. The Buccaneers need to demand the NFL investigate, someone needs to show them where a whistle blew
How exactly is their accountability?
October 26th, 2025 at 11:07 pm
The second time he was clearly down. When he got controlled the ball, he was touching the other player. That’s equivalent of being touched or tagged or tackled.
There was no whistle on the first one
October 26th, 2025 at 11:28 pm
The Steelers got abused. A clear encroachment gave Kaaron a free play. It was so obvious. No call! At all!!!!
October 27th, 2025 at 4:18 am
Refs are either really bad or they are shaving points.
Hope the FBI is also looking into the NFL.