Wade illegal touch penalty

Jonathan, when the referee asks you if you committed an infraction, you say no! Humorous...

UPON FURTHER REVIEW

In an impressive hustle play, Rams cornerback Jonathan Wade downed a Donnie Jones punt at the Atlanta 5 on the final play of the third quarter. The teams switched sides, walking all the way to the other end of the field. The Falcons offense huddled for the next play. Meanwhile, the officials huddled, and huddles some more. Although there was no flag thrown after the play, referee Peter Morelli then explained that Wade would be penalized for illegal touching. (He had gone out of bounds and then came back in to down the punt, which is a penalty.)

So why didn't the flag come out earlier?

"During the break, apparently one of the officials asked Wade if he'd gone out of bounds, and apparently he told them that he had," Linehan said. "So they changed the call after the commercial break."