Falcons special teams coordinator Keith Armstrong tried to put his unsportsmanlike penalty behind quickly.

After punt returner Devin Hester was called for questionable face-mask penalty on an apparent 70-yard touchdown, Armstrong went ballistic. He went onto the field to voice his displeasure with the call and was flagged.

“You just move on,” Armstrong said. “You have to get to the next play. You have to keep coaching, keep playing.”

On the play, Arizona punter Drew Butler appear to grab Hester’s face mask, but a penalty was not called on him. Hester was hot about that, too.

“We talked about some things on the sideline, but he was fine afterwards,” Armstrong said. “He knew it was, what is was. We had to move on.”

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