The game had ended, and the Vikings were already back in the locker room before Stephen Weatherly learned that he’d gotten a strip sack. The young defensive end knew that he had beaten Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson on an inside pass rush, wrapped his arms around Carson Wentz’s waist and the ball had popped out. All of Lincoln Financial Field saw what happened next: Defensive tackle Linval Joseph snatched the ball out of the air and turned on his wheels for a 64-yard touchdown in the second quarter of Minnesota’s win in Philadelphia.
The moment was so much of a thrill that Weatherly didn’t notice whether the play had been scored as an interception or a sack-fumble.