When Michael Bennett first made contact with Kirk Cousins, he hit the Vikings quarterback in the one area in which there is no need for padding – his butt.
But that was not how the nearby official, who flagged Bennett for roughing the passer, saw the would-be sack. And when head referee Walt Coleman was asked by a pool reporter after the game what the Eagles defensive end had done wrong, he only mentioned Cousins' knees.
"He went low into the quarterback's knees with his shoulder, with force," Coleman said. "And the rule is that you cannot hit the quarterback low at the knee area or below with force.