Just my two cents. It makes total sense to me. The first instance there was an extra step or two by the defensive player and collided with the kicker. The kicker did act but there was contact and it was not "avoided" by the defensive player.
On the second one. There was shown intent to stop his forward movement and protect the kicker. the kicker actually moved to free himself from the help of the defense to keep him up and flopped.
That's what I saw and with my knowledge at this time that is the way I would have called it.
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