San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Arik Armstead had a chance to bring down Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott for a game-clinching safety with 41 seconds left to play in Sunday's divisional-round game but instead deployed a move that can best be described as a combination of a bear hug and the world's softest body slam.
Observers who thought Armstead pulled up to avoid a roughing-the-passer penalty were proved correct after the game. "I wasn't trying to get a penalty," Armstead told reporters in the locker room. "I should have just smacked him. It is what it is.