Colin Kaepernick slid before goal line instead of scoring touchdown

Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports | USATODAY

Instead of scoring an easy touchdown in the final minutes of his team's 34-0 victory over the New York Jets, backup quarterback and wildcat threat Colin Kaepernick slid at the three-yard line in order to help run out the clock on the dominating win.

Across the country, tens of Kaepernick fantasy owners were disappointed by the sportsmanlike move.

Kaepernick said he didn't want to score a touchdown to make it 41-0 with 1:46 left because his San Francisco 49ers would have had to kick off and play defense. Instead, the team took a knee twice to run down the clock and end the game.

The move will draw comparisons to Brian Westbrook falling on the one-yard line in 2007 but was a much different circumstance. This wasn't savvy game strategy as much as it was time management. Only the selflessness doesn't change.

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"That's one less kickoff we have to cover," Kaepernick told reporters after the game. "That's one less time we have to go out on defense. We can end the game with no more collisions or chance of injury."

If only the Niners had been playing Greg Schiano's Buccaneers. They'd show him how you're supposed to act at the end of games.