In the playoffs, where a single poor decision can quite literally decide close battles, the last thing anyone wants to do is gift the opposition a chance at more points. Evidently, no one passed on the memo to San Franciso 49ers DB Jimmie Ward.
After the Seattle Seahawks stormed back from an early 10-0 deficit in the NFC Wild Card round opener, San Francisco seemed poised to at least go into halftime and regroup around a tenuous two-point lead. But Ward got a little overzealous when Geno Smith scrambled while trying to make something out of nothing on a late first-half play with mere seconds remaining.
