That play smells like what I’ve surmised his entire season has been: a complete lack of confidence.
To me....looks like He pivoted too early because he didn’t think his foot speed could match that of the guy bearing down on him.
Exactly how I saw it as well. He didn't have enough confidence in his foot speed/backwards skating to make the correct play and tried to cheat and then bailed. For a guy who was supposedly the 2nd strongest guy at the combine behind Eichel and packing on 15 lbs of muscle every Summer he always looks physically dominated to me. He's a scared player.