Broncos OL Garett Bolles hilariously tried to stop a TD return with the most hopeless diving effort

Well … at least he tried!

When it’s time to rewatch game film, there’s not much a football coach hates more than seeing players give up on a play. It sends a terrible message to the rest of the team — they despise it. So, with that in mind, Broncos offensive tackle Garett Bolles might have earned himself some major praise during the week’s O-line meetings.

But that doesn’t mean that Bolles didn’t look hilarious in the process.

In the first half of the Broncos’ Week 4 game against the Raiders, Melvin Gordon’s fumble landed right in the hands of Raiders cornerback Amik Robertson. And just like that, Robertson was off to the end zone with a convoy of the blockers. At the end of the return, the only Broncos player within five yards of Robertson was Bolles. He had no shot of making the tackle, but that didn’t stop him from trying.

I mean, just look at this effort:

So close. Almost had him. OK, he didn’t.

Still, fans had plenty of jokes for the attempt.