That makes very little sense

It made perfect sense to me - In that situation, not knowing how the
nosegear would react upon contact with the runway, I assume the pilot
wanted to delay nosewheel touchdown to the lowest airspeed possible,
hence "holding it off". IIRC the landing runway was 25R which is
12,091ft. long. The fact that they stopped with 1000ft. remaining
suggests to me that no reversers or wheel brakes were used. Then again,
the rolling resistance from the nosewheels being ground down was
probably pretty high : )

Or is that just your assumption?

Roger that