Yes and let me explain why,
Chip leader would've called the BB w/ a great hand.(I'd seen him do it)
At this point I didn't want to get into w/ him since he would've called (I suspected), and I had a little more than half the avg. chip stack. I thought I would check and see the flop, if no hit AT ALL I would've bailed on any bet, and wait for my opp.

Am I way off here?(Please do tell, I'm here to be a better player.)