p i f, re - "… the drag will decrease exponentially as airspeed drops. It won't help as much if delayed to the last second."
You may have inferred that this effect also applies to lift, which also involves pitch control. Thus, depending on aircraft type, it is possible to maintain a nose-high attitude longer than there is capability to control a nose-lowering manoeuvre. If so then the nose wheel will hit the runway very, very hard.