Alaskan Timber and Meatball do you fly the classic or NG 737?
If you only fly the classic, you are 100% correct.
The autobrake on the NG takes a considerable amount of force to disconnect via the pedals.
So much so that in some aeroplanes you can almost stop the aircraft using the pedals and the autobrake won't come out.
Short sharp jabs on the pedals get the autobrake out, but feel terrible in the cabin, dropping the spoilers or selecting the switch to off are the smoothest options IMHO.