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Monday morning quarterback

NOUN
second-guesser
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Therapy may help you with this Monday morning quarterback.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

Atkins said she wasn’t sure, saying: “It’s easy to Monday morning quarterback now. ... We know more today than we did then.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024

"One doesn't want to be a Monday morning quarterback on that," he said.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2020

“If you’re playing Monday morning quarterback, you say why don’t you run the clock out and then score,” Luck said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2016

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said it's easy for critics to "play Monday morning quarterback" on the training program's slow progress.

From US News • Sep. 16, 2015



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