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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

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

From Salon Apr. 5, 2020

It may have been a poor call on the part of the Pittsburgh officials to not delay school, but it’s easy to Monday morning quarterback.

From Washington Times Feb. 27, 2019

“Everyone wants to play Monday morning quarterback and say, ‘You could have did that, you could have done that,’” Escoto said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2018

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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