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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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