Monday-morning quarterback

Monday morning quarterback English Alternative forms en Monday morning quarterback Etymology Professional football games in the United States are most often played on Sundays, making Monday a likely day for fans to discuss and critique the performances of teams, in particular that of the quarterback who leads the offence on the field. However, there is evidence that the term actually derived in college football, which is usually played on Saturdays, in which case the use of Monday would also likely be on account of Sunday being the Christian sabbath and a traditional day of rest in the U.S., making it unlikely certain groups with a common interest in the game (such as co-workers) would meet before Monday. Pronunciation en En-au-Monday-morning quarterback.ogg AU Noun Monday-morning quarterback en US idiomatic Someone who criticizes with hindsight. en-US w:Andrew Marantz The Battle for the Bros w:The New Yorker 2025-03-17 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-battle-for-the-bros 0028-792X Yet some Monday-morning quarterbacks also noted that, just as 1960 was the first TV election and 2016 was the first social-media election, the 2024 Presidential campaign was the first to be conducted largely on live streams and long-form podcasts, media that happen to be thoroughly dominated by MAGA bros. https://web.archive.org/web/20250320063920/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/the-battle-for-the-bros Translations Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 事後諸葛亮 shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng Finnish: fi jälkiviisastelija French: fr inspecteur des travaux finis m Polish: pl osoba krytykująca poniewczasie f Verb Monday-morning quarterback en idiomatic transitive To criticize with hindsight. en 1958 January w:Jacksel M. Broughton I Led the Thunderbirds Popular Mechanics 109 1 http://google.com/books?id=r98DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA135&dq=quarterback Before any show, we "Monday-morning quarterback" the last show. Each man points out his partners' errors, then has to listen to his own. en 2004 William A. Cohen The Art of the Strategist http://google.com/books?id=stlyJl93bTIC&pg=PA119&dq=quarterback 119 w:American Management Association 081440782X We can Monday-morning quarterback the situation and suggest that the large company should have made a counterchallenge. en 2007 Al Alloway Treasure in the Park http://google.com/books?id=GUid0wcTYMMC&pg=PA126&dq=quarterbacking 126 self-published 9780615163635 Nathan, Dave & Marty, wisely chose to leave the battle strategy to the police, Monday-morning quarterbacking the fray from inside the safety of a cement block restroom building. Translations Polish: pl krytykować poniewczasie impf, pl skrytykować poniewczasie pf See also en armchair quarterback back-seat driver twenty-twenty hindsight wise after the event References en People