Monday-morning quarterback
After-the-fact analyst
A Monday-morning quarterback is someone who criticizes decisions after the outcome is known—named for fans who second-guess football plays the day after Sunday games.
The term applies broadly to anyone offering hindsight wisdom: It's easy to be a Monday-morning quarterback, but none of us saw it coming.
The verb form is Monday-morning quarterbacking.
- back-seat driverPassenger offering unwanted advice
- armchair expertOne who opines without experience
- twenty-twenty hindsightPerfect understanding afterward
- afterthoughtIdea added belatedly
- hindsightRecognition after the fact
after the fact · second-guessing · told you so · criticize · belated · postgame · retrospective · opinion · armchair · replay · judgment · commentary · evaluation · football · analyst · blame · postmortem analysis · know-it-all
Monday-morning quarterbackdecision-maker
One with choosing power
field general · shot-caller · boots on the ground · commander · first responder
Monday-morning quarterbackrisk-taker
One who courts peril
stakeholder · skin in the game · doer · practitioner · principal
Monday-morning quarterbackdoer
Person who acts
participant · player · boots on the ground · armchair general · pundit
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