Monday-morning quarterbacking
After-the-fact analysis
Monday-morning quarterbacking is criticizing decisions or actions after the outcome is known, when it's easy to see what should have been done.
The term comes from American football fans who, on Monday morning, second-guess the quarterback's plays from Sunday's game.
It implies unfair hindsight: It's easy to Monday-morning quarterback, but at the time nobody saw this coming.
- armchair expertOne who opines without experience
- retrospectReflection on past events
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- overthinkingDwelling excessively on thoughts
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
afterthought · postmortem · game plan · critique · rationalization · analysis · fault-finding · reevaluation · backseat driver · blame game · reflection · backward-looking · appraisal · review · cognitive bias · revisionism · scrutiny · regret
Monday-morning quarterbackingsplit-second decisions
thinking on one's feet · snap judgment · foresight · anticipation · proactive planning
Monday-morning quarterbackingskin in the game
Personal risk in outcome
taking responsibility · walking the walk · accountability · active participation · stepping up
Monday-morning quarterbackingdoing
Carrying out an action
executing · playing the game · taking action · stepping up · active participation
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