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quarterback American football: One who directs or leads; a mastermind; also used as a verb, to quarterback. It is also used as a term for a supporter or critic of a team or game, and by extension, an uninvolved observer who criticizes or second-guesses; see Monday morning quarterback, above. In American football, the quarterback is the player ...
"Monday-Morning Quarterback" "That was a hole in one." "They don't pull any punches." [1] "They dropped the ball." [1] "They always step up to the plate." [1] "They talk a good game." [1] "They're a team player." [1] "They're in a league of their own." [1] "They want to play hardball." [1] "The ball's in your court." [1] "They answered the bell ...
The column derives its name from the phrase Monday morning quarterback, a derogatory term for a pundit (and the name of a competing long-read column by Peter King of Sports Illustrated). The change in day reflects its typical publishing date of Tuesday, which also allows the column to address that week's Monday Night Football contest. He also ...
Everybody on the Browns gets to play Monday Morning Quarterback on all of the quarterbacks playing while they get a midseason break. Week 11: Derek Carr, at New Orleans Saints.
New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) warms up prior to the start of the game between the New York Giants and the Washington Commanders at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Sunday, Nov ...
Monday Morning Quarterback: Football is a truly a family affair
From the world of business and finance came break-even, merger, delisting, downsize, disintermediation, bottom line; from sports terminology came, jargon aside, Monday-morning quarterback, cheap shot, game plan ; in the ballpark, out of left field, off base, hit and run, and many other idioms from baseball; gamblers coined bluff, blue chip ...
Indeed, it requires no great skill to play Monday morning quarterback and sound smart after the final results are announced. Sheldon H. Jacobson , Ph.D., is a professor of computer science at the ...