Definitions
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- noun American football The act of playing as a
quarterback - noun US The action of making
criticisms after the event - verb Present participle of
quarterback .
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Examples
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So much of quarterbacking is mental – making right decisions about who to throw to, knowing how to evade pocket protection, etc. – that a lot of QBs take a very long time to mature, to figure out how to play the game.
Matthew Yglesias » The Unpredictability of Quarterbacks 2009
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Hindsight IS 20/20, but your way-after-the-fact armchair quarterbacking is a cheap way out.
McCain Questioned on Iraq Stance - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In fact self righteous armchair quarterbacking is pretty much a Canadian news staple.
Oh No! A Scary, Horrible Tiger Is Gonna Eat ME! « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2007
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None of this half assed monday morning quarterbacking is going to do a damn thing to get those people out of there.
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Monday Morning quarterbacking is a staple of life in America, but what would have happened if Bush actually had done this, and Katrina had then moved towards Texas or the Florida Panhandle?
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All this Monday morning quarterbacking is pathetic.
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Armchair quarterbacking is just one of the many perks of being a sports fan these days.
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Armchair quarterbacking is just one of the many perks of being a sports fan these days.
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Armchair quarterbacking is just one of the many perks of being a sports fan these days.
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Monday morning quarterbacking is not something I’m into, but you’ve gt to learn from these sorts of things, and going forward let’s do what we can in a common sense way.
Think Progress » Passing Health Reform Would Contribute To Obama’s Deficit Reduction Goals 2010
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