I understand that the routine of football can be mundane. After a win, and nowadays, even after a loss, microphones are placed at the chin of exhausted athletes who must scramble for the words to describe the two hours of combative and demanding exercise they have completed mere moments ago.

It's a perfect storm for players to wield ol' reliable adages, but if I may be so blunt, we've heard them all before.

Here's a list of some of those that grind my personal gears.

6"Scoreboard pressure."

Just say a team is pulling away or clawing back at a deficit. The scoreboard cannot generate pressure. This one's particularly tired.

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