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Ben Gretch
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Professional football enjoyer, Stealing Signals @ bengretch.substack.com
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Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · Sep 9
What was Signal? What was Noise? I break it all down, game by game, every week at Stealing Signals ⤵️

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Stealing Signals, Week 1, Part 1
How much do we react to Week 1?
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Things are going well on the other site, run by the most intelligent, fittest, and most charismatic man in the world.

Relatedly, things are going well with AI. All of this is good. No worries.
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🍌Fresh Stealing Bananas🍌

Listen in as @bengretch.bsky.social and Shawn Siegele share their key takeaways from NFL Week 11!!

Now available on RotoViz YouTube and Podcast players!
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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🍌Fresh Stealing Bananas🍌

Listen in as @bengretch.bsky.social and Shawn Siegele share their key takeaways from NFL Week 10!!

Now available on RotoViz YouTube and Podcast players!
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Wrote a one-off post today, and kept it outside the paywall. It's evergreen and I think worth your time:
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Yards after contact, breakaway runners, and more about how stats intersect
Sometimes intros need to be their own posts
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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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It's a wonderful THURSDAY podcast:

🏈 @bengretch.bsky.social on Week 10 lineup flexes
🏈 @jaketrowbridge.bsky.social on W10 DraftKings
🏈 A preview of #LVvsDEN
🏈 Snarkbag
🏈 Mixtape
🏈 I play a FLEXUAL HEALING walkup because I am a man of the people

You'll have fun!
(link is 👇)
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November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I think you should consider following these football knowers on this fine microblogging platform:
@patkerrane.bsky.social @lordreebs.bsky.social @kyledvo.bsky.social @petedavidsonny.bsky.social @ktompkinsii.bsky.social @andybehrens.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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AJ Brown crafting the most cryptic social media post ever conceived
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October 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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overtimeireland.bsky.social
🍌Fresh Stealing Bananas🍌

Listen in as @bengretch.bsky.social and Shawn Siegele share their key takeaways from NFL Week 5!!

Now available on RotoViz YouTube and Podcast players!
October 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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This goes so hard
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October 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Just got done recording a 2.5-hour pod with Siegele for Stealing Bananas where we recalibrated our always fun 2026 first and second rounds, as we do once in-season each year.

It was a great one, keep an eye out.
October 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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THURSDAY pod is ready!!!

🏈 @bengretch.bsky.social on W4 start/sit decisions
🏈 @jaketrowbridge.bsky.social on W4 DFS
🏈 Preview of #SEAvsAZ
🏈 Snarkbag
🏈 Tet McMillan mixtape

So much in one hour? I know. I can't believe it either.
(I can believe it. I'm doing a sales.)

(link is 👇)
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September 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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No early-week recap ep due to Shawn still recovering from a nagging sickness. We’ll record something in a couple days.
javkl.bsky.social Football @javkl.bsky.social · Sep 22
@bengretch.bsky.social whats going on with this weeks ep?
September 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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From the @bengretch.bsky.social newsletter today. The NFL is a defensive league now.
But that stuff doesn’t do it justice, even. We’re 20 yards below last year in yards per game, and a different way to say this would be that you have to go all the way back to 2008 — right around when offenses started a transition toward using more shotgun formations, and then rules changes opened up the sport a little bit a half decade later — just to find a year within 15 yards per game of what we’re seeing in 2025. To put numbers to that, from 2009-2024, across 16 years that spanned a significant increase in offensive output and also featured a couple down seasons where things snapped back a little bit, or injuries to key positions hurt offenses, the range of leaguewide yards per game goes from 331.6 at the bottom end (2023) to 359.0 (NFL record in 2020) at the high end, so a gap of less than 20 yards per game. The next lowest after that 2023 season is the 2017 year where the quarterback position was decimated by injury leaguewide, and the number that year was 334.1. Through three weeks here in 2025, we’re way down at 317.4. The start of 2025 has been disappointing offensively around the league. We’re seeing a lot of football games where the offenses on both sides just don’t look good. Penalties to extend drives are playing a massive role.
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Roles for 2025 draft picks in the first two weeks of the season. Now with PFF grades!
September 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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overtimeireland.bsky.social
🍌Fresh Stealing Bananas🍌

Listen in as @bengretch.bsky.social and
Shawn Siegele share their key takeaways from NFL Week 2!!

Now available on RotoViz YouTube and Podcast players!
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I love this (& feel this) from @bengretch.bsky.social so much

This psychological battle is so real, not just for someone doing analyst work, but any fantasy player
September 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Had a blast chatting with Bill about some of Week 1’s biggest storylines ⤵️
billbarnwell.com Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · Sep 11
New podcast: New podcast: Ben Gretch makes his return to break down what was signal and what was noise from Week 1, including the WR and TE you need to get in your fantasy leagues tinyurl.com/spotify8725
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September 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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The most detailed & well-thought-out content you can read every week
bengretch.bsky.social Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · Sep 9
What was Signal? What was Noise? I break it all down, game by game, every week at Stealing Signals ⤵️

bengretch.substack.com/p/stealing-s...
Stealing Signals, Week 1, Part 1
How much do we react to Week 1?
bengretch.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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bengretch.bsky.social
What was Signal? What was Noise? I break it all down, game by game, every week at Stealing Signals ⤵️

bengretch.substack.com/p/stealing-s...
Stealing Signals, Week 1, Part 1
How much do we react to Week 1?
bengretch.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
bengretch.bsky.social
What was Signal? What was Noise? I break it all down, game by game, every week at Stealing Signals ⤵️

bengretch.substack.com/p/stealing-s...
Stealing Signals, Week 1, Part 1
How much do we react to Week 1?
bengretch.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
bengretch.bsky.social
I mean I'm biased, but this is the best recap show you're going to find about Week 1.

We both watch all the games, so we can work through the nuance, but we also mostly just had an awesome time laughing at the ridiculousness of Week 1.
overtimeireland.bsky.social Colm Kelly @overtimeireland.bsky.social · Sep 8
🎉ALL-TIMER🎉 Stealing Bananas episode!🍌

Listen in as @bengretch.bsky.social and Shawn Siegele share their key takeaways from NFL Week 1!!

Now available on RotoViz YouTube and Podcast players!
September 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Really frickin pumped to see @peteroverzet.bsky.social shine on the pregame show tonight.

Dude deserves this and more.
September 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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So cool to watch Pete do his thing on a huge stage!
joshadhd.com Josh ADHD @joshadhd.com · Sep 5
@peteroverzet.bsky.social bravo man, great work on the broadcast
September 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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How do you not go to AJ Brown there?
September 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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44 points in 40 mins before the delay

0 points in 15 after
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM