Sign in

Ben Gretch

@bengretch.bsky.social
5.7K followers 397 following 725 posts

Football writer, podcaster | Stealing Signals, Stealing Bananas

PostsRepliesMedia
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 16h
Great piece, well researched and communicated
070
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 25/09/2026
This week, @natetice.bsky.social and I put together a quick preview of what we expect to see in Ravens-Cowboys (hint: Derrick Henry) youtu.be/KrJX8wkF8AU
youtu.be
Will the Ravens run all over the Cowboys? | The Bill Barnwell Show
YouTube video by NFL on ESPN
1193
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Feels like the Packers’ adjustment should be to throw to Matthew Golden every play
2140
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very little chatter on my feeds about Jordan Love and Drew Lock Face/Offing earlier this summer, as reported by ESPN's Jeremy Fowler in July
3537
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I went through my lineups and realized just how much Matthew Golden I have so I’m either not going to have to pretend or will be incapable
290
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 18/09/2026
Yesterday, I wrote about the NFL going under center at the highest rate in more than a decade, why it's happening now, and which teams it actually impacted www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
espn.com
Why NFL offenses are going under center more often in 2026
Teams such as the Commanders, Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs, Giants and Raiders are going under center more -- and out of the shotgun less and less. Will this trend stick?
1549
Reposted by Ben Gretch
PureNRK @purenrk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Best in-season stuff there is. Go subscribe.
021
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every week, all season, I recap every game, in depth, including the biggest "Signal" and "Noise" ✅Watched every snap of every game Sun/Mon ✅~30 min+ per team analyzing/writing up Mon/Tue ✅Every player, all 32 teams, recalibrated ✅Signal & Noise bullets Pt 1: t.co/DdzHLSJu2A Pt 2: t.co/KNS3NJJYlF
2224
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Notes on the most notable team-level trends and rookie usage in Week 1, for The Athletic: www.nytimes.com/athletic/760...
nytimes.com
Fantasy football film room: Buy low on Loveland, Bears receivers, plus rookies to stash
Ben Gretch watches every single NFL game to give actionable fantasy football advice and decipher what is predictive and what's not.
040
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just finished Week 1 Stealing Signals for the 10th year. And damn, this article has become a behemoth.
1150
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's Friday before Labor Day 4500 words on the Running Back Dead Zone? www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...
nytimes.com
Understanding the ‘Running Back Dead Zone’ and its impact on 2026 fantasy football drafts
Ben Gretch takes an in depth look at the RB dead zone with an eye towards how to handle the position in 2026 fantasy football drafts.
150
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fun show with Christopher today, and make sure to check out his new book!!
050
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My latest for The Athletic discusses notable Preseason Week 2 performances, including multiple players I'm not seeing much discussion of: www.nytimes.com/athletic/753...
nytimes.com
Finding fantasy football signals amid the noise of NFL preseason Week 2
170
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In response to Kareem Hunt visiting with the Lions, I’ve moved Jahmyr Gibbs from 1.01 to 1.00
3301
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I wrote over 1,000 words breaking down where to rank Mike Washington in the event Ashton Jeanty was out for the season and published it about 90 mins before Schefter’s sprained ankle news. It’s really good!
070
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I regret to admit that I too like Canada (but don't tell my Canadian friends)
160
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Colm Kelly @overtimeireland.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🍌The MOST Requested Show Of The Year is HERE!🍌 Listen in as @bengretch.bsky.social and Shawn Siegele project and debate the 2027 first and second rounds of fantasy football drafts. Now available on all Podcast players!
141
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It’s always so much fun to look into the crystal ball and guess next year’s first and second rounds in ADP with Shawn. Our favorite show of the year.
131
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Salvatore Stefanile @salpal2.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I helped design @bengretch.bsky.social’s *checks notes* 824-PAGE Stealing Signals guidebook. Buy your copy today! gretchy.gumroad.com/l/stealingsi...
static.klipy.com
Spongebob: Worth It, Take My Money!
ALT: Spongebob: Worth It, Take My Money!
031
Reposted by Ben Gretch
B Dub @bdub34.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is an amazing product put out by an amazing analyst. Great work @bengretch.bsky.social 💪🏻
051
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Jeremy - r/fantasyfootball mod @redditffmod.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This type of fantasy content is the best type of fantasy content. In-depth strategy work will change the way you think about fantasy football. It will flip a light switch in your head that you won't go back from. Read @bengretch.bsky.social and get smarter.
062
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I did a thing. It's six years of evergreen writing from my newsletter, and it's over 800 pages long. It's not rankings, or a draft guide for this year. It's a how-to guide for fantasy football. You can buy it here: bengretch.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy...
bengretch.lemonsqueezy.com
Best of Stealing Signals
A catalog of evergreen fantasy football concepts from Ben Gretch's best-selling newsletter, Stealing Signals, written over the course of six years. A refer...
3255
Reposted by Ben Gretch
RotoViz @rotoviz.com · 17/08/2026
The 2026 Zero RB Candidates Countdown, backup RBs with more talent than most starters, as Shawn Siegele helps you find the next Bucky Irving. www.rotoviz.com/2026/08/2026...
011
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
kicking back some beers with the boys, trying to think of an obscure name to rattle off: hey do you guys remember god
522115345
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Jeremy - r/fantasyfootball mod @redditffmod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I don't mind being transparent. @bengretch.bsky.social was the first AMAugust AMA I scheduled this year. It's consistently top tier with some fantastic insights. Bring your best questions. 2 p.m. Eastern
152
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Pete Davidson @petedavidsonny.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Doesn't get any better than @bengretch.bsky.social and @lordreebs.bsky.social.
153
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In addition to my newsletter, I'm going to be doing some writing at The Athletic this year. Here's my debut: www.nytimes.com/athletic/750...
nytimes.com
Jonathan Taylor routes, concentrated offenses and more fantasy football projections intel
1200
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Excited my new podcast was appropriately named. Check out “The Long View” wherever you get your pods.
1100
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
perfect weather, great company, terrible mariners
71216
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Colm Kelly @overtimeireland.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🍌Under The Radar Sleeper Teams On Stealing Bananas🍌 Listen in as @bengretch.bsky.social and Shawn Siegele reveal the Best Bad-Team Fantasy Football Sleepers for 2026! Now available on all Podcast players!
141
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Jeremy - r/fantasyfootball mod @redditffmod.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
AMAnnouncement #3 ... STACKED League was one of my favorite things we've ever done as a community. $10K+ for charity. Transparency, education. It was so fun. We aren't running it back this year but I'm excited to have all STACKED managers and contributors join us as part of AMAugust!
182
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Christopher Harris @harrisfootball.com · 21/07/2026
It's a Tuesday podcast -- I'm previewing training camps of the NFC West with @bengretch.bsky.social! We'll talk about the camp stories we'll pay attention to, and ones we'll practice #ClickDiscipline on -- -- and independently arrive at a super-deep sleeper (no, not Kittle)! (link is 👇)
static.klipy.com
San Francisco 49ers George Kittle
ALT: San Francisco 49ers George Kittle
2164
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This tournament has been defined by goals and fun attacking play… except against Spain. Everything going forward against them gets cut off. On another level defensively all tournament.
1171
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
this is so lazy and embarrassing
555641
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Josh ADHD @joshadhd.com · 16/07/2026
Cannot give @bengretch.bsky.social enough praise for the work he puts out in Stealing Signals. This piece in particular was highly enlightening. bengretch.substack.com/p/why-you-sh...
bengretch.substack.com
Why you should care more about RB air yards
An exciting trend almost no one is talking about
151
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
One of my grandfathers went by Dick and we have a burger chain up here called Dick’s I grabbed for the fam after my daughter’s softball practice last night so Dick Dick’s
150
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Always essential reading
050
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Tim Barnes @tdbarnes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Soccer feels like the sport with the largest gap between “letter of the law” and “spirit of the law” when it comes to things like this. Then, when you introduce more and more VAR, it causes issues where infractions are punished with a maximum efficiency that feels wrong
151
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Appreciate you clearing that up for me
180
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
But it happens in every contact sport. Athletes feel phantom contact. Shai does it 75 times a game. We don’t throw out WRs for trying to draw DPI. I understand the idea of red cards for player safety & obvious goal-scoring chances, but the series of events we just saw is an offense to competition.
540
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Idk what he’s doing simulating like that on a yellow but man VAR sucks. I usually disregard complaints about technology in sport but VAR has truly been way too much this World Cup.
280
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Salvatore Stefanile @salpal2.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If you live in Vancouver and want to draft a fantasy football team today, we have a last-minute opening for our #SFB16 draft at Noon. Hit me up if you’d like to participate.
static.klipy.com
Kenan Thompson Shouting 'Help! Help!'
ALT: Kenan Thompson Shouting 'Help! Help!'
21513
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is the post I needed to see right now
190
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The first touches in the attacking third have been so bad
1162
Reposted by Ben Gretch
Raymond Summerlin @rmsummerlin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
US can still win if FIFA has the courage.
0253
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Wolverine gif for the Paraguay match
030
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Getting fortunate to get level and then just giving up a second goal in one minute is so devastating
0110
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
LETS. FUCKING. GOOOOOO.
050
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Glad I splurged for the Cheetos in the checkout line while buying beer earlier
150
Ben Gretch @bengretch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
They've looked like brothers who grew up together all tournament, when these 11 have been in. Now they look like 11 guys who have never played together in their lives. Total strangers. Wonder what made everyone question each other, couldn’t have been the politics.
0122