Lions lose Bridgewater, add Josh Dobbs as QB2 Teddy Bridgewater stepped away; Detroit signed Josh Dobbs as the backup. That’s a downgrade behind Goff—slight nudge down on Lions futures if you price QB injury risk—and in preseason Dobbs will be catching up on the playbook, so I lean under and fade Detroit late if he’s in.

Channel
Football Predicts: NFL Tips & Picks
@footballpredictscom
On this record: Growth · Engagement · Posts · Cite this entry
61subscribers
+2 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of Under 1,000.
Register entry
| Telegram ID | -1002141588342 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @footballpredictscom |
| Created | Between 1 December 2023 and 31 May 2024 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 10 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 30 August 2026 |
| Measurements held | 5 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 30 August 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/footballpredictscom |
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2026, 05:07 | 61 | +1 |
| 23 Aug 2026, 03:42 | 60 | +2 |
| 14 Aug 2026, 19:35 | 58 | -1 |
| 10 Aug 2026, 05:45 | 59 | no change |
| 7 Aug 2026, 21:09 | 59 | first reading |
Engagement
20 posts held, back to 7 August 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 1 page of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
- ERR · 30 days
- 11.1%
- avg views ÷ 61 subscribers
- Avg views / post
- 6.8
- 20 posts measured
- Reaction rate
- —
- this channel exposes no reaction counts
- Posts in window
- 20
- of 20 held
ERR is average views per post over the last 30 days divided by subscribers, the definition TGStat uses, so this figure is comparable with the one you will see elsewhere. It falls structurally as a channel grows: a high ERR on a small channel and a low one on a large channel describe reach mathematics, not quality. We publish the figure and the sample it came from and pass no verdict on it.
ER is defined industry-wide as (forwards + reactions + comments) ÷ views — note the denominator is views, not subscribers. Telegram’s public web preview carries views and reactions but not forward or comment counts, so the reaction rate above is the reactions term only and is therefore a floor: the true ER for this channel is higher by an amount we have not measured and will not estimate.
| Window | Rolling 30 days · latest post in window 10 August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Posts held | 20 (7 August 2026 – 10 August 2026) |
| Views total | 136 |
| Reactions total | — |
| Forwards / comments | not exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated |
| Readings taken | 10 Aug 2026, 05:45 UTC |
Views are a single reading per post, taken at the time above. A post published in the last day or two is still accumulating views, which pulls the 30-day average down slightly. That is a property of the standard definition rather than a fault in it, so we keep the definition rather than “correcting” the number into something nobody can reproduce.
Precision. Telegram publishes view counts on its public widget in short form — 8.12K, 3.7M — so any reading at or above 1,000 reaches us rounded to three significant figures, and only counts below 1,000 are exact. Averages and rates derived from them are shown to the same precision rather than to the unit: a figure like 3,701,250 would assert digits nobody measured.
Reaction counts are published per emoji and rounded the same way, so a total below 1,000 is exact and a larger one is a sum that may carry a rounded component from each emoji above 1,000. Because it is a sum, it does not look rounded — read a large reaction total as three significant figures per contributing emoji rather than as the figure it prints.
Recent posts
Colts may be done with Anthony Richardson If Indy moves on from Anthony Richardson, the QB-run explosives and overall ceiling of this offense vanish. I’d dock the Colts about 2 points vs a healthy Richardson and lean to early-season unders and WR prop unders until the depth chart is settled.
Rams add elite CB Trent McDuffie — downgrade opposing WR1s With McDuffie taking top receivers, L.A.’s pass defense jumps a tier—fewer chunk plays and better third-down stops. I’m trimming WR1 yardage props vs the Rams and leaning to LAR/unders against pass-heavy teams until books adjust.
Trent McDuffie to Rams upgrades their pass defense immediately McDuffie gives L.A. a true CB1, tightening a secondary that was the weak link. Downgrade opposing WR1 yardage/TD props and lean under in Rams games; slight ATS upgrade for L.A. vs pass-heavy teams.
Lions add Josh Dobbs as QB2 Detroit replaces Bridgewater with a proven spot-starter in Dobbs, raising their floor if Goff misses time. No change to Week 1 lines with Goff healthy, but I’m upgrading their season outlook slightly; in preseason, expect a more competent second-half offense—small lean to Detroit ML/overs.
Saints lose G Dillon Radunz for the season Dillon Radunz tore his ACL and is out for the year, thinning the Saints’ O-line. Slight downgrade to New Orleans’ offense—lean under on early totals and consider opponent sack/pressure props vs NO until they stabilize the interior.
Deebo back in SF, WR1 volume returns Deebo Samuel is back with the 49ers and wearing 19 again. If he’s active Week 1, bump SF’s team total and passing efficiency; fade depth WR props and modestly boost Deebo receiving+rushing yards with more manufactured touches.
Commanders lose Pro Bowl LT Laremy Tunsil (triceps), out indefinitely Washington just lost its blindside anchor with Laremy Tunsil tearing his triceps and out indefinitely. Downgrade the Commanders offense in your ratings; lean under on their team totals and target opponent sack/pressure props until the replacement proves he can hold up.
Browns QB situation getting messy Day 10 camp notes say the QB room has ‘drama’—not ideal with Deshaun Watson coming off shoulder surgery. If he’s not clearly separating, expect a run-heavy script early; I’m downgrading Browns passing props and leaning under on early totals.
Panthers QB Haynes King sidelined week-to-week (hamstring) King’s out week-to-week and Carolina’s adding another QB, which thins their preseason rotation and caps the passing game. Lean Under on Panthers preseason totals and downgrade their spread until a new arm gets up to speed.
Mahomes says knee feels great Mahomes says his left knee feels great two weeks into camp—he’s on track for Week 1. Remove any injury tax on Chiefs lines; keep KC team total and Mahomes passing/TD props at baseline or a tick higher.
Commanders fortify OL with Brunskill, Petit-Frere Washington added Daniel Brunskill and Nicholas Petit-Frere to stabilize the line. Brunskill can start at guard and NPF brings starting-caliber tackle depth—better protection for Jayden Daniels and a boost for Ekeler/Robinson. Slight uptick to Commanders team totals and a lean away from opponent sack props early.
Showing the 12 most recent of 20 posts we hold for @footballpredictscom. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
Cite this entry
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 30 August 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“Football Predicts: NFL Tips & Picks” (@footballpredictscom), 61 subscribers as measured 30 August 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/footballpredictscom.
Full measurement history, CC BY 4.0. Every reading this register holds for this entry, not just the latest one, as a dated, downloadable record: CSV · JSON. Free to use with attribution to tgregister.com. Each file carries its own generation timestamp, which is the figure to cite for exactly when the data was retrieved.