Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
UPDATE 1:07pm ET: Sometimes, if it looks like a duck, etc. And, based on initial speculation, many folks thought the non-contact bit of this injury could mean the dreaded Achilles tag. And, indeed, that’s what’s happened. Daniel Jones, according to the Colts, is officially out for the game with an Achilles injury. Where Indianapolis goes […]
December 7, 2025
Arrowhead gets December under the lights, and both teams walk in knowing the math. Kansas City is fighting to keep the Mahomes era from its first real playoff whiff. Houston climbed from 0-3 to 7-5 and can flip its postseason odds from roughly 40% to near 80% with a win. Temperatures will sink into the […]
December 7, 2025
The James Madison–Oregon first-round matchup is up at DraftKings Sportsbook, with Oregon a massive -21.5 home favorite and JMU +1100 on the moneyline, total set at 51.5. Oregon vs. JMU opening odds That number is a pure snapshot of where these programs sit in the sport’s ecosystem right now. Oregon comes in as the top […]
December 7, 2025
The first on-campus playoff rematch is live on the board, with No. 6 Ole Miss hosting No. 11 Tulane and opening odds already posted at DraftKings Sportsbook. Ole Miss vs. Tulane Odds The Ole Miss–Tulane opener is exactly what a 6-vs-11 campus playoff game should look like on the board: SEC hammer priced like a […]
December 7, 2025
Glendale gets the late window with two franchises heading in opposite directions. One is fighting for seeding after a jarring loss in Carolina. The other just shut down its franchise quarterback, parked its blue-chip wideout and started treating Sundays like a live tryout. The Rams arrive at 9–3 with a top-five scoring offense and a […]
December 7, 2025
Lambeau gets the late window with something rare attached: Chicago walks in as the team wearing the better record. Green Bay counters with the hotter quarterback, three straight wins, and the sense this is still their division until someone rips it away. Caleb Williams has been managing games while the Bears defense and run game […]
December 7, 2025
December brings Ravens–Steelers back to that familiar Baltimore hum: deep shots swallowed by night sky, hits echoing off the river. Both teams sit 6-6, their seasons teetering between wild-card relevance and wasted talent. Pittsburgh arrives with Aaron Rodgers and scars from a 26-7 loss in Buffalo; Baltimore walks in fresh off a 32-14 collapse against […]
December 6, 2025
December does not care that this is a losing-record game. It gives you 40-degree gray, a chewed-up surface and a test of whether your offense travels when the air feels heavy. Miami arrives 5-7 with a wildcard pulse and an identity crisis in the red zone. The Jets stagger in at 3-9 with a defense […]
December 6, 2025
Orchard Park remembers everything these two teams have pushed through its air. The Damar Hamlin stoppage, last year’s playoff disappointment, the sense that Buffalo and Cincinnati now measure each other as much as anyone in the conference. The Bills arrive 8-4, fresh off a 26-7 correction in Pittsburgh, trying to prove that win was restart, […]
December 6, 2025
Midnight basketball on Oahu turns scoreboards into mirages. Cal State Fullerton flies in with a box-score profile that screams shootout, sitting at 3–6 with about 88.4 points scored and 88.3 allowed and one of the fastest tempos in the country. Hawaii waits at 7–2 with a completely different identity, winning home games with defense, glasswork […]
December 6, 2025
Madison Square Garden gets Ole Miss and St. John’s in a December slot that feels like a proof-of-concept for both coaches. Chris Beard walks in at 5–3, carrying a three-game losing streak and an offense that has sagged late in tight games. Rick Pitino counters at 4–3 with a top-25 ranking, a noisy 92-point scoring […]
December 6, 2025