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.
Gillette gets two different kinds of urgency under the lights. New England is chasing seeding and legacy, trying to stack wins into a No. 1 seed case. The Giants show up with careers on the line instead of playoff odds, playing for tape, contracts and pride. A coordinator has already been fired, responsibilities shuffled, and […]
November 30, 2025
UPDATE: Sam Darnold returned to the game and promptly fumbled the ball away to the Vikings on one of Brian Flores’s vicious blitz packages. The brief trip to the tent seems to be behind him. Sam Darnold is currently in the blue medical tent for the Seattle Seahawks after leading the team down on a […]
November 30, 2025
UPDATE: After the game, Jim Harbaugh said that Herbert will have a procedure done on Monday for a broken left hand. Whether he misses time is uncertain as of now. UPDATE: Herbert has returned to the game. UPDATE: Chargers QB Justin Herbert (hand) is questionable to return to Sunday’s game vs. the Raiders. Early in […]
November 30, 2025
UPDATE: Woody Marks has returned to the game. Early in the first quarter of the rivalry game between the Texans and the Colts, Texans’ rookie running back Woody Marks got slapped with a questionable tag due to a foot injury he sustained on one of the Texans’ early offensive drives. There’s little clarity on how […]
November 30, 2025
Acrisure action in late November feels built for games like this. Buffalo walks in 7-4, trying to turn a shaky middle stretch back into a real AFC push. Pittsburgh sits 6-5, bruised but very alive, with Aaron Rodgers back and a crowd that still expects Tomlin to drag this roster into January. The weather looks […]
November 30, 2025
Lumen Field gets a rookie start and a reality check. Seattle is 8–3, pushing for seeding in an NFC that suddenly feels wide open again. Minnesota is flying west with Max Brosmer making his first NFL start, dragging a broken offense behind an aggressive, exhausted defense. The Vikings still talk like a playoff hunter, but […]
November 30, 2025
Rams–Panthers lands on the schedule like a status check on two franchises moving in opposite directions. Los Angeles is 9-2, living in that part of the year where home-field math and MVP whispers actually matter. Carolina is fighting, running it better, playing harder, but they’ve still worn a 40-9 home embarrassment and a 20-9 offensive […]
November 29, 2025
Leftovers and liabilities—this is where Week 13 lives. We’ve got decisions to make that feel heavier than the feedbags that freighted us here. The league sees holiday recaps and gaudy point totals; we see belts on the last notch, credit limits nudged, units either doubled or torched before Sunday even wakes up. Thanksgiving plus bonus […]
November 29, 2025
Valley Trophy night sets up like a stat trap for San Jose State’s offense. The Spartans look explosive on paper at 418.8 yards per game and 298.5 through the air, but the scoreboard keeps telling a different story. They are sitting at only 22.1 points per game with a -11 turnover margin, and now they […]
November 29, 2025
Valley Trophy night sets up like a stat trap for San Jose State’s offense. The Spartans look explosive on paper at 418.8 yards per game and 298.5 through the air, but the scoreboard keeps telling a different story. They are sitting at only 22.1 points per game with a -11 turnover margin, and now they […]
November 29, 2025
BStanford Stadium gets a farewell of opposites: a playoff climber and a roster just trying to get to the locker room healthy. Notre Dame walks in at 9-2 and No. 9, playing for committee style points and Jeremiyah Love’s Heisman tape. Stanford closes a 4-7 slog, changing coaches and living off rivalry residue after the […]
November 29, 2025