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.
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
Berkeley gets a ranked invader and a reality check at the same time. SMU flies in at 8-3 and No. 21, chasing a return trip to the ACC title game and a double-digit-win path in year two at this level. Cal walks out for Senior Day at 6-5 with an interim coach, a freshman quarterback, […]
November 29, 2025
The rematch in Indianapolis feels less like a divisional game and more like an exam on how contenders finish. Houston arrives with three straight wins, a defense turning every snap into a stress test, and real playoff leverage. Indianapolis comes home with Jonathan Taylor in full stride but Daniel Jones playing through a fractured fibula […]
November 29, 2025
Jordan–Hare gets another Alabama season placed on its table. Alabama arrives 9-2, playing for 10 wins and playoff oxygen. Auburn drags 5-6 into the night, desperate just to steal a bowl berth and a year of peace. The spread sits inside a touchdown because everyone remembers Kick Six and fourth-and-31. This time the matchup leans […]
November 29, 2025
Norman gets a playoff audition wrapped in a street fight. Oklahoma walks in ranked eighth, knowing a win likely seals a semifinal slot. LSU shows up with an interim coach, a 7–4 record, and a clean chance to smash the bracket. The stadium will remember last year’s Sooners spoiler act against Alabama and recognize the […]
November 29, 2025
Neyland will shake, but the story walking in belongs to Vanderbilt, the supposed little brother rolling in ranked higher with everything still on the table. One win keeps a slim playoff alley open and keeps Diego Pavia’s Heisman drum pounding through championship week. Tennessee gets the familiar role: defend the house, defend the pecking order, […]
November 29, 2025
Waco gets a gut check for Rivalry Week. McLane Stadium hosts a bowl-or-bust Baylor team trying to salvage 6–6 while an 8–3 Houston group hunts a five-win jump and a statement road finish. The Cougars have a chance to close 6–0 away from home, matching some of the best travel years in school history. Baylor’s […]
November 29, 2025
Week 13 waddles through the doorway, gravy-stained, credit cards smoking, bankrolls bruised or swollen. Four games are already graded into your psyche—Packers–Lions, Ravens–Bengals, Cowboys–Chiefs, Bears–Eagles on Black Friday—and every league has that guy sitting at 92 points with three players already done. The rest of us wake up in the wreckage: half a lineup locked, […]
November 29, 2025