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.
DATCU Stadium turns into a scoreboard check for both programs, not just another AAC Saturday. North Texas walks in with 10 wins, the league’s most violent offense, and a title shot on the table. Temple arrives fighting for bowl life at 5–6, fully aware that four quarters of real offense can keep this season alive […]
November 28, 2025
Mercedes-Benz Stadium turns Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate into a playoff stress test this afternoon. Georgia arrives 10-1, chasing seeding leverage. Georgia Tech brings 9-2 and one chance to wreck their neighbor’s whole December. These helmets usually meet on a campus lawn; tonight the rivalry drops into a downtown spotlight built for January. Indoors, with both offenses […]
November 28, 2025
Black Friday in Lincoln feels less like a party and more like a repeat stress test. Nebraska and Iowa both sit 7-4, both chasing 8-4 and an upper-tier bowl, but only one fanbase keeps reliving the same ending. Iowa has taken 10 of 14 since joining the Big Ten and hasn’t lost in Lincoln since […]
November 28, 2025
Black Friday in Philadelphia should be meaningful-football showcase & theater. Chicago walks in at 8-3, the new-blood contender that’s spent two months stealing one-score games. The Eagles match that 8-3 record but return home off a blown twenty-one point lead in Dallas. Lincoln Financial will feel like January anyway, with top-seed leverage hanging over every […]
November 28, 2025
Week 13 tight end play feels like rummaging through leftover chaos. Thanksgiving box scores are already baked into standings, fantasy brackets hang on tiebreakers, and every seam route now leans on two playoff races at once. Some lineups are nursing fragile leads from Thursday explosions; others are staring at a deficit that only a double-digit […]
November 26, 2025
Week 13 wakes up in a food coma. The turkey slate already blew holes in scoreboards, fantasy lineups are dragging leftover points around like heavy plates, and Sunday is where every decision either cleans the mess or smears it deeper. Leads feel fake. Deficits feel louder. Every quarterback pick now leans against both a fantasy […]
November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving in Detroit always feels like a family photo, and this one finally matters again. The Lions are chasing the Bears and Packers, trying to plant their flag on their own holiday. Green Bay walks in with Jordan Love playing like the division’s newest grown-up, even while the offense sputters lately. Detroit limps in without […]
November 26, 2025
Las Vegas keeps asking the same question: who can actually finish this trip on their terms? Baylor has spent the week throwing bodies at the glass and trusting Cameron Carr to drag them through late clocks. San Diego State has lived on extremes, getting blasted by Michigan and then shredding Oregon in response. Now they […]
November 26, 2025
Las Vegas keeps Auburn on the clock a little longer for a game that refuses to slow down on paper. St. John’s stays in the desert after pushing Iowa State to the final possession and then lighting Baylor on fire. Auburn just lived both extremes out here too, getting run over by Michigan and then […]
November 26, 2025
How about we have ourselves a paydirt Turkey Day? Stepping in here for the venerable Jeff Pratt once more, who’s taking some well-earned time off for the holiday. Me? What can I say—can’t keep myself away from the good old American pastime that are touchdown celebrations on Thanksgiving. We’ve got three games for tomorrow—Lions vs. […]
November 26, 2025
Alabama’s second night in Vegas feels like a character check. They just ran with Gonzaga for thirty minutes, then got buried under a wave of glass and paint touches. UNLV is turning right back around too, but the pressure is different. The Rebels let a winnable Maryland game slip after halftime and now get a […]
November 25, 2025