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.
New Orleans staggers in at 2-8, trying to convince itself that a rookie quarterback and a feisty defense can still mean something in a year the standings already rejected. Atlanta arrives 3-7, dragging a four-game skid and handing the wheel back to Kirk Cousins while the rest of the division laughs from afar. It’s not […]
November 23, 2025
Cincinnati in late November feels like a crossroads for both franchises. New England arrives 9–2 with a rookie quarterback already commanding the room and the huddle. The Patriots see this as a chance to stack seeding while the Bills and Ravens chase. Cincinnati instead is trying to keep a bad season from becoming a punchline, […]
November 22, 2025
Soldier Field in late November gets honest fast, and both of these teams are walking in a little frayed. Chicago’s offense has settled into something real over the last month while their defense has lost bodies at linebacker and corner faster than they can patch them. Pittsburgh shows up with a wrist-weary Aaron Rodgers, a […]
November 22, 2025
Cincinnati in late November feels like a crossroads for both franchises. New England arrives 9–2 with a rookie quarterback already commanding the room and the huddle. The Patriots see this as a chance to stack seeding while the Bills and Ravens chase. Cincinnati instead is trying to keep a bad season from becoming a punchline, […]
November 22, 2025
Fresno in late November is where Utah State has to drag its bowl hopes through the valley’s chill and noise. The Aggies limp in off a gut punch at UNLV, while Fresno comes off Boise and Wyoming beatdowns to stay on SDSU’s heels in the Mountain West race. Valley Children’s Stadium has become the league’s […]
November 22, 2025
San Jose State walks into San Diego with fresh bruises and fresh bosses on defense after Nevada dropped 55 and cost two coordinators their jobs. San Diego State comes home at eight and two with a title-game lane right in front of them and a defense people are already calling one of the best Aztec […]
November 22, 2025
Tiger Stadium gets weird in November when the stakes are more pride than banners. LSU walks in 6–4 with an interim coach, a top-20 scoring defense, and an offense still trying to remember what explosive felt like. Western Kentucky shows up 8–2 with an Air Raid label, a 31.5-points-per-game resume, and zero Power Four data […]
November 22, 2025
Tiger Stadium gets weird in November when the stakes are more pride than banners. LSU walks in 6–4 with an interim coach, a top-20 scoring defense, and an offense still trying to remember what explosive felt like. Western Kentucky shows up 8–2 with an Air Raid label, a 31.5-points-per-game resume, and zero Power Four data […]
November 22, 2025
Madison under lights feels like a reunion and an autopsy at once. Bret Bielema walks back into the house he helped build, now wearing orange and carrying a ranked Illinois team that suddenly scores with ease. Wisconsin staggers in at 3–7 with one of the worst offenses in the country and a defense begging for […]
November 22, 2025
Nippert at night is a brick bowl of noise and bad intentions. BYU walks in 9–1, ranked just outside the blue-blood tier, staring at a Big 12 title shot and slipping into every playoff segment as the disrespected metric darling. Cincinnati arrives 7–3 with a quarterback playing like he’s allergic to inefficient snaps and an […]
November 22, 2025
Rice-Eccles is built for this exact afternoon. Utah sits in its new Big 12 neighborhood like a bouncer at the velvet rope, 8–2 and staring straight at a title path. Kansas State comes in 5–5, carrying all the hallmarks of a well-coached, flawed underdog: explosive on its good days, broken on its bad ones. The […]
November 22, 2025