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.
Dallas walks in off a bye with grief still fresh, trying to turn mourning for Marshawn Kneeland into purpose and structure, not just speeches. The Raiders stagger in from another prime-time gut punch, a blocked punt and a missed kick costing them Denver and a coach his job. Under the lights it is less fireworks, […]
November 16, 2025
Up by one score in the third quarter, Falcons’ QB Michael Penix took an awkward hit on an incomplete pass, and left the game to head to the blue medical tent. He was evaluated there, and has since been slapped with a questionable tag with a knee injury. Penix was having a fantastic game today, […]
November 16, 2025
UPDATE: Jaylen Warren has, for the time being, returned to Sunday’s game. Early in the third quarter, Jaylen Warren took a hard hit on the below play and left Sunday’s game against the Bengals with a leg injury. He’s currently in the medical tent being evaluated by the Pittsburgh training staff. For all the ballyhoo […]
November 16, 2025
UPDATE: Justin Herbert has returned to Sunday’s game against the Jaguars after the second half. As the second quarter wound down to its final seconds and the Chargers were in two-minute offense, Justin Herbert took a sack in Jaguars’ territory. Herbert left the game, and Trey Lance finished the Chargers’ drive as the teams went […]
November 16, 2025
UPDATE: Jordan Love has officially returned to the game against the Giants on Sunday. Unless he leaves in the second quarter again, only to not return in the second half, he is no longer eligible for DraftKings’ new Early Exit program. Jordan Love is officially questionable to return with a shoulder injury he suffered on […]
November 16, 2025
UPDATE: Packers QB Jordan Love (shoulder) has returned to Sunday’s game vs. the Giants. As the first quarter wound down, Jordan Love scrambled to advance the Green Bay offensive drive and took a hard hit to his left shoulder. He’s been in the blue medical tent, and is now headed to the locker room to […]
November 16, 2025
UPDATE: Calvin Ridley has been ruled out with the ankle injury he suffered in the first half. All Ridley backers on DraftKings Sportsbook are eligible for the Early Exit program. It’s been a nonstop-disappointing season for Titans WR Calvin Ridley, whose official return from injury on the calendar was today’s game against the Texans. Early […]
November 16, 2025
SoFi will glow under midnight blue while Los Angeles tries to defend home turf and first place simultaneously. Seattle arrives 7-2 with four straight wins and the league’s best points-per-play mark at 0.535, a fireworks profile that tempts the over. The Rams also sit 7-2 and recently dropped 42 on San Francisco, part of a […]
November 16, 2025
Midnight is where Week 11 really lives. The league sees records and graphics; we see the glow of tablets under hoodies, the Rams’ midnight jerseys as a reminder that real work happens when the cameras exhale. We burn quiet film-room oil while timelines chase highlights, sanding tendencies, nudging splits, shaving tells off motion and depth. […]
November 16, 2025
Acrisure will feel claustrophobic before kickoff. Pittsburgh sits 5–4, clinging to a one-game AFC North lead despite dropping three of the last four. Cincinnati comes in 3–6, off a bye and a 47-point defensive faceplant against Chicago, staring at single-digit playoff odds. This rivalry still carries Burfict-era scars and Burrow–Roethlisberger echoes, every late shove and […]
November 15, 2025
This one’s more like a team audit more than a celebration. Jacksonville sits 5–4, fresh off blowing a nineteen–point fourth-quarter lead to Houston and staring at a season that alternates signature wins with maddening collapses. Los Angeles arrives 7–3 on a three-game win streak, 6–1 against AFC opponents, already talking seeding while the Jaguars are […]
November 15, 2025