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.
Week 10 rolls in loud and weird, the kind of slate that rattles coffee mugs from Berlin to the Bay. Breakfast football hits Germany with Colts-Falcons on Sunday morning, a jet-lagged window that always flips usage quirks and coaching nerve. By late afternoon the league’s loudest stage lights—Rams at 49ers—promise fireworks; it’s the week’s highest-octane […]
November 7, 2025
Friday night at the Liberty Bowl brings a decisive AAC showcase with Memphis ranked 22nd and Tulane chasing a reset. The Tigers are 4–0 at home and riding last year’s 34–24 upset in New Orleans, a result that sharpened this rivalry. The Green Wave arrive 2–2 on the road after a 48–26 loss at UTSA, […]
November 7, 2025
Friday in Los Angeles glows beneath the Coliseum torch as No. 19 USC hosts a stubborn Northwestern under FOX lights. It’s a rare reunion after decades apart, now carrying Big Ten weight and USC’s playoff urgency. The market pins −14.5 with a 51.5 lid, signaling controlled pace and ruthless efficiency over chaos. USC rides 505.9 […]
November 7, 2025
Friday in Orlando turns cosmic as UCF’s Space Game paints FBC Mortgage Stadium in silver trim and noise. Houston arrives ranked and urgent at seven–two, chasing Big 12 leverage while a bruised UCF guards bowl oxygen and a 4–1 home drumbeat. The market whispers coin-flip at −1.5 with a 47.5 lid, which sharpens every red-zone […]
November 7, 2025
Orlando’s Space Game returns under Friday lights, silver-trim uniforms sparkling as warm 74 °F air settles over FBC Mortgage Stadium. Houston arrives ranked at 7–2, still chasing Big 12 leverage, while UCF steadies at 4–4 and defends a 4–1 home mark. The old AAC rivalry rekindles with Fritz versus Frost and a series ledger favoring […]
November 7, 2025
Week 10 tight end is a pressure point—middle-field answers decide possessions while injury sheets harden and depth charts stop pretending. Buffalo keeps tilting its pass game inside; when tempo rises, Dalton Kincaid’s slot-seam menu turns hot reads into YAC and thickens the red-zone tree. Los Angeles has found a big-slot hammer in Oronde Gadsden II, […]
November 6, 2025
Week 10 is a cold November crucible—install tweaks stick, injuries harden into plans, and coordinators trade sizzle for answers as playoff math sharpens. The rookie drum is loud in Chicago after Caleb Williams’ wild Week 9 finish, and the room believes it, with design runs and quick-game tempo now glued to the script. Berlin wakes […]
November 6, 2025
Thursday spotlights Bo Nix and Sean Payton’s reboot, now riding nine straight at home. Las Vegas arrives after trading Jakobi Meyers and leaning into Brock Bowers’ surge under Pete Carroll. Marvin Mims is out, so targets condense to Courtland Sutton and Troy Franklin. Pat Surtain II is out, forcing Denver to adjust its Bowers answers, […]
November 6, 2025
Kidd Brewer will glow under Thursday night bulbs, breath hanging in the Blue Ridge as Week 11 folds a Deeper-Than-Hate chapter into November stress. Boone drinks in a national window at 7:30 ET with temperatures in the forties and a crowd that rarely blinks. The series leans Appalachian State 21–16–1, but the memory that crackles […]
November 6, 2025
Raymond James will hum tonight, Tampa air sticky and loud, as ranked South Florida hosts surging UTSA. The Bulls’ return to the poll reframes November; the AAC lane and the Group-of-Five ticket feel live. UTSA lands with swagger after blasting Rice and toppling Tulane, riding Owen McCown’s heater and a healthier receiver room. South Florida’s […]
November 6, 2025
There is no one happier than yours truly that the MVP drumbeat, nine weeks into the 2025 NFL season, follows Matthew Stafford into every huddle now. October killed the age jokes; the Week 7 London game crowned the heater with five touchdowns in rain and jet lag. ESPN’s Peter Schrager—known superficially for his Super-Bowl-predicting foresight, […]
November 6, 2025