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 9 wide receiver is a post-deadline hinge—depth charts tighten, coverages adjust, and a few defenses are flat-out dictating space. Miami’s tree stays rewritten with Jaylen Waddle as the number-one wideout, forcing coordinators to reallocate bracket rules elsewhere. New Orleans flips to rookie Tyler Shough this week, and Los Angeles just added corner Roger McCreary—two […]
October 29, 2025
Wednesday night in Springfield crackles with consequence, the last October window on CBSSN and bowl math humming under the lights. Missouri State rides two straight wins after a 24–17 overtime escape, yet six straight unders and penalty drag keep the margin thin. Florida International arrives bruised from 45–26, but its spine is sturdy—running back Kejon […]
October 29, 2025
TConference USA’s final Wednesday window hits Murfreesboro with clear stakes: Jacksonville State sits 3–0 in league, Middle Tennessee 0–3 and desperate. The Gamecocks travel with a pace-and-punish identity, ripping 276 rushing yards per game as Cam Cook nears 1,000 at 5.9 yards per carry. Derek Mason’s group sits 1–6 and 0–3 at home, yet the […]
October 29, 2025
Terry McLaurin strides back under Monday lights after four games out with a quad, his August contract saga settled. Arrowhead will roar, and Marcus Mariota starts with Jayden Daniels sidelined by a hamstring. Deebo Samuel’s fresh arrival reshapes coverage, letting Washington reclaim spacing and urgency on the perimeter. Kansas City just blanked Las Vegas 31–0, […]
October 27, 2025
Arrowhead blazes under Monday night wattage, with Kansas City -11.5 and a 48.5 total pressing the air heavier than chalk. Patrick Mahomes greets a battered visitor while Marcus Mariota inherits the night with Jayden Daniels sidelined, and Kliff Kingsbury scripts answers for his old pupil. Kansas City just blanked Las Vegas 31-0, welcomed Rashee Rice […]
October 27, 2025
UPDATE: Eagles RB Saquon Barkley (groin) is questionable to return to Sunday’s game vs. the Giants. Just around the beginning of the fourth quarter in a game in which the Eagles lead the Giants 24-13, and which has already seen a brutal running back injury to New York Giants rookie Cam Skattebo, Saquon Barkley has […]
October 26, 2025
UPDATE 2:31pm ET: The Giants have ruled Cam Skattebo out for the remainder of today’s game against the Eagles with an ankle injury. As such, Skattebo and his prop backers are eligible for the DraftKings Early Exit program. About halfway through the second quarter, on a target over the middle from QB Jaxson Dart, Giants […]
October 26, 2025
Acrisure doesn’t just buzz tonight; it seethes. Green Bay -3 and 45.5 set the market, but the subtext runs hotter. Aaron Rodgers meets his past in primetime, fresh off a 33-31 shootout loss and a mini-bye’s recalibration. Jordan Love guards Green Bay’s first-place pulse after a 27-23 escape in Arizona that left bruises and questions. […]
October 26, 2025
Mile High will vibrate like a struck tuning fork, because this one carries voltage on every snap. Denver enters on a four-game tear and an 8-0 home streak, with a defense that smothers air space and feasts on rhythm. Dallas arrives with a retooled identity under Brian Schottenheimer and Matt Eberflus, brandishing the league’s most […]
October 26, 2025
NRG Stadium will crackle on first contact as Kyle Shanahan confronts his former lieutenant DeMeco Ryans in a true chess match. San Francisco arrives battered—Brock Purdy out, Mac Jones in, Ricky Pearsall and Jake Brendel sidelined—while Houston sweats Nico Collins’ concussion status and leans on a defense allowing points on 22.4% of drives and just […]
October 26, 2025
Baltimore braces for a bizarre Sunday: Lamar Jackson practiced Friday, then was downgraded and ruled out as the NFL reviews reporting. Tyler Huntley takes the reins while Patrick Ricard returns and Ronnie Stanley steadies identity built on gap runs. Across the field, Roquan Smith faces his former team as Chicago’s four-game surge arrives loud and […]
October 26, 2025