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.
Paycor will buzz for a get-right Sunday, and the matchup geometry tilts orange. Quarterback Joe Flacco arrives steady and decisive, fresh off 342 yards and three touchdowns. Across the sideline, New York staggers in at 0-7 after a quarterback week that rattled the building. Coaches withheld a starter through midweek, then handed Justin Fields the […]
October 25, 2025
The roof shuts, the lights glow, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium inhales that taut late-October chill. Atlanta steadies its voice as Kirk Cousins all but certainly takes the reins here, while Miami staggers in from a three-game slide that scraped pride. Drake London will dress but with a cap on his snap volume, and that shifts the […]
October 25, 2025
Foxborough settles into a late-October hush, breath pluming as two teams hunt definition. New England returns home with momentum humming and quarterback Drake Maye sharpening by the week. Cleveland arrives grim and galvanized after Sunday’s thump, trusting a defense that travels and defensive end Myles Garrett to bend pockets. New England just capped a three-game […]
October 25, 2025
Week 8 tightens the board and sharpens the edges—six teams on bye (Cardinals, Lions, Jaguars, Raiders, Rams, Seahawks) drain star power and force managers into leverage plays. Philadelphia widens the middle of the field with A.J. Brown ruled out, a target vacuum that reshapes their tree and ripples through NFC East matchups. Buffalo lists Dalton […]
October 25, 2025
Week 8 tightens the board and sharpens the edges—six teams on bye (Cardinals, Lions, Jaguars, Raiders, Rams, Seahawks) drain star power and force managers into leverage plays. Philadelphia widens the middle of the field with A.J. Brown ruled out, a target vacuum that reshapes their tree and ripples through NFC East matchups. Buffalo lists Dalton […]
October 25, 2025
Divisional déjà vu, sixteen autumn days after New York’s 34–17 punch landed, now flips to South Philly with revenge and recalibration filling the air. The crowd will track every cadence change, every protection check, because the pivot of this rematch lives inside: communication, poise, and how Philadelphia translates a clean Week 7 bounce-back into sustained, […]
October 25, 2025
Salt Lake City will glow under the late kick, the rivalry will smolder, and the stakes will throb. Colorado arrives at 3-4 seeking oxygen, while Utah stands 5-2 and snarling for a response after a three-point defeat. Last year’s 49-24 Buffaloes blitz in Boulder still echoes, and Rice-Eccles tends to amplify grudges. Expect a charged […]
October 25, 2025
Tempe will glow under desert dusk, and the night will buzz like copper wire. The stakes sharpen every breath as the No. 24 Sun Devils welcome a 6-1 Houston team that carries momentum and menace. Mountain America Stadium will flicker under ESPN2’s cameras at 8:00 p.m. ET, and every drive will feel like a verdict. […]
October 25, 2025
The border grudge simmers under the lights, and Kroger Field crackles like a forge. Tennessee arrives with urgency and teeth. Kentucky answers with stubbornness and a defense that drags games into gravel. The contrast sings. One side surges with volume and tempo. The other side scrapes for field position and breath. The stakes feel visceral, […]
October 25, 2025
Starkville inhales and rattles, and the sound sharpens nerves before the first snap. Cowbells don’t just clang; they vibrate through helmets and ribcages and decisions. That din sits center stage in this matchup’s psychology, and it matters when a young offense tries to sort protections and hot routes. The “cowbell” motif lives in the broader […]
October 25, 2025
Memphis and South Florida meet at noon with the stakes vibrating through every seat in the Liberty Bowl. The building will buzz because both teams stand at 6-1, both sit hot against the number, and both know this league race tilts on today’s pulse. South Florida storms in with a rip-roaring attack that averages 41.7 […]
October 25, 2025