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.
Manhattan hosts a decidedly-not-East-Coast matchup on a Thursday night, and the trends tilt purple. Kansas State’s laying −6.5 and a total posted in the low-160s. The market is telling you pace and scoring; the building supplies edge. Cal arrives unbeaten, but this is a first true road test after three wins in Berkeley. Kansas State […]
November 13, 2025
In Week 11, tight end turns on the middle third. Identities are set, so coordinators either feed their Y or hide him. Madrid opens with Commanders–Dolphins on fast turf, where motion and tempo can turn sit/whip into chain fuel. Houston pivots to Davis Mills, which tilts stick, pivots, and flats toward Dalton Schultz and stacks […]
November 13, 2025
Week 11 is a sharper November cut—plans are set, injuries harden into identity, and coordinators trade flash for answers. Madrid wakes first with Commanders–Dolphins, a slick overseas window that tends to juice scripted aggression and fourth-down conviction. Houston reshapes the map again: C.J. Stroud stays in protocol, so Davis Mills likely gets Tennessee with a […]
November 13, 2025
Two teams who came into this season under new regimes probably were just hoping to play meaningful December football in Year One of the Vrabel & Glenn eras, respectively. For the Patriots, meaningful December football is a certainty—every game a jockey for seeding in the AFC. The East of which is, remarkably, at this point […]
November 13, 2025
Woody Marks arrived in Houston with tape that pops—vision, balance, and catch-and-go economy built for Sundays. The knock has been workload, not talent, and the year has answered that, thus far, without much urgency. Until last week, that is, when Houston asked him to be spark and ballast, and the usage followed: 60.9% snaps in […]
November 12, 2025
Spokane hums on a Tuesday, and we get a ranked-on-ranked test inside the Kennel with the soundboard pinned. No. 19 Gonzaga is polished through two, No. 23 Creighton walks in with new parts and a chip. The number sits double digits for the home side, and the total is a track-meet price. That’s the market […]
November 11, 2025
Philadelphia’s night will run through Saquon Barkley. Lambeau’s air sits near freezing with light wind, which rewards repetition and sturdy doubles. The Eagles already lean run at 47.6%, and Monday invites that identity again. Green Bay throttles explosives, allowing a league-low 46 chunk plays, so this becomes an accumulation game. Philadelphia’s fourth-down conviction near 76.5% […]
November 10, 2025
Philadelphia’s night will run through Saquon Barkley. Lambeau’s air sits near freezing with light wind, which rewards repetition and sturdy doubles. The Eagles already lean run at 47.6%, and Monday invites that identity again. Green Bay throttles explosives, allowing a league-low 46 chunk plays, so this becomes an accumulation game. Philadelphia’s fourth-down conviction near 76.5% […]
November 10, 2025
Lambeau’s lights will glint off cold air as Green Bay guards home pride and Philadelphia angles for seeding leverage. The board reads Packers 5–2–1 and Eagles 6–2, both stalking January home games with razor-thin margin. Last season’s sweep still echoes, and the rematch arrives with playoff gravity that tightens every decision. The NFC bye hangs […]
November 9, 2025
UPDATE: Slayton has returned to Sunday’s game, so he is no longer eligible for the Early Exit program. Midway through the second quarter of Sunday’s NFL Week 10 game between the Giants and the Bears, the Giants announced that wide receiver Darius Slayton suffered a hamstring injury that’s billed him as questionable to return for […]
November 9, 2025
Los Angeles hunts seeding while Pittsburgh arrives 5–3 with a live road punch. The Chargers stand 6–3 as a −3 home favorite, and that number reflects a real money-down edge. Jim Harbaugh’s offense sustains drives at 49.21% on third down, which inflates snaps and forces defensive reveals. T.J. Watt’s rush owns a 53.6% win rate […]
November 9, 2025