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 8 drops a live-wire pivot at SoFi—the 4-3 Chargers hosting the 3-3 Vikings on a short week—after Los Angeles was stung 38-24 by the Colts and Minnesota fell 28-22 to the Eagles. Justin Herbert still ripped a career-high 420 yards and three touchdowns in that Colts loss, proof the air game can surge even […]
October 23, 2025
Oronde Gadsden II arrives on TNF with fresh-spark energy, the kind that forces coordinators to redraw call sheets on a short week. His footprint has grown from curiosity to centerpiece, a big-bodied separator who settles into soft spots and then slashes through them like a tightrope walker with turbo. Minnesota’s blitz identity begs for clean […]
October 23, 2025
SoFi’s primetime slot turns the field into a decision lab for speed and structure, and Ladd McConkey is the spark plug in that experiment. Minnesota weaponizes pressure, which forces hot routes and clears launch lanes for a timed deep cut; McConkey’s burst makes that leverage real. Justin Herbert handles blitz with poise, so the Chargers […]
October 23, 2025
The lights in Atlanta will buzz and the stakes will sting because two 1–6 teams carry season-sized urgency into a tight Thursday window. The number tells a blunt story before the whistle: South Alabama laying 6.5 with a total pinned at 56.5, a posture that flatly distrusts Georgia State’s defense and dares both offenses to […]
October 23, 2025
Week 8’s Thursday night slot drops the 4-3 Chargers against the 3-3 Vikings at SoFi Stadium, a cross-conference pivot with playoff tiebreak ripples under the lights. Los Angeles staggers in from a 38-24 home loss to Indianapolis despite Justin Herbert’s career-high 420 yards and three touchdowns, a garish box score that couldn’t mask a defense […]
October 22, 2025
Las Cruces gets the midweek spotlight as New Mexico State hosts Missouri State under the Aggie Memorial lights, a 9:00 p.m. ET kick on national TV that turns Wednesday into a stage, the field into a runway for theater. Both teams arrive 3–3, a clean mirror that makes every possession feel like a hinge game […]
October 22, 2025
The midweek lights tilt toward Newark as Middle Tennessee walks into Delaware Stadium for a nationally-televised game that sharpens every snap. Delaware already announced its FBS arrival with a 44–41 overtime win over UConn, sealed by Nick Minicucci’s 13-yard walk-off rush, with Kyre Duplessis ripping 9 for 161 and a long strike in the fireworks. […]
October 22, 2025
Joe Aillet will buzz under North Louisiana stars as Western Kentucky strides in at 5–2 with the passing game purring and Louisiana Tech squares its jaw at 4–2 with the league’s stingiest scoreboard defense. The table stakes read clean: the Hilltoppers sit second in Conference USA, the Bulldogs hover in fourth, and every possession in […]
October 21, 2025
Kennesaw State enters at 4–2 overall and 2–0 in Conference USA, sitting in the league’s top tier during its first full FBS slate under Jerry Mack; the Owls’ ledger includes the early 56–9 reality check at Indiana but a clean league start that keeps them within reach of the front. FIU counters at 3–3 overall […]
October 21, 2025
Lumen Field will rumble as a restless, rain-washed cathedral, because this second act of Monday night brings a real test of nerve: the 4-2 Seattle Seahawks defending their turf against the 2-3 Houston Texans, a team that travels with a top-shelf defense and a quarterback who never blinks. The setting matters here—crowd noise churning, cadence […]
October 20, 2025
Ford Field will thrum under the dome lights as two NFC heavyweights square up with something to prove. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers arrive 5-1 after a 30-19 win, while the Detroit Lions stew 4-2 after a 30-17 stumble. The matchup pits Detroit’s 31.8 points per game against Tampa Bay’s 27.5, with both offenses craving clean […]
October 20, 2025