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.
Wembley draws theater, and this one arrives with high drama baked in. The Los Angeles experiment will push the limits of body clocks and routine: the Rams practiced all week at Camden Yards, then chose a Saturday flight to London, trusting continuity over circadian comfort. The Jacksonville counter is classic London muscle memory; the Jaguars […]
October 18, 2025
U.S. Bank Stadium won’t whisper on Sunday; it will tremble, because the subplots crackle as loudly as the stakes. Philly’s own Lane Johnson called the Eagles offense “predictable” after the Giants loss, and the word hung in the air like cordite. Carson Wentz, quarterback, stares at the same winged helmet that once defined him, now […]
October 18, 2025
Midseason is where the sly take the throne without a trumpet. The calendar yawns, the standings blur, and we move like shadows at noon—quiet hands stacking tiny edges. Waiver whispers. Film-room lantern light. A tweak to the call sheet, a trade that looks boring on the timeline but tilts the board. In fantasy, it’s FAAB […]
October 18, 2025
Week 7 arrives with velocity and quirks: an early 9:30 a.m. ET London curtain-raiser at Wembley—Rams–Jaguars—that compresses routines and expands fantasy windows, especially with Puka Nacua and Rob Havenstein ruled out, funneling first reads toward Davante Adams in a condensed script. The slate breathes differently stateside, too: Chiefs–Raiders carries a double-digit spread (KC -12.5, total […]
October 18, 2025
The Swamp starts to shimmer before dusk, a blue-and-orange kiln swallowing breath and doubt. Homecoming is sold out again—sixteen straight—and the noise swells like thunder trapped in a bowl. Florida staggers in hungry after a brutal month; Mississippi State brings a second-year offense wired for sparks and a defense that swears it has grown up. […]
October 18, 2025
Kroger Field exhales blue dusk and bourbon heat as Texas strides in with a defense that squeezes throats and time. Kentucky counters with Mark Stoops’ stubborn posture, a bell-cow back, and the hum of a night crowd that believes in attrition. Texas just stifled Oklahoma and recovered its swagger with a punt-return dagger, three interceptions, […]
October 18, 2025
Under a high Florida sun, The Bounce House vibrates and sways, all drums and echo. UCF staggers in from three straight Big 12 losses, still dangerous and fast. West Virginia arrives bandaged, stubborn, and 4–0 all-time in this series. That record hangs over Orlando like a dare. The Knights want a clean break. The Mountaineers […]
October 18, 2025
Missouri’s black-and-gold swarms into Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday night to face Auburn (SEC). The Tigers (5–1) are riding high despite a narrow loss to No. 6 Alabama in Week 7, and they’ll be fierce underdogs facing an Auburn squad struggling at 3–3. Both teams feature rush-oriented attacks and stout defenses; this promises to be a grind-it-out […]
October 18, 2025
The Holy War returns under lights, with both helmets ranked and ravenous. Utah brings a bruising 5–1 stride into Provo. BYU counters with unbeaten bravado and a fan base that screams in unison. It’s the first ranked-versus-ranked Holy War since 2009, and the stakes feel swollen. Kyle Whittingham has stacked nine straight wins in the […]
October 18, 2025
Berkeley vibes give way to Athens thunder, and the setting matters as much as the schemes. ESPN College GameDay plants its trucks on the Tate lawn, and Georgia orchestrates a “Stripe Sanford” mosaic to amplify the decibels inside a stadium freshly stung by Alabama’s crack of the Bulldogs’ 33-game home winning streak. That’s a proud […]
October 18, 2025
Week 7 arrives with velocity and quirks: an early 9:30 a.m. ET London curtain-raiser at Wembley—Rams–Jaguars—that compresses routines and expands fantasy windows, especially with Puka Nacua and Rob Havenstein ruled out, funneling first reads toward Davante Adams in a condensed script. The slate breathes differently stateside, too: Chiefs–Raiders carries a double-digit spread (KC -12.5, total […]
October 17, 2025