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.
Five Lists of Fright, more like it! Happy Halloween to you good people, all your sweet teeth. Here in Fantasyland, Week 9 creeps in like bogeyman fog over a graveyard of byes—Browns, Jets, Eagles, and Buccaneers vanish into the crypt, thinning star power and forcing managers to conjure leverage from the bench. The non-contact-injury reaper […]
October 31, 2025
Week 9 TNF hits Hard Rock Stadium: Dolphins 2–6 host the 2–5 Ravens. Lamar Jackson returns from a three-game hamstring absence, re-centering Baltimore’s plan on a short week. Miami has lived without Tyreek Hill since late September, season-ending knee confirmed, and the offense has already retooled. Recent meetings still sting: Ravens 56–19 in 2023, Dolphins […]
October 30, 2025
UTSA hasn’t lost a conference game in the Alamodome under Jeff Traylor—twenty-one straight—and the Dome turns routine downs volatile. Tulane rides three straight wins and a 3–0 AAC start, yet needed last-minute escapes against East Carolina and Army, then stares at Memphis next week with title math humming. The Roadrunners just pinballed from sixty-one on […]
October 30, 2025
Brooks Stadium will glow on ESPN2 Thursday night, teal seats tense, and the Sun Belt East tightens. Marshall arrives on a 4-1 surge with 38+ in 5 straight and a double-OT escape vs Texas State. A James Madison look-ahead lingers, but Carlos Del Rio-Wilson’s ball security and tempo keep the throttle steady. Coastal counters with […]
October 30, 2025
Week 9 quarterback is that late-October fulcrum—install tweaks land, bye attrition bites, and coordinators lean harder into answers over arm talent. Pass-rush win rates are creeping up, simulated pressure is back in vogue, and fantasy ceilings tilt toward two archetypes: sub-2.6s distributors who live in the quick game and creators whose rushing equity converts first […]
October 29, 2025
Springfield gets the midweek marquee as Conference USA slides under cold Ozarks wind and television lights. Missouri State chases a third straight win after the overtime escape at New Mexico State, a pass-lean team itching to test FIU’s leaky back end. The Panthers arrive wobbling but dangerous, their bowl lane narrowing while Kejon Owens’ late-October […]
October 29, 2025
Wednesday night in Murfreesboro gives Week 10 its last C-USA showcase before MACtion grabs the midweek baton. The national window lands on 10/29/25 with a crisp air and a restless Floyd Stadium, where quarterback Nicholas Vattiato guides a pass-lean Blue Raiders outfit that’s been priced with aggressive yardage ladders. Jacksonville State arrives unbeaten in league […]
October 29, 2025
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