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.
East Lansing hums with fall static and urgency. Michigan State returns home from two bruising road losses, desperate to stabilize a season that still carries bowl hope. UCLA arrives cross-country off the shock of October—a 42–37 stunner over Penn State that flipped every assumption about its ceiling. Spartan Stadium carries the contrast like voltage: a […]
October 11, 2025
The hinge weeks always feel different. By Week 6, the mirages fade—the dead-zone draft picks, the ghost targets, the fragile backfields that looked whole in August. Injuries have started to redraw the fantasy map: Alvin Kamara’s ankle turned Wednesday’s practice report into a full-blown referendum on the Saints’ offense; Omarion Hampton’s injury ripped open a […]
October 10, 2025
The hinge weeks always feel different. By Week 6, the mirages fade—the dead-zone draft picks, the ghost targets, the fragile backfields that looked whole in August. Injuries have started to redraw the fantasy map: Alvin Kamara’s ankle turned Wednesday’s practice report into a full-blown referendum on the Saints’ offense; Omarion Hampton’s injury ripped open a […]
October 10, 2025
The hinge weeks always feel different. By Week 6, the mirages fade—the dead-zone draft picks, the ghost targets, the fragile backfields that looked whole in August. Injuries have started to redraw the fantasy map: Alvin Kamara’s ankle turned Wednesday’s practice report into a full-blown referendum on the Saints’ offense; Omarion Hampton’s injury ripped open a […]
October 10, 2025
The hinge weeks always feel different. By Week 6, the mirages fade—the dead-zone draft picks, the ghost targets, the fragile backfields that looked whole in August. Injuries have started to redraw the fantasy map: Alvin Kamara’s ankle turned Wednesday’s practice report into a full-blown referendum on the Saints’ offense; Omarion Hampton’s injury ripped open a […]
October 10, 2025
Fort Collins draws a chill and a reckoning under under Friday night twilight. Fresno State rolls in with momentum, a veteran calm, and a run game that leans on you snap after snap. Colorado State counters with bruised pride and a home crowd aching for a turn, hoping fresh legs and a steadier pocket can […]
October 10, 2025
Week 6 tight ends live in the gray area between scarcity and opportunity. The top of the position is volatile, the middle is injured, and most managers are staring at names that swing matchups by five PPR points either way. The edge comes from usage and opponent leverage, not brand names. Target share, red-zone equity, […]
October 9, 2025
Week 6 opens in chaos. Five bye teams, one Thursday divisional slog, and a soft middle tier that keeps teasing breakout weeks—it’s the kind of slate where quarterback and tight-end choices swing matchups. Weather cools, pockets tighten, and several elite defenses are finally healthy, forcing volume-driven passers into regression spots while a few overlooked arms […]
October 9, 2025
The October air in Statesboro carries its own charge, that blend of humidity and tension that swells before kickoff. Georgia Southern leans on tempo and space, the rhythm of a team that trusts its arm more than its legs. Southern Miss arrives heavier, steadier, carrying an identity built on structure, leverage, and violence at the […]
October 9, 2025
The lights settle over Kennesaw, and the new FBS badge still shines fresh on Owls jerseys. Louisiana Tech arrives with 4–1 ballast, a 2–0 conference stride, and a line that hangs at six with a 46.5 total. The Bulldogs carry a +8 turnover margin and a defense that allows 13.6 points per game, so every […]
October 9, 2025
MetLife’s alive tonight with the tension only an NFC East night can carry—five days after the Eagles’ collapse against Denver, they walk into the Meadowlands to reclaim their rhythm against a battered Giants team still searching for an identity. The air will thicken with resentment and urgency. Philadelphia has won eleven straight primetime meetings with […]
October 9, 2025