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.
Under Monday lights, tight end Travis Kelce steps into Arrowhead’s roar with the field tilted his way. Rashee Rice’s return siphons safety help, and Xavier Worthy’s vertical jet stretches landmarks, clearing the seams. Washington leans single-high and has bled nearly five tight-end receptions per game, a bullseye Kelce has raided for years. Bobby Wagner still […]
October 27, 2025
Arrowhead blazes under Monday night wattage, with Kansas City -11.5 and a 48.5 total pressing the air heavier than chalk. Patrick Mahomes greets a battered visitor while Marcus Mariota inherits the night with Jayden Daniels sidelined, and Kliff Kingsbury scripts answers for his old pupil. Kansas City just blanked Las Vegas 31-0, welcomed Rashee Rice […]
October 27, 2025
UPDATE: Eagles RB Saquon Barkley (groin) is questionable to return to Sunday’s game vs. the Giants. Just around the beginning of the fourth quarter in a game in which the Eagles lead the Giants 24-13, and which has already seen a brutal running back injury to New York Giants rookie Cam Skattebo, Saquon Barkley has […]
October 26, 2025
UPDATE 2:31pm ET: The Giants have ruled Cam Skattebo out for the remainder of today’s game against the Eagles with an ankle injury. As such, Skattebo and his prop backers are eligible for the DraftKings Early Exit program. About halfway through the second quarter, on a target over the middle from QB Jaxson Dart, Giants […]
October 26, 2025
Mile High will vibrate like a struck tuning fork, because this one carries voltage on every snap. Denver enters on a four-game tear and an 8-0 home streak, with a defense that smothers air space and feasts on rhythm. Dallas arrives with a retooled identity under Brian Schottenheimer and Matt Eberflus, brandishing the league’s most […]
October 26, 2025
NRG Stadium will crackle on first contact as Kyle Shanahan confronts his former lieutenant DeMeco Ryans in a true chess match. San Francisco arrives battered—Brock Purdy out, Mac Jones in, Ricky Pearsall and Jake Brendel sidelined—while Houston sweats Nico Collins’ concussion status and leans on a defense allowing points on 22.4% of drives and just […]
October 26, 2025
Baltimore braces for a bizarre Sunday: Lamar Jackson practiced Friday, then was downgraded and ruled out as the NFL reviews reporting. Tyler Huntley takes the reins while Patrick Ricard returns and Ronnie Stanley steadies identity built on gap runs. Across the field, Roquan Smith faces his former team as Chicago’s four-game surge arrives loud and […]
October 26, 2025
Paycor will buzz for a get-right Sunday, and the matchup geometry tilts orange. Quarterback Joe Flacco arrives steady and decisive, fresh off 342 yards and three touchdowns. Across the sideline, New York staggers in at 0-7 after a quarterback week that rattled the building. Coaches withheld a starter through midweek, then handed Justin Fields the […]
October 25, 2025
The roof shuts, the lights glow, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium inhales that taut late-October chill. Atlanta steadies its voice as Kirk Cousins all but certainly takes the reins here, while Miami staggers in from a three-game slide that scraped pride. Drake London will dress but with a cap on his snap volume, and that shifts the […]
October 25, 2025
Foxborough settles into a late-October hush, breath pluming as two teams hunt definition. New England returns home with momentum humming and quarterback Drake Maye sharpening by the week. Cleveland arrives grim and galvanized after Sunday’s thump, trusting a defense that travels and defensive end Myles Garrett to bend pockets. New England just capped a three-game […]
October 25, 2025
Week 8 tightens the board and sharpens the edges—six teams on bye (Cardinals, Lions, Jaguars, Raiders, Rams, Seahawks) drain star power and force managers into leverage plays. Philadelphia widens the middle of the field with A.J. Brown ruled out, a target vacuum that reshapes their tree and ripples through NFC East matchups. Buffalo lists Dalton […]
October 25, 2025