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 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
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
Divisional déjà vu, sixteen autumn days after New York’s 34–17 punch landed, now flips to South Philly with revenge and recalibration filling the air. The crowd will track every cadence change, every protection check, because the pivot of this rematch lives inside: communication, poise, and how Philadelphia translates a clean Week 7 bounce-back into sustained, […]
October 25, 2025
Salt Lake City will glow under the late kick, the rivalry will smolder, and the stakes will throb. Colorado arrives at 3-4 seeking oxygen, while Utah stands 5-2 and snarling for a response after a three-point defeat. Last year’s 49-24 Buffaloes blitz in Boulder still echoes, and Rice-Eccles tends to amplify grudges. Expect a charged […]
October 25, 2025
The border grudge simmers under the lights, and Kroger Field crackles like a forge. Tennessee arrives with urgency and teeth. Kentucky answers with stubbornness and a defense that drags games into gravel. The contrast sings. One side surges with volume and tempo. The other side scrapes for field position and breath. The stakes feel visceral, […]
October 25, 2025
Starkville inhales and rattles, and the sound sharpens nerves before the first snap. Cowbells don’t just clang; they vibrate through helmets and ribcages and decisions. That din sits center stage in this matchup’s psychology, and it matters when a young offense tries to sort protections and hot routes. The “cowbell” motif lives in the broader […]
October 25, 2025
Memphis and South Florida meet at noon with the stakes vibrating through every seat in the Liberty Bowl. The building will buzz because both teams stand at 6-1, both sit hot against the number, and both know this league race tilts on today’s pulse. South Florida storms in with a rip-roaring attack that averages 41.7 […]
October 25, 2025
Norman wakes early and loud, a noon kick that still feels like a reckoning. Oklahoma’s defense carries a chill with it; Ole Miss brings a blowtorch. Lane Kiffin’s name has floated through Florida chatter all week and that ambient noise hums in the background, but the foreground is bright red and powder blue against crimson, […]
October 25, 2025
Bobby Dodd will buzz at noon, a homecoming matinee with stakes stitched into every snap. Georgia Tech rides a perfect 7-0 start and brings a crowd that swells on third down and swallows clock with design. The last outing offered a telling silhouette: a 27-18 road win at Duke where Haynes King shouldered 325 total […]
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
Week 8 tight end is a leverage hunt—roles crystallize, injuries tug at depth charts, and coordinators lean into middle-field stress. Dalton Kincaid carries a questionable tag with an oblique; if he’s active, Buffalo’s slot-seam menu reopens and the red-zone tree thickens. Pat Freiermuth rides into Sunday night with feature usage trending up—Pittsburgh’s bunch and Y-iso […]
October 25, 2025