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.
Las Cruces gets the midweek spotlight as New Mexico State hosts Missouri State under the Aggie Memorial lights, a 9:00 p.m. ET kick on national TV that turns Wednesday into a stage, the field into a runway for theater. Both teams arrive 3–3, a clean mirror that makes every possession feel like a hinge game […]
October 22, 2025
The midweek lights tilt toward Newark as Middle Tennessee walks into Delaware Stadium for a nationally-televised game that sharpens every snap. Delaware already announced its FBS arrival with a 44–41 overtime win over UConn, sealed by Nick Minicucci’s 13-yard walk-off rush, with Kyre Duplessis ripping 9 for 161 and a long strike in the fireworks. […]
October 22, 2025
Joe Aillet will buzz under North Louisiana stars as Western Kentucky strides in at 5–2 with the passing game purring and Louisiana Tech squares its jaw at 4–2 with the league’s stingiest scoreboard defense. The table stakes read clean: the Hilltoppers sit second in Conference USA, the Bulldogs hover in fourth, and every possession in […]
October 21, 2025
Kennesaw State enters at 4–2 overall and 2–0 in Conference USA, sitting in the league’s top tier during its first full FBS slate under Jerry Mack; the Owls’ ledger includes the early 56–9 reality check at Indiana but a clean league start that keeps them within reach of the front. FIU counters at 3–3 overall […]
October 21, 2025
Ford Field will thrum under the dome lights as two NFC heavyweights square up with something to prove. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers arrive 5-1 after a 30-19 win, while the Detroit Lions stew 4-2 after a 30-17 stumble. The matchup pits Detroit’s 31.8 points per game against Tampa Bay’s 27.5, with both offenses craving clean […]
October 20, 2025
Bijan Robinson walks into Sunday night as Atlanta’s tempo-setter, fresh off a statement win on Monday that sharpened this team’s edge and clarified its identity. Raheem Morris and play-caller Zac Robinson have leaned into an approach that stretches you with motion and play-action, and Robinson’s recent shift to the sideline hints at a hands-on, quarterback-close […]
October 19, 2025
Christian McCaffrey arrives as San Francisco’s heartbeat, leading this passing-tilted offense and absorbing primacy in the script. Shanahan’s Sunday-night plans typically open with motion and misdirection designed to spring McCaffrey in space before the defense settles. Atlanta squeezes explosives, so the early answer likely lives in McCaffrey’s option tree and quick game. If the 49ers […]
October 19, 2025
UPDATE: Breece Hall has taken the field to begin the second half with no injury designation. This means he will not be eligible for DraftKings’ Early Exit Program. With just under a minute to go in the first half, Jets running back Breece Hall left the game against the Panthers with an apparent leg injury. […]
October 19, 2025
UPDATE: Breece Hall has taken the field to begin the second half with no injury designation. After taking a hard hit on a carry as the second quarter wound down at MetLife, Jets running back Breece Hall took a hard hit from a Panthers defender on a carry. He would subsequently leave the field and […]
October 19, 2025
UPDATE 2:02pm ET: Chris Olave has returned to the game against the Bears after a brief stint in the medical tent. In a game full of weather perils, revenge narratives (Dennis Allen at DC), and hopes for ascending quarterbacks, a familiar story unfortunately emerges: the Saints offense looks overmatched against a ferocious Chicago Bears defense, […]
October 19, 2025
Late in the fourth quarter of a game in which the Jaguars were down 35-7, embattled-but-superstar second-year Jaguars receiver Brian Thomas Jr. appeared to suffer an injury to his right shoulder on a standard route: There is, as of yet, little reporting and only video and speculation around Thomas’ ailment. Final whistle just blew in […]
October 19, 2025