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.
MetLife memories don’t travel south—goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, Malik Nabers—but Garrett Wilson’s urgency does. New York’s season already leans on his hands, and Miami’s secondary provides the stage. Monday night in South Florida tilts fast, heat and speed dictating everything, and the Jets’ clearest counterpunch is their star receiver. Wilson walks into this game as the […]
September 29, 2025
Cincinnati arrives battered after a 48-10 collapse in Minnesota, still searching for traction without Joe Burrow and carrying turnover scars that linger. Denver returns home after consecutive narrow losses, one by a single point in Indianapolis and another by a late field goal in Los Angeles, still chasing the first complete performance of Sean Payton’s […]
September 29, 2025
For the first game in our double-header, we head to Hard Rock under the lights, ocean air leaning heavy, and two desperate teams staring at the same cliff. The Jets stumble south with narrow losses and noise. The Dolphins return home with pride scuffed and patience tested. Nine straight Miami home wins over New York […]
September 29, 2025
It’s absolutely devastating to be typing this. You’ve seen what I’ve seen, likely. And when Malik Nabers leapt up to go for that ball from rookie QB Jaxson Dart along the sideline to see if he could get his Giants in scoring territory, Nabers was indeed screaming in pain after jumping and landing awkwardly in […]
September 28, 2025
UPDATE 12:10 PM ET: In a fairly definitive signal that he won’t return to the game, reporters on the ground in Dublin are reporting that Calvin Austin III (shoulder) was just loaded into an ambulance wearing a sling on his injured shoulder. The Vikings have just scored and made it a two possession game. But […]
September 28, 2025
Allegiant hums and the margins are thin, but the matchup is clear: one team with rising efficiency against another searching for balance after two straight losses. The Chicago Bears arrive off a 31–14 surge, and quarterback Caleb Williams just banked 298 yards and four touchdowns with zero sacks, pushing his early ledger to 701 yards, […]
September 28, 2025
SoFi hums on late September Sundays, and this one brings a measuring-stick feel: an undefeated traveler with a sparkling point differential against a host that just went toe-to-toe with the champs and left angry. Los Angeles has the stronger schedule to date (strength of schedule rank 12th to 26th) and the more balanced profile, sitting […]
September 28, 2025
MetLife will host a stark clash on Sunday: the unbeaten Chargers chasing their first 4–0 start since 2002, and the winless Giants desperate to avoid 0–4. The backdrop is sharp: Los Angeles rolls in off three divisional wins, Justin Herbert thriving, and a rookie back breaking out. Across the field, New York turns the page […]
September 27, 2025
Rivalry night in the desert! Thursday night in Glendale brings a divisional knife fight in brand new jerseys, two 2-1 teams with starkly different post-Week-2 spirits colliding under the roof. The Arizona Cardinals return home after a last-second loss to San Francisco, a grind that cost them James Conner for the year. The Seattle Seahawks […]
September 24, 2025
Under the lights in Baltimore, Detroit will need balance to keep pace with a Ravens team averaging 40.5 points per game. That balance comes not only from Amon-Ra St. Brown’s short-area dominance, but from Jameson Williams’ ability to stretch the field vertically. Every defense that faces the Lions has to decide how to handle Williams’ […]
September 22, 2025
Monday night in Baltimore sets the stage for a clash of identities: Detroit’s precision passing game against a Ravens team that pounds tempo and keeps its offense balanced through the run. No player embodies that balance more than Derrick Henry, whose arrival in 2025 was designed to give Baltimore both a closer in tight games […]
September 22, 2025