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 7 at tight end is about consolidation—roles hardening, usage concentrating, and a few depth-chart tremors creating real leverage. David Njoku is hurt (DNP Wednesday, knee), which nudges Harold Fannin Jr. into true every-down territory—route rate up, first-read share up, red-zone equity up. George Kittle’s return is looming, a reminder that one elite re-entry can […]
October 15, 2025
Week 7 is about separation—teams separating into who they are, and fantasy managers separating signal from noise. Offensive lines are banged up, pass rush win rates spike as rotations deepen, and QB play bifurcates: the rhythm throwers who beat the blitz with answers, and the creators who buy time and tax zone rules. That’s why […]
October 15, 2025
Missouri State arrives with sharper air production, Middle Tennessee with speed and the ache of missed red-zone finishes. Both rank outside the top 90 in third-down conversion and live on tempo to disguise imbalance. The Bears throw for 261.8 yards per game, the Blue Raiders for 229.6, and each offense needs rhythm more than explosion. […]
October 15, 2025
Burgess–Snow Field crackles under the midweek lights, red and blue banners snapping against a warm October breeze. Jacksonville State tilts the turf with split-flow zone and quarterback keepers, tempo spiking after every first down as the Gamecocks hunt light boxes. Delaware counters with layered RPOs and rhythm throws that knife the seams, then stretches the […]
October 15, 2025
Welcome back to my regularly-scheduled Week 7 NFL programming, in which the Los Angeles Rams’ WR1 (formerly known as Cooper Kupp) is injured and I go digging down Stafford’s depth chart (formerly populated with Demarcus Robinson, Tyler Johnson, etc.). Sure, we could talk about Tutu Atwell. But that’d feel discordant. Continuity year-over-year is important. And […]
October 15, 2025
Oft-returned highlight-reel-in-green-and-gold Christian Watson is due to return to the field for the Packers soon; despite all the injuries, he still brings size that warps cushions and speed that tilts safeties. Six-four, 208, legit 4.36—he alters geometry before the ball leaves the quarterback’s hand. Green Bay just stamped belief with a one-year, $13.25 million extension […]
October 15, 2025
After a massive win against the Cowboys in Week 6, Carolina will take any continued jolts in the right direction. Week 7 might see another piece fall into place. Jalen Coker, who’s missed the first six games of the season with a nasty quad strain, slips back into the script. I expect the plan to […]
October 15, 2025
The hill burns red again. Houchens-Smith Stadium glows against the Kentucky dark, a bowl of sound and flurry as Western Kentucky surges toward another statement night. FIU arrives weary and uncertain, dragged by turnovers and silence where rhythm should be. Conference USA stakes bite hard here: Western Kentucky sits 4–1 (3–0) with the league’s most […]
October 14, 2025
The Gulf air feels alive again. Fog rolls off Mobile Bay and hangs over Hancock Whitney Stadium like breath before a fight. South Alabama, bruised but unbowed, finally gets a night game that matters. Arkansas State drifts in at 1–4, hunting for oxygen, clinging to the notion that rhythm can disguise limitation. Both teams share […]
October 14, 2025
Tuesday night heat settles over Lynchburg like static, the blue-gray hills glowing behind Williams Stadium’s glass. Liberty’s season feels fragile, the air thick with that hum that comes before a turn. The Flames, 1–4 and desperate, need something real at home. New Mexico State, 3–2 and confident after a turbulent month, brings speed, tempo, and […]
October 14, 2025
The second leg of tonight’s primetime double-header drags this prince of a WR1 into a vice where coverage discipline meets a rolling pass rush. Washington squeezes yardage with top-three volume suppression and turns drops into panic throws with a 40% heat rate. Chicago’s protection sits 23rd, so Odunze’s night will hinge on how often the […]
October 13, 2025