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 6 tight ends live in the gray area between scarcity and opportunity. The top of the position is volatile, the middle is injured, and most managers are staring at names that swing matchups by five PPR points either way. The edge comes from usage and opponent leverage, not brand names. Target share, red-zone equity, […]
October 9, 2025
Week 6 opens in chaos. Five bye teams, one Thursday divisional slog, and a soft middle tier that keeps teasing breakout weeks—it’s the kind of slate where quarterback and tight-end choices swing matchups. Weather cools, pockets tighten, and several elite defenses are finally healthy, forcing volume-driven passers into regression spots while a few overlooked arms […]
October 9, 2025
The October air in Statesboro carries its own charge, that blend of humidity and tension that swells before kickoff. Georgia Southern leans on tempo and space, the rhythm of a team that trusts its arm more than its legs. Southern Miss arrives heavier, steadier, carrying an identity built on structure, leverage, and violence at the […]
October 9, 2025
The lights settle over Kennesaw, and the new FBS badge still shines fresh on Owls jerseys. Louisiana Tech arrives with 4–1 ballast, a 2–0 conference stride, and a line that hangs at six with a 46.5 total. The Bulldogs carry a +8 turnover margin and a defense that allows 13.6 points per game, so every […]
October 9, 2025
Alvin Kamara’s ankle injury changes everything for New Orleans. He tweaked it mid-practice Wednesday and landed on the report as day-to-day, the first blemish on an otherwise clean sheet. It’s labeled minor, but on a 1-4 team running the NFL’s fastest tempo (26.0 seconds per play), the margin for attrition is thin. The Saints travel […]
October 8, 2025
Both these midweek-action teams bring bruises: Liberty dragging a four-game slide, UTEP clawing through offensive growing pains and tight losses. The altitude and dryness stretch drives and punish loose execution, and every possession carries a tax. For bettors, this one lives beneath the surface—efficiency, leverage, and matchup symmetry shape the edges. It’s not a scoreboard […]
October 8, 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 8, 2025
Weeknight desert air settles over the Sun Bowl, and the stakes crackle for two teams gasping for traction. Liberty drags a four-game skid and a stalled attack that scores 17.0 points per game. UTEP counters with a defense that compresses space and punishes impatience, allowing 340.4 yards per game and only 185.6 through the air. […]
October 8, 2025
Week 7 in College Football signals the return of Wednesday ball, baby. Weeknight lights bathe Murfreesboro in a soft glare, and urgency fills the mid-October air. Conference USA balance swings on sustaining drives, finishing red-zone trips, and surviving a field-position grind. Both sidelines carry the scar tissue of September, yet both see Wednesday as oxygen […]
October 8, 2025
EverBank will buzz under the primetime lights, and this one tilts on nerve and detail. Kansas City averages 24.3 points and allows 19.0, while Jacksonville averages 24.0 and allows 18.0, which squeezes the scoring profile to 42.3 combined. Both sides sit at 5.3 yards per play and live at a measured tempo—63.0 snaps for Kansas […]
October 6, 2025
Under the Sunday night glare, Dalton Kincaid moves through the noise like he’s wired to the stadium lights themselves. Buffalo’s offense runs on chaos and control, and he’s the hinge where those currents meet. Every release is a puzzle solved mid-stride—option stems, leverage reads, the quiet precision that cracks red-zone coverage. When Josh Allen rolls, […]
October 5, 2025