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.
SoFi’s been buzzing for this rivalry night long before the snap, and both sidelines know it: tonight’s all about the clock. Indeed, the Rams will wear their midnight-black jerseys as time-conscious hosts who, as they say, work in the darkness to earn the spotlight. Thursday—just a tight eightyish-hour turnaround from Week 4’s final whistle—tends to […]
October 1, 2025
Yankees/Red Sox in October means ghosts in every corner, fans holding their breath on every pitch, and lineups built to punish even the smallest mistake. The rivalry is seasoned with heartbreak and triumph, yet tonight it sharpens into a duel of left-hand aces: Fried’s groundball rhythm against Crochet’s strikeout fury. One crooked inning will swing […]
September 30, 2025
This series is loaded with history and 2025 tension, not just the Chicago breeze. This is a 1984 rematch, a best-of-three sprint, and both clubs split the season series 3–3 with runs 25–25. Chicago brings 50–31 at home and a +144 run differential; San Diego rides a 90–72 finish with +81 and seven wins in […]
September 30, 2025
Bo Nix has settled into Denver’s cadence with controlled tempo and clean structure, leaning on timing throws that keep the ball ahead of the sticks. The operation tightens in the red zone, where his placement and patience turn compressed windows into routine finishes. Cincinnati can flash disguise and heat, but Nix’s composure and rhythm-based chemistry […]
September 29, 2025
Cincinnati arrives short-handed, yet every throw with meaning still tilts toward him. He’s the single receiver Denver must shade, the one Browning trusts when pressure crowds, and the player who can turn routine slants into drive-shifting explosives. Under primetime lights and thin air, Ja’Marr Chase becomes more than a target share; he becomes, potentially, Cincinnati’s […]
September 29, 2025
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
Midway through the second quarter of the Lions and Browns game, the Browns announced that Cedric Tillman (hamstring) will not return with his injury. Tillman’s emerged as a legitimate WR2 to Jerry Jeudy in this Browns offense, which is still looking to find its footing with veteran Joe Flacco at the quarterback helm. Thankfully for […]
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