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.
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
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
Monday night in Baltimore pits two of the NFL’s most efficient passing games against defenses that bend differently. Detroit leans on rhythm and precision, with Jared Goff’s 80.6% completion rate pacing the league, while Baltimore’s coverage unit has sprung leaks to the tune of 298.0 passing yards allowed per game. In that spotlight, Amon-Ra St. […]
September 22, 2025
M&T Bank Stadium under the lights sets the stage for the NFL’s Week 3 finale, a strength-on-strength showcase between two top-five offenses by early EPA per pass (both at 0.32) and two staffs that weaponize tempo, motion, and play-action. The Baltimore Ravens are unbeaten at home on Monday nights under John Harbaugh over their last […]
September 22, 2025
Early in the first quarter of the Cowboys’ game at the Bears in Chicago, star WR CeeDee Lamb went to the ground awkwardly on a hit after taking a jet screen from Dak Prescott. In a game with a stratospheric 50.5 total, Lamb was expected to be a focal point of the Cowboys’ surging offense […]
September 21, 2025
MetLife Stadium sets the stage for two winless teams chasing footing. Kansas City’s title aura feels muted after sluggish starts on offense (what’s new?), while New York rides the volatility of a rookie quarterback trying to steady the huddle. The spread sits at Chiefs -6 with a total of 44.5, and the identity clash points […]
September 21, 2025
