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.
UB Stadium sets the stage for a tight, late-September non-conference test that profiles more like a numbers duel than a vibes play, and the market has settled into that posture. Buffalo is laying 5.5 at standard juice on DraftKings, and the total sits at 44.5. Below is my prediction and pick for College Football Week […]
September 20, 2025
The Iron Skillet tilts toward purple: TCU’s 45.0-points-per-game, 322.5-yards-through-the-air offense meets an SMU defense allowing 319.7 passing yards per game and struggling to get off the field. With quarterback Josh Hoover at 76.2% completions and six touchdowns behind a line that hasn’t allowed a sack, the Horned Frogs’ tempo and explosives should stress a Mustang […]
September 20, 2025
Camp Randall has never been kind to Maryland, and the streak carries weight in a Big Ten opener. Wisconsin is 4-0 all-time against the Terrapins by a combined 144–54, with average wins of 22.5 points. That history looms over a Maryland team traveling for its first road test, led by a true freshman quarterback, into […]
September 20, 2025
How ’bout that Malik Nabers, everyone? He sure looks every bit matchup-proof, and after his theatrics in the overtime shootout against the Cowboys last week, he’ll have a test against Kansas City’s Trent McDuffie on Sunday Night Football. Indeed, as sample sizes started to round into form last week, so did a bit more of […]
September 19, 2025
How ’bout that Malik Nabers, everyone? He sure looks every bit matchup-proof, and after his theatrics in the overtime shootout against the Cowboys last week, he’ll have a test against Kansas City’s Trent McDuffie on Sunday Night Football. Indeed, as sample sizes started to round into form last week, so did a bit more of […]
September 19, 2025
How ’bout that Malik Nabers, everyone? He sure looks every bit matchup-proof, and after his theatrics in the overtime shootout against the Cowboys last week, he’ll have a test against Kansas City’s Trent McDuffie on Sunday Night Football. Indeed, as sample sizes started to round into form last week, so did a bit more of […]
September 19, 2025
How ’bout that Malik Nabers, everyone? He sure looks every bit matchup-proof, and after his theatrics in the overtime shootout against the Cowboys last week, he’ll have a test against Kansas City’s Trent McDuffie on Sunday Night Football. Indeed, as sample sizes started to round into form last week, so did a bit more of […]
September 19, 2025
The Rangers and Astros collide in a game with massive playoff implications—Houston trails Seattle by only half a game in the AL West while still holding a lead over Texas and Cleveland for the final Wild Card slot. Texas, meanwhile, sits just 3.5 games behind Houston in the Wild Card chase, meaning a win here […]
September 17, 2025
Ohtani enters this game in supernova form: he just became the sixth player ever to post back-to-back 50-HR seasons, hitting No. 50 on Tuesday night and throwing five no-hit innings in the same game. That puts his 2025 line at 50 HR, 1.006 OPS, the kind of profile that forces pitchers to choose between living […]
September 17, 2025
When Dallas offered Jake Ferguson (and, notably, not Micah Parsons) permanence this offseason in the form of a 4-year, $52M extension in late July, it was probably more blatant organizational telling than many of us realized. See that in Jerry Jones’ viral quote—his most recent, I think?—about the Parsons-to-Packers trade, in which he spoke about […]
September 17, 2025
Dodgers and Phillies collide in Los Angeles with both clubs locked into postseason positioning but chasing different goals. Philadelphia just clinched the NL East but is still vying for better seeding, while Los Angeles leads the NL West with one eye on maintaining leverage and shoring up home field advantages. The Phillies are limping into […]
September 17, 2025