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.
A rather chalky Wild Card Weekend—redeemed in part by a fantastic three-seed-six-seed Sunday Night Football matchup that saw Jayden Daniels’ Commanders beat Mike Evans’ Buccaneers—pivots to a fairly eccentric Monday Night capstone in Arizona. Neither team is from Arizona. This isn’t a neutral-site sort of game. But, because of the horrific wildfires in California, this […]
January 13, 2025
You never like to see a bookshelf with ugly bookends; it threatens to distract from all the glorious storylines held between. Unfortunately, this is a fine representation of the 2024-2025 Los Angeles Rams, who started the season 1-4 because of an IR so expensive it could rent out half of SoFi Stadium. And, despite this […]
January 11, 2025
In what’s shaping up to be a bit of a pesky-on-paper two-seed-versus-seven-seed matchup, the Denver Broncos and their gymnastically-talented defense will travel—and that defense does travel—to Orchard Park, New York to face the Buffalo Bills. Of course, Orchard Park means more than just the Bills: it means the elements, and the lake effect, and Bills […]
January 10, 2025
The Los Angeles Chargers released their final injury report before Saturday’s Wild Card matchup in Houston against the Texans, and it had some notable designations. Trusty vet WR Joshua Palmer is out with a foot injury, and Quentin Johnston (thigh; $4,800) is questionable. Starting RB J.K. Dobbins (ankle; $6,200) is also questionable, potentially leaving the […]
January 9, 2025
This morning, just over 48 hours before the Baltimore Ravens’ Wild Card Weekend matchup with their divisional rival Pittsburgh Steelers, head coach John Harbaugh announced that star WR Zay Flowers (knee) will not be active for the game: Coach Harbaugh announces WR Zay Flowers will not play this weekend. pic.twitter.com/3Ky3jYGfHY — Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) January […]
January 9, 2025
I don’t want to sound too overexcited as an NFL fan, but it’s entirely possible our ship hath come in. There we were in October, firmly in the fantasy football trenches of Weeks 7-12, while the new NBA season kicked off and DraftKings Sportsbook rolled out the most cherry red carpet for the beginning of […]
January 8, 2025
In the waning moments of the third quarter in Week 17’s game between the Tennessee Titans and the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tyjae Spears headed to the blue medical tent. He’s being evaluated for a concussion, per beat reporters. Tyjae Spears is in the blue tent being evaluated for a concussion per Ramon Foster’s #Titans radio sideline […]
December 29, 2024
UPDATE 1:35 p.m. ET: Smith is back in for the drive following his injury. He’s got his right wrist wrapped. Early in the Week 17 tilt between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles, DeVonta Smith took a hard hit (see below) and appeared to grab his wrist. He’s now in the blue medical tent […]
December 29, 2024
The most underrated never named Mr. December out there, in my opinion, is Matthew Stafford. Not only has he done nothing but win this calendar month (the Rams are 4-0), but he’s also failed to eclipse his passing yardage total the past two weeks. Good quarterbacks win; great quarterbacks cover (which Stafford has also done […]
December 28, 2024
The invisible man still has prop bet markets on DraftKings Sportsbook! Wild, right? Seeing as Cooper Kupp’s zero-point performance against the San Francisco 49ers happened in the first round of the fantasy playoffs, and his 4.9 FPT performance against the Jets was almost more uninspiring than his goose-egg. But things are shaping up for number […]
December 28, 2024
In a possible near-division-clinching matchup on Saturday Night Football, the Los Angeles Rams host the Arizona Cardinals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. It’s a tale of two momentum vectors for these teams, with the Rams seemingly headed unstoppably for the playoffs, and the Cardinals sliding toward another disappointing season with Kyler Murray at the […]
December 28, 2024