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.
It’s staggering to think of how many fantasy-relevant skill players switched teams this offseason. In composing this article, I evaluated right around twenty names, many of whom are marquee. Saquon Barkley to the Eagles. Derrick Henry to Baltimore. Calvin Ridley to Tennessee. It goes on. Plenty of these new faces in town will provide bountiful […]
August 29, 2024
We’re back with more draft-order-spot-specific fantasy advice here at DraftKings Network. Because—feel that on the wind? The most popular drafting weekend of the year is approaching. Fantasy football is so back. Right now, as you read this, someone in your league is getting cute and thinking the No. 6 spot in a 12-team PPR league […]
August 29, 2024
According to Las Vegas Raiders beat writer Vincent Bonsignore, Raiders HC Antonio Pierce is optimistic their rookie tight end Brock Bowers ($4,500), whom they selected with the thirteenth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, will be ready to play Week 1 against the Los Angeles Chargers. Many people thought it was a nothingburger when […]
August 29, 2024
The biggest fantasy football draft weekend of the year is nigh. There’s a bite in the air. In leagues all across the globe, someone is fired up to grab a twelve-pack of pumpkin beer for the draft. Someone is still scrambling for their team name, and it’s not going to be any good anyways. Someone […]
August 28, 2024
May we, one and all, officially rejoice: the threat of preseason tragedy to our favorite players, our Fantasy rosters, and our plans for contented weekend football viewing has all come to an end. As of last night, the NFL preseason is mercifully concluded. 2024’s preseason generated a lot of intrigue as August slogged on. Everyone […]
August 26, 2024
Full disclosure: I’m a not-so-small Chargers fan. As in, perhaps I once moved novels by Dostoevsky and Marilynne Robinson off a wall shelf to put a shadowbox of a Justin Herbert Funko Pop!, which still remains there while the books gather dust under the eaves. As in, it’s entirely possible that I have a Ladd […]
August 25, 2024
Fantasy managers—especially those who’ve already drafted and invested in Bengals superstar wideout Ja’Marr Chase—and Cincinnati fans can both breathe a small sigh of relief. Chase returned to practice today for the first time since training camp began weeks and weeks ago. He’d been holding out for a contract extension, hoping to get paid somewhere in […]
August 25, 2024
Air yards and their entire family of associated, advanced receiving metrics have become rather trendy over the last few seasons. Especially with the advent of so many next-gen stats services, savvy fantasy managers are beginning to evaluate receiving opportunity versus superficial receiving production. Which is to say: advanced receiving opportunity metrics can be especially helpful […]
August 24, 2024
Depending on whatever (hopefully: wildly creative, outlandish, and raucous) method by which you determine your league’s snake draft order this year, you might find yourself stuck with the final pick. And, for a second there, you might be feeling pretty sandbagged. After all, most of the league’s brightest and headline-grabbing skill-players (picture here the way […]
August 23, 2024