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.
Fridays are for Five Lists of Five here at DKNetwork, and it’s both Week 8 and National Tight Ends day! You know what that means: we’re going to try to fit at least one tight end per list, so long as I earnestly believe they belong there. (Sam LaPorta, you feel me?). A reminder of […]
October 25, 2024
Fridays are for Five Lists of Five here at DKNetwork, and it’s both Week 8 and National Tight Ends day! You know what that means: we’re going to try to fit at least one tight end per list, so long as I earnestly believe they belong there. (Sam LaPorta, you feel me?). A reminder of […]
October 25, 2024
SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: Tee Higgins faces an “uphill battle” to play today vs. the Eagles due to his quad injury, per Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports NFL. Disheartening and worth-monitoring news effervesced out of Bengals practice today, as their star WR2 Tee Higgins endured a quad injury that downgraded him to a Questionable tag against […]
October 25, 2024
Fridays are for Five Lists of Five here at DKNetwork, and it’s both Week 8 and National Tight Ends day! You know what that means: we’re going to try to fit at least one tight end per list, so long as I earnestly believe they belong there. (Sam LaPorta, you feel me?). A reminder of […]
October 25, 2024
Fridays are for Five Lists of Five here at DKNetwork, and it’s both Week 8 and National Tight Ends day! You know what that means: we’re going to try to fit at least one tight end per list, so long as I earnestly believe they belong there. A reminder of the premise behind this specific […]
October 25, 2024
The Los Angeles Rams made it official Thursday evening before their Thursday Night Football matchup against the Minnesota Vikings: star second-year WR Puka Nacua (knee) will play in tonight’s game. The move makes sense, even if Nacua does only play a small fraction of snaps. It is, after all, a must-win game for this era […]
October 24, 2024
All of us who watched Zay Flowers fight through a taped ankle on Monday Night Football—all the while watching Lamar Jackson float gorgeous rainbows to Mark Andrews and Rashod Bateman—wondered. Of course we did. How could we not? Just how badly is that ankle going to swell up once Zay sits down in the locker […]
October 24, 2024
Those of you who faded the Lions defense last week—against my advice—were right, for all the reasons you might have faded a D/ST in a potential barn-burner. I expected it to be a bit more of a smash-mouth game, but both these defenses let up explosive plays at least once or twice a quarter. The […]
October 24, 2024
The Cooper Kupp prop market has been a fairly dangerous place to live since his triple crown season in 2021. Matthew Stafford broadcast the secret to the world that Kupp was one of the most underrated receivers in the league. He’s spent the last five seasons doing so. Kupp is slated to return to his […]
October 24, 2024
Sure hope you’ve enjoyed the first few days of 2024 NBA action by watching your favorite players contribute to your Christmas gift fund! It’s an exciting time to get in on player props at DraftKings Sportsbook, what with the introduction of the King of the Court challenge. And you can sure bet Victor Wembanyama is […]
October 23, 2024
It should be a time of pure jubilation for fans and fantasy managers of Cooper Kupp. He’s returning tomorrow for Thursday Night Football—a primetime island game, no less!—for a home game against Justin Jefferson and the Minnesota Vikings. Hopes should be high. Rams fans should be rejoicing. Unfortunately, though, the air in LA has grown […]
October 23, 2024