- Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals: Cincinnati’s new-look offense can return fantasy-friendly results on Thursday Night Football.
- Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys: This NFC East showdown profiles as an extremely fantasy-friendly offensive environment.
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The report below identifies fantasy-friendly and unfriendly NFL offenses while breaking down possible outcomes from each week’s offensive matchups.
Highlighted statistical variables include neutral game pass play and run play rates, success rate, expected points added (EPA) per play, shifts, motion and play-action pass play usage, offensive play volume and pace.
Neutral game run play rate and neutral game pass play rate
Offensive neutral game run and pass play percentages among NFL teams:

New Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco debuted against the Green Bay Packers last week. Among NFL defenses in Weeks 1-5, Green Bay’s 79.3 PFF defense grade ranks fourth. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor employed a 54.5% neutral game pass play percentage, a 12.2% play-action pass play percentage, a 52.3% shifts and motion percentage and a 10.8% no-huddle rate. The offense totaled 65.0 plays while producing 0.058 EPA per play and a 36.9% success rate.