Fantasy Football Week 5: Fantasy-friendly offenses to target

• San Francisco 49ers: Injuries minimally impact the NFL’s best offense.

• Dallas Cowboys: Dallas’ offensive plays-per-game average is climbing.

• Detroit Lions: Detroit's implementation of play action and heavy personnel is beneficial.

League-wide shifts toward heavy personnel packages are shrinking the fantasy football-viable player pool while widening the workload disparity between stars and rotational backups. NFL coaching staffs are also using fantasy-friendly tactics like shifts, motion and play action, more often, leading to improved per-play results, particularly for the established starters who get to remain on the field all the time.

Fantasy managers can exploit these developments by identifying which NFL offenses will facilitate these high-end, highly efficient workloads.