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          Fantasy matchups: Week 3

          Simply studly: Rivers, Portis and Wayne all project to exceed their fantasy averages this week. Getty Images
          • Bill Barnwell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 25, 2009, 10:57 AM ET
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              Bill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X's and O's, offseason transactions and so much more.

              He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with episodes released once a week. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at Grantland. Follow him on Twitter here: @billbarnwell.
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          Each week, Football Outsiders provides an argument for who to start in your fantasy football league using defense-adjusted value over average (DVOA), their metric that adjusts performance on a play-by-play basis for down, distance, situation and the quality of the opposition; they've gone back and seen exactly how matchups have affected players the past 15 seasons. For an in-depth look at the methodology, go here.