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Sep 28, 2014; Santa Clara, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Anquan Boldin (81) during warm ups before the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Stanton-USA TODAY Sports
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Anquan Boldin, Michael Crabtree, Stevie Johnson's Post-Week 6 Fantasy Outlook

Chris RolingOct 13, 2014

A trio of San Francisco 49ers wide receivers played to wildly different fantasy football results on Monday Night Football against the St. Louis Rams in Week 6, with the veteran Anquan Boldin rising above the rest. 

Boldin led the way for the 49ers through the midway of the third quarter with six catches for 83 yards on a team-high eight targets, while fellow starters Michael Crabtree and Stevie Johnson led owners to mixed results with two catches for 39 yards and a score and two catches for 18 yards on as many targets, respectively.

As Pro Football Focus' Nathan Jahnke pointed out at halftime, the wideout hierarchy was quite apparent:

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By the end of the contest, all had made noise, but it was apparent Boldin and Crabtree remain the ones to focus on each week:

A. Boldin79413.41915
S. Johnson55310.6065
M. Crabtree34916.31810

Johnson, despite a 10-point outburst in Week 3, is all but phased out of the offense at this point and a fantasy non-factor, especially with the veteran Brandon Lloyd catching an 80-yard touchdown bomb Monday night (not that it makes him fantasy-relevant).

Crabtree and Boldin are the obvious main targets of an offense that favors the ground game and its top wideouts. The problem is, that was Boldin's first touchdown of the season, as well as his first trip to double-digit production.

It came at the expense of Crabtree for most of the game, who had a pair of 14-point outings in Weeks 2-3, but in other weeks, he has scored two, four and one before a bounce-back performance in St. Louis.

Crafty owners should view the outburst as a time to sell very high on Boldin, who is nothing more than a high-upside WR4 at this point thanks to both the offense and its surrounding pieces.

Crabtree remains a sly WR3 via a matchup-based play, although nagging injuries, a date with a great Denver defense and another encounter with the Rams is on the upcoming schedule.

All scoring info courtesy of ESPN standard leagues, as is points-against info and ownership stats as of Oct. 13 at 9 p.m. ET. Statistics courtesy of ESPN.

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