49ers vowed to halt frustrating late-game cycle in win vs. Seahawks

SEATTLE — It almost was like déjà vu Thursday night. At the end of the third quarter in the 49ers' 36-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks, it appeared coach Kyle Shanahan and his team were headed down a familiar path with a healthy lead slipping away. Linebacker Fred Warner and several teammates recognized the feeling of their past two losses against the Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals - and they vowed not to let it happen again. "One thousand percent," Warner said. "It sucked, but yes, it was something that felt familiar for sure, and I'm like, Hey, we can go one of two ways right here. We can stand tall in a hostile environment in a game that we know we got to get, or we can settle for exactly how we've been playing in the last couple of losses that we've had.' "That's what I'm most probably proud of right now, is the way we stood up." The 49ers entered halftime with a 16-3 lead, and Brock Purdy and the offense opened the second half with a nine-play, 70-yard drive capped by a 10-yard George Kittle touchdown catch that stretched the lead to 20 points. Then things appeared to go off the rails in all phases of the game, and a total 49ers collapse seemed...