Purdy's Fourth-Quarter Heroics Lift 49ers Past Seahawks in Wire-to-Wire Thriller

San Francisco's late-game execution—two scoring drives capped by a clutch field goal—illustrates the difference between playoff-caliber teams and contenders in close divisional matchups that shape playoff seeding.
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