Inman: 49ers couldn’t finish games late so they’re home early this season

SANTA CLARA – The ghosts of past playoff collapses haunted the 49ers this season, so much so that a 6-11 record assured them of no postseason horrors this year.

Three of their first five defeats came by blowing fourth-quarter leads against NFC West teams, and the 49ers never recovered.

“When I go back to the hardest thing for me this year was those three games I’ve talked to you guys about,” coach Kyle Shanahan said Wednesday. “… We should have won those games and we lost them at...