The Seattle Seahawks believe they are better than their losing record might indicate.

Following a second straight fourth-quarter collapse, the visiting Seahawks can prove that Thursday night as they try to avoid their first three-game skid in four years by continuing their recent success against the San Francisco 49ers.

Seattle (2-4) opened with consecutive road losses to St. Louis and Green Bay, but regrouped to beat struggling Chicago and then-winless Detroit at home. The Seahawks appeared to be headed for a third straight win before blowing a 24-7 fourth-quarter lead and falling in overtime at Cincinnati on Oct. 11. At home Sunday, Seattle led 23-14 over Carolina before allowing Cam Newton to engineer a pair of 80-yard touchdown drives in falling 27-23.

The two-time reigning NFC champions haven't dropped three in a row since Weeks 7-9 in 2011. They lost two straight last October and did some soul searching before winning nine of the final 10 entering the playoffs.

49ers quarterback Kolin Kaepernick has completed 53.3 percent of his passes with three TDs, nine interceptions and been sacked 18 times while posting a 54.1 rating to go 1-5 as a starter against Seattle. However, he's taken some of the public scrutiny off himself by throwing four TDs and no INTs in the last two games after being picked off five times without throwing for a score in the previous two.

Teammate Anquan Boldin has 17 receptions for 194 yards and one TD in his last five games overall against the Seahawks. However, he's caught 13 for 209 yards in the last two weeks after recording 15 for 124 in the first four.

Seattle's Marshawn Lynch returned from missing 2 1/2 games with a hamstring injury to gain 54 yards on 17 carries last week. He's averaged 4.8 per carry while gaining 304 yards in the last three, including the playoffs, with San Francisco.

The Seahawks hope to have linebacker Bobby Wagner (pectoral) back after he missed Sunday's loss.