Breaks in travel schedule
There was a potentially brutal travel schedule facing the 49ers with four East Coast trips on the docket. They play two of those East Coast games back-to-back against the Jets and Giants. They travel to New England after three consecutive home games, then they go to New Orleans after a long week coming off a Thursday night game. They get their bye after that showdown at the Superdome. Dallas is their furthest trip of the year after that Week 10 matchup with the Saints.