Will 49ers finally bring defense on the road?
On Monday, a day after playing respectably in a 19-13 home loss to Arizona, they reviewed video and then discussed their penchant for playing wretchedly away from Levi’s Stadium.
At home, the 49ers are 3-3 and are allowing 15.8 points, the fourth-best home figure in the NFL.
On the road, they are 0-5 and are on pace to allow 282 points, which would be the third most surrendered on the road since the league adopted a 16-game schedule in 1978.
The 49ers’ road games have been marked by a sleepwalking starts.
(Have) “that sense of urgency and attack that football game.”
Six days later, the Seahawks led by 20 points after 23 minutes en route to a 29-13 win that was followed by players lamenting their lethargic start.
The 49ers have allowed 500 yards in two of their past three road games.
Entering the season, they had allowed 500 yards in two of their past 58 road games.
During those eight non-winning seasons, they went 7-39 in games played in the Central or Eastern time zones.
Tomsula, who is in his ninth year on the 49ers’ staff, noted previous regimes have overhauled the schedule before games in far-away time zones.