It’s put-up-or-shut up time for KP and time for us to see if he can be the man but is trapped behind MC’s ineptitude or if he’s just as bad as he looks.
Tomlin needs to let him loose for a half: if KP wants to work with MC to determine what plays work best for him, fine. If he wants to run a two-minute and call plays from the snap, fine. Hell, if he wants to go Varsity Blues, kick Canada out of the lockerroom and run the oopty oop, fine. Let KP (try to) cook.
The trade-off is if he looks as awful as he’s looked, he gets pulled in the second half in favor of Mason. We need a diagnosis on whether KP’s “regression” is Canada or if his earlier performance was all an illusion and/or wishful thinking on our collective behalf, and stat.
I think that’s part of the impetus for firing Canada. They want to give him a look in the final 7 games and see what he looks like without Canada. The overall scheme won’t change but the sequencing, play selection, and weekly game planning will.