Trying to clarify Jay Glazer's report on Colin Kaepernick, Jim Tomsula future

Monday afternoon, Tim Kawakami posted an article talking about how the 49ers might already be lining up Jim Tomsula as the next scapegoat for the team's ugly season. TK has written frequently this season about how the scapegoating works, and listed out seven potential scapegoats earlier this month.
I bring this up because there is some confusion about one of the underlying premises in TK's article. He talked about Tomsula as a potential scapegoat, and said that if it were to happen, it