Another person who hoped to work with Cable was prospective defensive coordinator Gus Bradley, who was fired as the Jacksonville Jaguars' head coach in December. Bradley, who is also being courted by newly hired Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn for the team's vacant defensive coordinator position, was waiting to see whether Cable would get the 49ers job. After Cable pulled out, the 49ers reached out to Bradley to see if he had interest in coming to San Francisco as Shanahan's defensive coordinator, but he rebuffed the team's advances.