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Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin, shown at right speaking with Jim Caldwell, likely won't be the Falcons coach according to ESPN.

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This post was updated at 5:15 p.m. with news of San Francisco's pending hire.

ALLEN PARK -- And then there were two.

Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin landed interviews with five of the seven teams looking for head coaches. But the Bills have already hired Rex Ryan, and now the Falcons and 49ers are expected to go in different directions as well.

Atlanta now favors Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn over Austin, according to ESPN, and is expected to wait him out until the Seahawks' season is over.

The Falcons initially liked Arizona defensive coordinator Todd Bowles, but moved on to Quinn after Bowles took the Jets job.

Austin was in Atlanta on Wednesday for a second interview with the Falcons, and could have accepted an offer later in the day had he won the job. But that looks like it won't happen.

He also is out for the San Francisco job, according to ESPN. The 49ers are expected to promote defensive line coach Jim Tomsula to fill their opening.

That leaves the Bears and Broncos as the remaining possibilities for Austin, and reports out of Chicago say he's a long shot to end up there. John Fox, let go this week by the Broncos, could be the leader in Chicago.

Austin is considered one of the hottest head coaching prospects out there, but is still relatively young in his career. He's never been a head coach and has only one year of coordinating experience in the NFL (plus one with the University of Florida).

But that one season was a highly successful one. The Lions' defense went from 16th in 2013 to second in 2014, and did so with 10 starters who were on the team both years.

Ndamukong Suh, Glover Quin, James Ihedigbo, Darius Slay, Tahir Whitehead, Nick Fairley and Ezekiel Ansah were among the starters who had career seasons under Austin.