Look at the rules for interviewing coaches under contract and you will see that Bevell and Cable were not eligible to be interviewed.
Coaches under contract to playoff teams without a bye week can only be interviewed during the week following the wildcard game. Interviews must take place in the home city of the interviewee (Seattle in this case) and the interviewee's team determines which day the interview(s) may occur.
The interviewee is not allowed to participate in followup interviews until after his team is eliminated from the playoffs or until the bye week preceding the Superb Owl for coaches of the teams that make it there.
Coaches of teams who enjoy the Wildcard bye may be interviewed in the week leading up to the Wildcard game.
Cable and Bevell were not eligible for interviews until this week, and if a team wanted to interview them, they would have to do so in Seattle on a day of the Seahawks choosing.
Likely, if Bevell and Cable are being considered for head coaching spots, they won't be interviewed until the bye week preceding the trip to Santa Clara.
- bsd