"I envision (how a player will fit in)* when* I'm watching him on tape," he explained. "As we watch a guy on tape, if we don't start creating a vision for him, he's probably not a good fit. When I was watching Mike (Williams) I was already seeing how I wanted to use him. If we can't see it, we're not going to draft him."

Lynn also has a clear vision of how he plans to assimilate the 22 rookies into the team now that they are officially Chargers. Basically, they are going to be thrown right into the fire.

"As soon as we get them in here, we'll just plug them right in," he said bluntly. "These guys are used to being in a team environment. This isn't new. When they left high school and went to college, they were with different teammates. There's nothing (new) that these guys aren't used to. We'll get them plugged right in. It might be quite different than what they did in college. Right now they can't get enough exposure with the offense and reps on the field."

Lynn understands that all rookies face varying degrees of a learning curve. However, it's on them to pick up the slack. After all, once they take the field for OTAs they'll be expected to keep up as the vets won't be slowing down.

"That's going to take some time. But, the more we can put them through (the better). They're going to get some OTA exposure, some mini camp exposure and then we take them to training camp. They get team exposure three times in that period. But what they do on their own is going to be critical. How they study, prepare, and learn that playbook. That's why when you draft these guys, you want guys who love football. You don't want them, when they get the summer break, to close the playbook and never look at it again until we come back. We like the guys we have. They have good study habits and are professionals."

That doesn't mean there won't be hiccups along the way. Lynn notes the speed at the NFL level will take all 22 players by surprise. It always does. The only way to get acclimated is through repetition.