It also helps to come back to a room that has remained almost the same, as the top four leaders in snaps at the position — Henley, Denzel Perryman, Troy Dye, Junior Colson — all occupy the room.
Like anything, another year of being around almost all the same group can do a lot in building on the success of last year.
"Bringing the guys back in the room, you don't have to build a new bond with people," Perryman said. "Don't get me wrong, there's one or two faces in the room that's new, but we kind of know what each person is going to bring to the table.
"We like brothers in that room," Perryman added. "I feel like we're a tight-knit group and they didn't break it up."
One of those new faces is linebacker in Del’Shawn Phillips, who has primarily had a major role on special teams over his last few seasons.
Phillips is one of the few in the room who weren't on the team last year and has spent this part of the offseason getting to know his new teammates.
And in his short time with the Bolts and watching from afar, he was fired up to add in his part as believes the Chargers are close to big things in the near future.
"We're on task, we have that execution, we're doing the right things. It doesn't matter what we're doing — in the meetings, weight room, on then field — you have to do the right thing no matter how you get it done," Phillips said. "That's something that stood out to me, there's no area where we slack here.
"If so, your brothers will pick you up and say, 'Pick it up here, pick it up there,'" Phillips added. "The best teams are the teams that are player-led where the coach doesn't have to say too much."