His argument can be debated.
But as Brandon Mebane settles into a new locker room, the veteran nose tackle and former Super Bowl champion can't be faulted for applying his experience with the Seahawks toward the growing confidence of a young Chargers defense.
Mebane spent nine seasons in Seattle. In that span, he anchored the interior line to some of the league's most formidable defenses, including the 2013 and 2014 units that appeared in consecutive Super Bowls. Those defenses, of course, weren't short on talent. Neither is the one Mebane sees in San Diego.
Quite the opposite, he said Monday.