"We know who's not going anywhere.

Now we wait and see what moves Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith and Head Coach Norv Turner conspire to make in order to try to win enough to spare the axe again in 2013.

It has for months been believed that the Chargers need a good tweaking, and the past week brought forth that acknowledgment from the men still entrusted with shaping a roster that last year started with cracks and quickly spring leaks.

We have been told by Smith that there will be "significant personnel changes."

And Turner said, "There's certainly going to be some real tough decisions with players."

Those can be one in the same, and they can also be separate movements.

Before they address who is coming in, they have to decide who's staying and who is not.

Prior to fitting Robert Mathis into the front seven, they have to figure out who doesn't fit anymore.

In greater number than the Chargers usually have over the past decade, the team will say good bye to a number of familiar faces. "