A compelling offseason for the Los Angeles Chargers will begin to crystallize this week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

We will be searching for details on how general manager Joe Hortiz and coach Jim Harbaugh plan to attack their roster build in Year 2. This offseason’s process will be new territory for the Hortiz-Harbaugh partnership. At this time last year, questions about the Chargers revolved around their tight salary cap situation and how they would navigate several expensive veteran contracts. This year, the Chargers are among the league leaders in cap space.

A wholly different scope for the organization, but the quest for information this week remains the same.

Here are four questions I will be trying to answer in my travels around Indianapolis.

What positions will the Chargers be prioritizing in free agency versus the draft?

This is at the top of the list. The Chargers are swimming in cap space this offseason, and that means they can attack the top of the market at multiple positions in free agency. The NFL informed teams in a memo last week that the cap for 2025 will land between $277.5 million and $281.5 million. This is an increase from the Over the Cap projection of $272.5 million we had been operating off of earlier in the offseason. With this new development and an expected 2025 cap hit of about $4 million for safety Elijah Molden’s new three-year deal, the Chargers could be working with more than $60 million in effective cap space, which factors in projected draft pick compensation and the cap hits the Chargers will incur to reach 51 rostered players. Factoring in an $8 million in-season budget, the Chargers could spend $52 million on 2025 cap hits for players not currently on the roster, including internal and external free agents.

I am curious to dig into what positions Hortiz and Harbaugh will be eyeing on the free-agent market. Are they going to be in on the Kansas City Chiefs’ Trey Smith, the best guard available? What about Atlanta Falcons center Drew Dalman? Will they be looking to add an upper-market cornerback to fill the No. 1 role on the outside? D.J. Reed, Charvarius Ward, Carlton Davis and Byron Murphy are all potential options. Or are they comfortable with a starting pairing of Cam Hart and Tarheeb Still? If they are, then they could instead look for depth pieces in the draft.

How do they feel about a veteran-laden group of free-agent receivers? Will they be looking at the top of the market at edge rusher, even if they can re-sign Khalil Mack? It is a deep edge rusher draft class, so that might be the better option to fill out that room.

My sense right now is interior offensive line will be the priority for Harbaugh and Hortiz. But I will be searching for a defined framework as far as how the Chargers plan to address needs in free agency and the draft.

Who is coming back among the internal free agents?

The Chargers have 26 players set to hit unrestricted free agency when the new league year officially begins March 12. Harbaugh said last month that he wants to keep the roster as close to intact as possible from 2024 to 2025. It will be very difficult — if not impossible — to bring back everyone. That is the nature of the business but I want to find out which of these 26 players Hortiz and Harbaugh are prioritizing.

After Molden’s re-signing, I think there are five pending free agents who are most important: Mack, defensive lineman Poona Ford, defensive lineman Teair Tart, defensive lineman Morgan Fox and running back J.K. Dobbins. Part of the information-gathering this week will be gauging the markets on these five players. Would Mack really consider playing elsewhere? Or does he still believe the Chargers give him the best chance at his first Super Bowl ring? Ford was excellent for the Chargers last season. Did he play his way into a contract too expensive for the Chargers? Would any of the pending free agents be willing to take a discount with the Chargers because of familiarity and proof of success in the program?

How the Chargers approach their internal free agents will inform their approach to the external market.

Where do the Rashawn Slater negotiations stand?

As I wrote earlier this offseason, I think there is incentive on both sides for a deal to get done in the coming months between left tackle Rashawn Slater and the Chargers.

I will be looking for a barometer on where those negotiations stand. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Tristan Wirfs reset the tackle market in August when he signed for $28.125 million in average per year. Slater is coming off a stellar season, particularly in pass protection, and should be looking to reset the market again, ahead of Wirfs. Are the Chargers willing to get to that number?

Additionally, what will be the length of the contract? The Chargers will likely be looking for more team control in a five-year deal. Slater should be looking for a shorter-term deal that would allow him to negotiate an extension or hit free agency as soon as possible. Right now, I think they end up with a four-year extension. I will be digging on the monetary value and length of the extension.

What is Joey Bosa’s future?

The Chargers do not necessarily have to make any cap-related cuts before the new league year begins. Last offseason, they had to make decisions on Bosa, receiver Mike Williams, receiver Keenan Allen and Mack. All four of those players had cap hits exceeding $30 million. The Chargers had to address these contracts to become cap compliant and create enough space for bargain signings. In the end, they traded Allen, cut Williams and negotiated pay cuts with Bosa and Mack.

This year, the deadlines and stakes are different. They could hypothetically keep Bosa on the books at this $36.47 million cap hit through the new league year. He has a roster bonus of $12.36 million due on March 14. The Chargers need to make a decision by then. They can save more than $25 million in space by cutting or trading Bosa.

The Chargers might as well ask Bosa to take a pay cut for a second straight season. He took a $7 million pay cut last offseason as part of a contract restructure. But I do not know if Bosa would be open to that again. If he does not relent, he would force the Chargers’ hand, and the likeliest outcome is he would hit the open market with the chance to pick his landing spot.

When I spoke to Bosa in January, he said this about the pay cut he took last offseason: “I wouldn’t say I felt disrespected or anything, because I totally understand. I understood it. But yeah, nobody wants to take less money, obviously.”

At the same time, Bosa has said he wants to retire as a Charger. I do not think he can stay on the roster at his current cap hit. It makes for a bit of a messy situation, especially considering the long list of injuries Bosa has dealt with over the past three seasons. I will be asking about how this situation gets resolved.