From The Podium | What LaDainian Tomlinson Told the Bolts Before Practice Tuesday

Joshua Palmer came up clutch Tuesday afternoon when he connected with Justin Herbert for a 2-minute drill touchdown.

The result didn’t surprise Roman.

“What a pleasant surprise in the sense that, he was working through something this spring and he’s coming out and he looks good,” Roman said of Palmer. “Really working hard, real diligent.

“Josh is a very, very meticulous guy, very detailed oriented and it shows in his play because he takes [wide receivers coach] Sanjay Lal and [they] talk about technique,” Roman added. “You can see it immediately transfer in practice.”

Palmer noted Tuesday that after an offseason of turnover in the wide receiver room, he’s simply looking to help the whole room get better rather than focusing on himself.

“I feel like I’m ‘a guy’ in the room. I don’t really like singling myself out as ‘the guy,'” Palmer said. “I’m just a guy who has a lot of wisdom that I got from who I would look at as ‘the guys’ [in Keenan Allen and Mike Williams].

“Anything that was passed on to me, I’ll pass down that I know. I’ll continue to learn more and hopefully guys are as hungry as I am and ask questions,” Palmer added. “The more I teach, the more I learn myself. That’s pretty much how I see it.”

That includes learning yet another new offense, something that has been a theme throughout Palmer’s career even dating back to college.

“At Tennessee I had different OCs and different head coaches, so I was used to adjusting and completely scrapping a playbook and learning a new one,” Palmer said. “This is no different. For the new guys that are here, this is the only offense they know.

“For the older guys, DJ [Chark] has been on a few teams so it’s not like he’s new to learning new plays,” Palmer added. “At the end of the day though, a curl route is going to be a curl route. It’s just like when does [Roman] want us to run it, certain leverages, splits, stuff like…