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Chargers.com’s Casey Pearce is in Indianapolis this weekend and will provide regular updates from the 2008 NFL Scouting Combine.

Players started rolling into the media center around 9:30 Eastern time Friday morning. Among the first to meet with reporters was Delaware quarterback Joe Flacco, a small-school star who has seen his stock rise after an impressive performance at the Senior Bowl. Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm just wrapped up his media session.

Quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs will fill the media center throughout the day. I hope to catch up with a pair of signal callers with ties to America’s Finest City, San Diego State’s Kevin O’Connell and University of San Diego’s Josh Johnson.

Every NFL coach makes their way through the RCA Dome at some point this weekend, and that’s given me an opportunity to catch up with a handful of former Bolts stars. Chargers Hall of Famers Gill Byrd, who is now a defensive assistant with the Chicago Bears, and wide receiver Wes Chandler, now the Cleveland Browns wide receivers coach, are among those I’ve bumped into.

Vikings running backs coach Eric Bienemy and Lions wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson are also around this week.

The most significant thing that happened this morning involved the flipping of a quarter. The Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs had identical 4-12 records and their strength of schedule was also the same. That required a coin toss to determine the order the three teams would pick in the first round.

The Falcons won the the toss and will pick third. Because the Chiefs finished ahead of the Raiders in the AFC West, Atlanta's victory in the flip automatically gave Oakland the fourth pick and Kansas City the fifth.

Had the Raiders won the first toss over the Falcons, there would have been another flip between Kansas City and Atlanta to determine the fourth and fifth slots.