COSTA MESA >> Troy Reeder knows good football.

After all, he was a member of the Rams’ Super Bowl championship team in 2021, having made a career-high 90 tackles with two interceptions while playing all 17 regular season games plus four more in the playoffs, including their victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium.

So, when he said Tuesday at Jack Hammett Sports Complex that he sees “so many similarities here” and “I think this team has what it takes,” you have to believe he has a pretty good handle on what the Chargers are capable of achieving in 2022, and it could be good football.

“The biggest thing is you’ve got to be built to go all the way and that really starts right now,” said Reeder, a veteran inside linebacker who signed with the Chargers as a free agent in April, another key component of general manager Tom Telesco’s offseason defensive renovation project.

“It seems kind of crazy being that it just turned to August, but the habits we’re creating right now are the stuff that’s going to drive us all the way through September, October, November and then, hopefully, into mid-February (when the Super Bowl will be played in Glendale, Arizona),” Reeder added.

So, what is it about the Chargers that so closely resembles the Rams?

“First of all, there’s leaders on both sides of the ball and on special teams,” Reeder said. “You have a quarterback (Justin Herbert) who can compete and put up any number of points in any given game. And you have a defense that could potentially shut out any team. So, the pieces are there.”

It’s not likely to happen simply by tossing a football onto the field and hoping opponents cower in fear of the Chargers, though. The Chargers are going to have to roll up their sleeves, tighten their chin straps and get down to work, creating good habits every single day, according to Reeder.

All the new faces and names on defense could prove to be an extraordinary hurdle to overcome, but that hasn’t been an issue, Reeder said. He doesn’t expect the new guys to have any difficulty coming together with the holdovers before the season-opening game Sept. 11.

“It’s been cool getting used to playing with a new group,” said Reeder, who played three seasons with the Rams after a standout career at Delaware that included FCS All-American honors in 2018. “There are a lot of us who are new. It’s been cool to see everyone coming together pretty quickly.

“I’ve never known (cornerback) J.C. Jackson, (linebacker) Kyle Van Noy. We’re just in the locker room trying to get to know each other, the guys who were here, (linebacker) Joey Bosa and all the other guys. I think the best defenses are a group of friends, guys who all know each other to some capacity outside of football.”