GREEN BAY \u2014 Travis Glover knows he cannot change the past. The best he can do is be better \u2014 if and when future opportunities come along.<\/p>\n
The opportunity the Green Bay Packers second-year offensive lineman has gotten the early in camp isn\u2019t nearly as pressurized as his last one was. But he wants nothing more than to show his coaches and teammates that he\u2019s not the player they saw struggle mightily in last January\u2019s season-ending NFC first-round playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n
With $77 million left guard Aaron Banks sidelined with what head coach Matt LaFleur termed \u201ca little back issue,\u201d Glover worked with the No. 1 offensive line during the second half of Thursday\u2019s practice after Banks dropped out, then got additional reps again on Friday with Banks not participating.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy main goal, [after] last year when I got thrown in the playoff game, is to go re-earn their trust,\u201d Glover said. \u201cSo, every time I get in there, no matter 1s, 2s, 3s, just go out there and play, earn the trust of my teammates and the coaches, all the way upstairs … just go out there and work.\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no denying that the last time we saw Glover was a trainwreck.<\/p>\n
When two-time Pro Bowl left guard Elgton Jenkins suffered a stinger on the fourth offensive snap of the game and was unable to continue, head coach Matt LaFleur and offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich tabbed Glover to replace him.<\/p>\n
It did not go well.<\/p>\n
Glover committed three penalties in short order, including two holding penalties in a three-snap span. Eventually, the coaches replaced him with Kadeem Telfort, who didn\u2019t fare much better against the Eagles\u2019 impressive front four.<\/p>\n
\u201cI [went] out there and did nothing that I can say I’m proud of,\u201d Glover admitted. \u201cSo now, it’s just about re-earning that trust of everybody in the building. I mean, it’s a job. It’s performance-based, so you\u2019ve got to go perform. Every opportunity I get, I want to go out there and re-prove myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since the first three practices of camp were in helmets, jerseys and shorts, there\u2019s not a ton to be read into Glover\u2019s performance \u2014 or anyone else\u2019s, for that matter. That will change on Sunday, when the pads come on for the first time.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear whether Banks will be back on the field after the players have Saturday off \u2014 LaFleur called Banks\u2019 injury \u201cvery much day-to-day\u201d \u2014 and with the first in-pads practice of camp set for Sunday, Glover will have another opportunity to rebuild that trust.<\/p>\n
Although, to hear LaFleur tell it, the sixth-round pick from Georgia Southern, who had played only 13 offensive snaps during the team\u2019s 17 regular-season games before being thrown into the fire in the playoff game, doesn\u2019t have to keep beating himself up over his performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, he’s a young player. What he needs to do is focus on just here and now and getting better, staying present, being in the moment, and taking advantage of every opportunity that he gets,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cThat’s all we’re going to ask of him.<\/p>\n
“I wouldn’t say \u2018re-earn the trust.\u2019 I wouldn’t use that verbiage.\u201d<\/p>\n
Call it what you want, but this much is clear: Glover is eager to atone and understands the roster-spot battle that he finds himself in.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, I go out there and I handle my business just like every guy in this locker room. I just go out there and play,\u201d Glover said. \u201cWhen my number called, I go.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey could’ve called anybody [in that game], but they called on me. So I take that personally.\u201d<\/p>\n
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