Editor’s note: I started this article five days ago and never published it. Oops. Article: It’s real sicko territory today on SoBros Network, folks. I mean, you really gotta be down here in the mud with me for this post. Or, hey – maybe you’re just a diehard Green Bay Packers fan trying to get a little analysis on your offensive line depth! Either way, I welcome you in as we revisit a prospect that I felt was one of the more underrated offensive linemen in this year’s NFL Draft: Travis Glover. I did some extensive work on Glover earlier this year in the form of a nearly two-hour film study on his game against LSU. Once he was drafted to Green Bay, my ears perked up a bit because I thought that was a place that he might have a chance to play in. I wrote about the youth movement along the Packers offensive line earlier this summer. Now that the preseason is underway, it’s time to check in on the guy that was one of the pillars of my annual ‘Hidden Gems’ list. So, let’s fire up that tape from the Broncos game on Sunday, a game in which Glover was the Packers’ 5th-highest rated offensive player per Pro Football Focus.
Let’s first revisit my initial eval on Glover from the 2024 Stacking The Inbox NFL Draft Guide:
At 6’6” and 323 pounds, Glover has size, but he can move along with it with great athleticism. I noticed him drop a mean vertical set, keeping his hands up and engaged, and staying active with his feet at the Hula Bowl, which was surprising because that’s not necessarily how he consistently plays on tape. Maybe it’s a sign that he can be coached up. I think he’s late to drop his anchor at times, and he’s a little too reactive with his hands, but he routinely showed the ability to recover and sustain a block against LSU. There’s a ton of potential with Glover.
I think it’s an encouraging thing that we’re seeing those strengths translate from the Georgia State level to the NFL level. That lateness to drop his anchor and his tendency to swing his hips and chase at the edge instead of resetting and getting into the chest of the edge rusher still showed up at times against the Broncos, but it wasn’t disastrously bad. Some of that was the rusher getting deep into his rush before bending into the quarterback, forcing Glover to keep moving back instead of attacking. It’s something he can still improve upon. I also thought he missed a couple of blocks when climbing to the second level and trying to find a dude to take out – he was a little late to identify those guys and couldn’t sustain blocks getting to them late. But hey, if you’re going to make mistakes, at least it helps that they aren’t costly.
Pass pro was Glover’s jam, at least in this game. He had some really good seamless vertical sets to get back and meet the defender at the attack point. His footwork was consistently clean, and he’s athletic enough to move quickly and move well. He seemed to have a nice feel for where the rusher was going too, positioning himself well on those pass sets and getting to where the rusher was going and cutting him off. There’s also some solid strength in his anchor. I watched several plays when he dropped that foot and decided he wasn’t going to move back. I still wish my Titans had picked this dude up.
When you’re talking about developmental Day 3 prospects, it’s a matter of easing them into NFL level competition and checking boxes. I think at this point, you want to say “so far, so good,” and with Glover, you can. I maintain that there’s a ton of potential whether they keep him at right tackle or move him back to his college position at left tackle at some point in the future.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD, #BeBetter, and ‘Minds right, asses tight.’ “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, Yankee Candle, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley.
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