Observations from Day 6 of Raiders training camp
NAPA – Mike Glennon was on target Friday, so the social media contingent of Raider Nation can let loose a sigh of relief.
Glennon is competing with Nathan Peterman for the right to back up Derek Carr. Given the skeptical nature of both social media and much of mainstream media when it comes to quarterback, neither is an appealing option.
Peterman’s shortcomings in four disastrous starts in Buffalo are more fresh in the minds of people, so when Jon Gruden said the other day that Peterman was “growing on him” you’d have thought the third-year quarterback had supplanted Carr as the starter.
Given that three different teams have had Glennon and then quickly drafted a quarterback in the first round (Jameis Winston in Tampa Bay, Mitchell Trubisky in Chicago and Josh Rosen in Arizona), it’s not as if the 6-foot-7 veteran inspires a lot of confidence in the masses either.
Glennon’s best day of practice included two ontarget downfield passes with a feathery touch, one to Keelan Doss and the other to Rico Gafford.
Afterward, Glennon said Gruden gives quarterbacks more freedom at the line of scrimmage to get his team into the right play and that he’s working through the added responsibility. Since Peterman was added to the Raiders practice squad last year December, he has a head start in that regard.
Glennon said he is changing offensive systems for the seventh time, and that “the biggest adjustment, learning the new lingo and understanding exactly what the coach wants as opposed to what maybe a previous coach wanted.”
As for the slings and arrows of social media and armchair quarterback experts, Glennon said he shut down social media while playing in Chicago and Peterman has done the same thing.
“There are ups and downs of being an NFL quarterback and we’ve both experienced the downs,” Glennon said.