Cincinnati Bengals left tackle Cordy Glenn downplayed any issue with the team on Thursday following last week’s one-game suspension for internal disciplinary reasons.
“Last week just happened. Stuff happens sometimes,” Glenn said. “Anytime you’re hurt you want to be in there and help the team. I’m a competitor. Of course I missed it. The only thing that happened, honestly, is I got hurt. That’s just all that happened. It’s not about not wanting to play. You’re hurt, you’re hurt.”
Glenn sat out Cincinnati’s 27-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars after a confrontation with a coach. The 30-year-old was reinstated by the team this week, although coach Zac Taylor said that Glenn will not make his season debut for the Bengals (0-7) in Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams (4-3) in London.
“We gotta see some people get through practice before we consider playing him, and that hasn’t happened with him,” Taylor said.
When asked about his relationship with Taylor, Green said, “We’re good.”
According to ProFootballTalk.com, Glenn was fined $200,000 earlier last week after getting into a verbal altercation with a member of the Cincinnati coaching staff over his return from a concussion. Glenn reportedly claimed he was being rushed back too soon.
Glenn was injured in mid-August and was cleared from the concussion protocol earlier last week.
Glenn is in his second season with the Bengals. He has played 91 games (90 starts) during seven previous NFL seasons and spent his first six campaigns with the Buffalo Bills.