Even if it was Nick getting eaten first then it would be a very hard sell to say the zombies didn't notice another fresh body on the ground, even given the old trick of being covered in gore to mask yourself.
If Glenn made it out using Nick as a decoy, it would be a very hard sell, even though everybody loves Glenn. This may be wishful speculation. What sells the death for me was Glenn's call back line calling Rick a dumbass over a radio. Walking Dead likes to have poetic foreshadows before a death that doesn't quite snap until the death actually happens (characters getting extra preachy, desperate, making a character establishing point, gaining something hopeful, making a stand, taking a heroic risk, etc). The 'dumbass' thing as well as Glenn being sold as the heart of the group more than usual kinda makes his death final.
Or maybe he jumped in the dumpster while they were eating Nick (with an admittingly tight and vague camera shot). Never say never, but it would be a very hard sell require higher suspension of belief than TWD usually asks of us.
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