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Packers Sign G Matt O'Dwyer


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posted 03/24/2005

The Green Bay Packers Thursday signed unrestricted free agent guard Matt O'Dwyer. Ted Thompson, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations, announced the signing.

A 6-foot-4, 315-pound lineman out of Northwestern, O'Dwyer's career includes time with the New York Jets (1995-98), Cincinnati Bengals (1999-03) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2004). Recognized by scouts for his physical strength, he has blocked on lines that produced a 1,000-yard rusher in seven of his 10 NFL seasons (Adrian Murrell 1996-97, Curtis Martin 1998 and Corey Dillon 1999-2002). He also helped Dillon to break Walter Payton's single-game NFL record, a 278-yard performance vs. Denver, Oct. 22, 2000 (since surpassed by Jamal Lewis in 2003).

Originally selected by the Jets in the second round (33rd overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft, O'Dwyer started 64 consecutive games at guard for the Jets (1996-98) and Bengals (1999). In 2002, he was Cincinnati's only player on the field for every snap. Overall, O'Dwyer has played 122 regular-season games (105 starts), as well as two postseason starts, both in 1998 when the Jets nearly advanced to Super Bowl XXXIII.

Looking to right his career after stints on Cincinnati's injured reserve (2003) and Tampa Bay's reserve/physically unable to perform list (2004), O'Dwyer will wear No. 73 with the Packers.