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Pete Dougherty mailbag: Answering reader question on signing Packers to second contracts

GREEN BAY − Green Bay Press-Gazette and PackersNews columnist Pete Dougherty responds to reader questions as the Green Bay Packers prepare to visit the Chicago Bears.

Here are some excerpts from the full story related to signing players to second contracts.

Rich L: Hi Pete, I’d like your thoughts on the Packers’ second contracts. It seems that (Packers GM Brian Gutekunst) Gute (or is it director of football operations Russ Ball?) has a mixed record of success. We were able to escape the potentially disastrous (Aaron) Rodgers and (Preston) Smith second contracts, but (Kenny) Clark, (Jaire) Alexander and (Rashan) Gary contracts might be classified as a “miss.