Donald Lee signs deal with Packers

In the end, the deal likely would have gotten done. 

But it probably didn’t hurt, either.

Not long after Green Bay Packers tight end Donald Lee caught a 48-yard pass from Brett Favre with about 3:30 left in the second quarter Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, vice president Andrew Brandt saw an e-mail pop into his in-box.

“Are you sure you don’t want to get this deal done?” the message read.

It was from Brian Levy, one of Lee’s agents, who had been working with Brandt on a contract extension for the pending unrestricted free agent since Thursday evening.

Brandt brushed off the message by replying, “Yes, Donald’s playing well.”

Both sides made sure Lee will get the chance to continue doing that through 2011 in a Packers uniform as he signed a four-year contract extension worth $11.88 million on Monday.

“I hope I can play for the Packers for the rest of my life,” Lee said by telephone later in the afternoon. “I love it here. It’s been like home.”

Full Story: Packers tight end Lee receives extension – [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Related: Packers Intend to Keep Lee - [Goal Line Football]

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