Now that the Green Bay Packers have signed General Manager Ted Thompson to a five-year contract, they hope to have an extension in place for Coach Mike McCarthy within a month. Even if the Packers make a deep run into the playoffs, they expect to sign McCarthy to a contract extension before the Super Bowl. "I think it would be done before that time," Packers' Chairman Bob Harlan said on Monday. "Mike and Ted are still talking, and I would say it's going to go on a little bit longer. It takes awhile because of time limitations. I ran into that with Ted. He and I would try to sit down, and then something would come up for one of us. The same thing is going to happen with Mike." Harlan on Monday announced Thompson had signed a contract that runs through the 2012 season. The deal replaces Thompson's five-year contract he signed when he was hired on Jan. 14, 2005.