NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It appears the intrigue surrounding the identity of the Minnesota Vikings' starting quarterback -- which the team worked so diligently to protect last week -- will continue for at least a few days leading up to Sunday night's game against the Green Bay Packers.

Coach Mike Zimmer said after Sunday's 25-16 win over the Tennessee Titans that the Vikings will make their decision between Shaun Hill and Sam Bradford on a weekly basis. And given how closely the Vikings guarded the identity of their quarterback before Sunday's game -- a contest against an AFC South opponent that professed not to be too concerned with the decision -- it stands to reason they'll play the shell game again before they open U.S. Bank Stadium against their biggest rival.

The thinking around the team this week was that Bradford would take over the starting job from Hill in the near future, after the Vikings went with Hill for their opener to give Bradford time to learn the offense. The guess here is the Vikings will turn to Bradford before the Packers game, using the quarterback for whom they traded a first-round pick and a conditional fourth-rounder. But if there is some mystery about the Vikings' starting quarterback heading into Packers week, credit Hill for playing effectively enough to keep it there.

By completing 18 of 33 passes for 236 yards, Shaun Hill made the Vikings' quarterback decision a little tougher. AP Photo/James Kenney

The 36-year-old completed 18 of 33 passes for 236 yards in Sunday's win, playing turnover-free football and helping the Vikings rally from a 10-0 halftime deficit. He did more than you might think to get the ball downfield, too -- according to ESPN Stats & Information, Hill completed 10 of his 17 throws for at least 10 yards, posting 183 of his yards on such throws. Teddy Bridgewater has never posted a game with that many completions of at least 10 yards, and Bradford has done so just once.

"[The receivers] made tremendous plays. They made tough catches," Hill said. "They got open. They were great for me today. Those were huge plays to continue drives. One of them [a third-and-22], we didn't get a first down on -- it was a big [21-yard] play to [Adam] Thielen, but it helps flip the field position. It was close to a first down, but like I said, that 20-something yards there is huge in the field-position game."

Hill wasn't sacked on Sunday, but he also had to move the offense without much of a contribution from the running game after Adrian Peterson gained just 31 yards on 19 carries. The Vikings will need more from Peterson against the Packers, and had their running game been more productive Sunday, they might have found more manageable third downs on a day when they converted only six of their 14 attempts. They also weren't able to finish a drive with an offensive touchdown, which could have cost them in light of Blair Walsh's two missed field goals.

It's possible, if not likely, the Vikings will opt for Bradford in hopes of coaxing a bit more out of their passing game in a high-profile matchup next week. It's silly to think Bradford isn't going to play soon, given what the Vikings gave up to get him. But the fact there's a conversation to be had this week is a credit to Hill, who was asked to fill in for Bridgewater and helped the Vikings sidestep the kind of Week 1 pothole they fell into last year.

"That's all on their plate," Hill said about whether he'll start next week. "I can't think about that, and like I've told you guys before, I prepare every week as if I'm playing. I started that back when I was a third-stringer here in 2002 because I knew that when an opportunity came about, I didn't want to have to change what I did, how I prepared, anything like that. That's what I'll continue to do."