USA TODAY Sports' Week 2 NFL picks

Week 2 of the NFL season starts Thursday.

We can only hope the second week of the schedule provides as much excitement as the first, when nine teams won after making a successful fourth-quarter comeback, the most times that has happened in five years.

Perhaps the premier contest of Week 2 will be the Green Bay Packers' visit to the Minnesota Vikings, who open sparkling new U.S. Bank Stadium as reigning NFC North champions after dethroning the Pack in 2015. Who will be under center for the Vikes, though, remains a mystery.