Vikings’ Ivan Pace Jr. laughs at Giants: ‘Ain’t even going to be no matchup’

This Sunday, the New York Giants open their season when they host the Minnesota Vikings at MetLife Stadium. The Giants are coming off of a tumultuous 2023 season that led to a ton of offseason adjustments, especially on offense.

The Vikings’ 2023 season wasn’t much better than the Giants’ and they’ve made their own adjustments. Vikings linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. is confident in the players they have now and believes they won’t have an issue with the Giants’ revamped offense.

“Oh, we about to go crazy, man. Ain’t even going to be no matchup. We’re about to go crazy on them, but it’s going to be cool,” Pace said from the locker room.

Then he was reminded that the Giants have guys like Daniel Jones, Devin Singletary, and Malik Nabers.

“Yeah, they look good. They look good, but I know our defense. I know we got it in this locker room, so we’re going to be good,” he said.

Pace is entering his second season in the NFL. Last season he recorded 101 tackles (63 solo), 2.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one interception, and two passes defensed.

However, the Vikings ranked 23rd in yards allowed in 2023 and had an overall middling defense. We’ll see what impact the offseason adjustments have had when the teams hit the field on Sunday.

The Giants and Vikings kick off at 1:00 p.m. EDT.

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