Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants: How to watch, TV channel, streaming, start time, injury report and stats

Two teams desperate to improve on poor 2023 seasons meet in Week 1.

The New York Giants finished 6-11 a year ago, missing the playoffs for the sixth time in seven years.

Their Week 1 opponent, the Minnesota Vikings, recorded a 7-10 record, also missing playoffs just one year removed from winning the NFC North at 13-4 in 2022 – a campaign that ultimately ended in the Wild Card round against the Giants.

These teams’ struggles were largely due to season-ending injuries to their starting QBs.

Giants QB Daniel Jones suffered a torn ACL in Week 9 of the 2023 season, while the Vikings lost their franchise QB Kirk Cousins to a torn Achilles in Week 8.

Now, Cousins is on the Falcons, and the Vikings’ new rookie QB – 11th overall pick J.J. McCarthy – will miss the entire 2024 campaign with a torn meniscus.

How to watch Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants, TV channel and streaming

Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants will be available to watch on bet365's Sports Live Streaming and will also be broadcast on FOX, which can be viewed through linear and cable TV and streamed on live TV streaming apps such as YouTubeTV or FuboTV.

Streaming will also be available on NFL+, which requires a paid subscription.

Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants start time, date and venue

Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants will kick off at 1 PM ET / 12 PM CT on Sunday, September 8 from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants injury report

Giants: S Dane Belton (questionable), WR Gunner Olszewski (questionable – groin), QB Drew Lock (questionable – hip), OT Evan Neal (questionable – ankle), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (questionable – ankle), CB Cor’Dale Flott (questionable – quad), G Jon Runyan (questionable – shoulder), LB Micah McFadden (questionable – hip), RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (questionable – ankle), LB Carter Coughlin (questionable – lower body), WR Chase Cota (out – collarbone), OT Yodny Cajuste (out – leg), LB Dyontae Johnson (out – ankle), C Austin Schlotmann (out – leg), S Jonathan Sutherland (out – undisclosed), DT Timmy Horne (out – Achilles), LB Matthew Adams (out – groin)

Vikings: TE TJ Hockenson (out – knee), QB JJ McCarthy (out – knee), G Dalton Risner – (out, undisclosed), LB Jordan Kunaszyk (out – undisclosed), LB Gabriel Murphy (out), CB Mekhi Blackmon (out – knee), WR Jordan Addison (questionable – ankle), TE Nick Muse (questionable – undisclosed), LB Blake Cashman (questionable – finger), DT Jerry Tillery (questionable – leg)

Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants stats

• The Giants ranked 30th in the NFL in points per game (15.6) and 26th in points allowed per game (3.9) in 2023.
• The Giants have won just one of their last seven Week 1 games.
• RB Saquon Barkley, who accumulated 5,211 rush yards and 47 total touchdowns in six seasons with the Giants, was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason.
• New Vikings starting QB Sam Darnold has a career 21-35 record as a starter, and has started just one game since 2022.
• Vikings WR Justin Jefferson has recorded 5,899 receiving yards since entering the NFL in 2020, the second-most yards in that span behind Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill.
• The Vikings are 6-4 in their last 10 Week 1 games.

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