Jason Pierre-Paul, headed to a Super Bowl nine years after his dominating presence at defensive end sparked an unfathomable Giants run to glory, was having some fun Sunday night after the Buccaneers — now hisBuccaneers — outlasted the Packers, 31-26, in the NFC Championship game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.

Asked to offer his take on teammate Shaquil Barrett’s brilliant three-sack performance, Pierre-Paul looked and sounded incredulous.

“He got three?’’ Pierre-Paul said. “I thought it was two and a half. I thought I got a half on that sack. I [have] got to look at that, man.’’

You know something is right with the man they call JPP when it is difficult to keep track or exactly how many times he drops the opposing quarterback.

He got Aaron Rodgers twice, beating left tackle Billy Turner late in the first quarter and late in the second quarter, using a bull-rush on Turner to drop Rodgers for a 7-yard loss. Barrett abused right tackle Rick Wagner for three sacks and four quarterback hits.

“We had a great feeling about both those guys beating those tackles,’’ Bucs coach Bruce Arians said. “They did a great job. They turned it up.’’

This continues quite a tale for Pierre-Paul, in his 11th NFL season and only 32 years old. He was a terror for the Giants in 2011, amassing 16.5 sacks and eventually beating Tom Brady — now his Bucs teammate — and the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. On July 4, 2015, he blew off most of his right hand in a horrific fireworks accident but came back to play eight games that season. In March 2017, he signed a four-year contract worth $62 million, started all 16 games that season and then was traded to the Buccaneers, the Giants getting back a third-round draft pick and a swap of fourth-round picks.

“Winning a Super Bowl with the Giants and the trade from the Giants, I was probably at the peak of my career, was hard,’’ Pierre-Paul said. “But at the end of the day, we [have] got a job to do. I think Jason [Licht, Buccaneers general manager] did a great job believing in me and bringing me here to Tampa, and look where we’re at right now. Look where I’m at. It never stopped me. My grind is tremendous. I just keep going. I have a motor that never stops.’’

Prior to the 2019 season, Pierre-Paul was involved in a car accident that left him with a fractured neck, and there was fear his career might be finished. He was able to play in 10 games that season and started all 16 games in 2020, leading the Buccaneers with 9.5 sacks. “If I talk about the journey, it’s gonna take forever,’’ Pierre-Paul said. “To give you a story to rundown, it will take forever. Maybe I just [have] got to write a book.’’

If he does, no doubt one of the chapters will be about the game he sent Rodgers to the grass twice and helped the Buccaneers get to their first Super Bowl in 18 years.

“Don’t get me wrong, Aaron Rodgers is a great quarterback, and it’s sad he didn’t make it, but I [would] rather it be him than us, you know?’’ Pierre-Paul said.

“We played like our lives depended on it because it really did. This was the last game before the Super Bowl. A lot of teams are sitting home right now. I would do it all over again if I had to, and that’s real.’’