Drake Maye (10) looks downfield during the Patriots' win over the Giants on Dec. 1, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST

The 2008 season opened with Tom Brady suffering a year-ending injury, ultimately resulting in the Patriots missing the playoffs after their 18-1 campaign. The defending champion Giants were derailed by Plaxico Burress shooting himself in the leg . MVP Peyton Manning and the Colts lost the AFC South crown to 36-year-old Kerry Collins and the Titans. Both conference title games featured a 6-seed. And the season ended with the Cardinals (9-7) — in their first winning season in a decade, led by 37-year-old Kurt Warner — coming within inches of winning the Super Bowl.

Now, a new candidate for the strangest NFL season of the past two decades has emerged.

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