Although for the second straight year they failed to qualify for the playoffs, they would play the spoiler, as a victory over their cross-town rival New York Giants in week 16 kept the Giants out of the playoffs due to a series of tiebreakers. For the third time in his career, Ken O'Brien had the lowest rate of interceptions among quarterbacks. He had 7 interceptions in 424 passing attempts.
Despite missing the playoffs for the second consecutive year, they would act as spoilers, securing a victory over their arch-rival New York Giants in week 16 to keep the Giants out of the postseason due to tiebreaker rules. For the third time in his career, Ken O'Brien had the lowest interception rate among quarterbacks, with 7 interceptions in 424 passing attempts.