Thanks to everyone who had inputs here!
I re-checked the obvious stuff once again - making sure the pilot AI was off, checking my brake settings in my peddles, etc. no change. Then I decided to go through the entire menu and clear out ANY inputs listed in ANY of my hardware devices including mouse and keyboard brake inputs.
Problem solved. Works like a charm once again. I’ll never know exactly which input was crossing up but I suspect one the of brake keyboard designations that was set at default was the culprit. Hopefully this may help someone else in the future in same situation.
Again, thanks!