I agree with you... What's just as shameful is the lack of understanding of actuall football rules by the programmers....
-The ball is NOT put at the 20 following a missed FG
- You CAN advance a fumble on offense
- A kickoff out of bounds following a safety is put at the 50, NOT the 30 yard line
- A PI penalty on a defender during a TD play by the offense is pretty much automatically declined, even tho you're given the option to get the ball at the NEGATIVE 4 yard line...
- Holding by tight ends and WR happen constantly, and are never callled, yet the holding flags on lineman are flying before the ball is even in the QB's hands.
- Roghing the Kicker can happen just by walking by the punter, and even though there's an option to turn down/off RUNNING into the kicker, i've NEVER seen it called in the 5+ dynasty seasons i've played.
This is, straight up, the Cyberpunk of sports video games... I'm PISSED that i wasted my cash on an upgraded xbox for THIS just to play a customized season with my son, when i coulda got a PS5 and Gran Turismo, and been happy with only losing the dough on this crappy title... Now i'm stuck with an xbox with no disc player and can't sell this awful game or even ceremoniously throw it into a fireplace where it belongs...
on to 2k after i beat the TIBURON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE REACHAROUNDS by 50 in a symbolic last game