spam dribble or give up?

Am I safe to assume that the only thing worth learning in this game is how to dribble past every opponent? I am close to 50 games in and passing and moving or trying to defend seems like its completely out of the game now. I even ventured into tutorials and practice arena which I've never done. been div1, avg 15 WL wins for years without having to focus so much on beating opponents 1v1 but it seems now if you attempt to just dribble the entire time, the game favors that style of play? passes, tackles, knocks, blocks, all seem to favor any player i play that tries to dribble past everyone or get to the byline for cutback (i will admit this is defended a "little" better this year). Never had to ask for a refund but this year might be the year if they dont bring back some skill or strategy to playing this game. You know its bad when you win a game and you can't really say why and it wasn't fun. Oh and the all the bugs...