Tell me again how the game plays to ratings?

No way games play to ratings. These games are played to media and scenarios. Ratings mean absolutely NOTHING! Ratings only matter in other team sim games. NO QB only misses 2 passes in 30+ attempts EVER, especially a 70's rated QB. A 90s rated QB gets injured and a 64 rated QB comes in and you dont see a difference in gameplay. Now played games I can see anything happening because its to easy to manipulate the game, but when its CPU vs CPU, it should play to ratings out of the box. If both teams playing have a 80 OFF and 84 DEF, literally the SAME for both teams, does a 38 to 32 game make sense with both teams throwing for over 300 yards each (which was the result), or would a more struggling defensive game make more sense? Come on MAN! The media and scenarios need to be tuned down to not matter as much if you want to keep the immersion, but they should not 100% dictate the game. 

Make players matter again!  Make ratings matter again! Go back to SIMULATION football!!