Game consistently crashes - Franchise Mode

I’m on a switch 2. At some point in the last quarter of the first game of the season the game begins to lag horribly to the point where it’s unplayable. Eventually I get to the end of the game and it tries to proceed to the close out. I get the transition screen with the spinning logo and it just spins for hours. I’ve reset the box and tried again and this behavior is consistent.

Im solo and playing offline.

the game is literally unplayable like this!