Madden devs dont know how zone coverage works
the zone coverage for the user defense in this game is completely broken. beyond the blatant ai scripting and the robo qb, the user's defenders dont respect zone responsibilities, they cant pass off/pick up receivers, they literally do not react when the ball is thrown and will only react until the cpu offense triggers a catch animation.
the update did not fix it like the lying useless devs said it would, if anything somehow they managed to make it even worse (literally they broke 3 buzz mable, now for some reason the hook curl player will go to cover the flat if the #2 receiver breaks out, the seam flat will cover nothing, and they outside 3rd will cover the hook, an entire coverage broken)
i dont expect them to fix the game because obviously the developers are completely incompetent and have no clue how defensive football is played
at least i am still eligible to return this garbage game