It’s great in one-player modes and friendlies. It’s a terrible concept for competitive play. There’s no ’Defense Travels’ counter-concept. Why should a random start-of-game coin-flip be implemented in what is supposed to be a skill-versus-skill environment?

Agree on your point of view, but Madden is not what I go to for competitive play. Its a game with too much RNG and random chance for comp play. It will never be a top comp game play like RB6, League of Legends, Rocket League etc. Not to say it cant be competitive its just not as polished as the games mentioned above. 

I play it to simulate the comp, roller coaster and overall feeling you get from watching Sunday football. I have a pure Jets TT and it really love the role play kind of aspect of the game.