even when Im playing against teams with not great players, I have multiple games where my opponents players just play better than mine. Their players shed blocks to get tackles but when my players are engaged in blocks its like they are being bear hugged by the incredible Hulk. Their players react to runs immediately, fill holes and usually stop me for minimal yardage while my players sit there and dont react until the ball carrier is already through the line of scrimmage. Dlinemen shed blocks in base 3-4 down pass rushes while my players never or rarely do. Theres games when I am constantly under pressure from basic 3 or 4 man rushes from players with no abilities meanwhile I send 5-6 man blitzes and everyone gets picked up. Players just outrun my players for no reason. My opponent runs man defense and my receivers are locked up and I will have the exact same defensive players on my team and if I run man their receivers are getting wide open. I run the ball and my oline gets zero push and there defenders are reaching out while engaged in blocks to tackle me or my rb can never seem to fit through a hole for some reason and just bounces around before getting tackled, meanwhile when my opponent runs the holes are wide open. Its literally like I go into a lot of games with a handicap where my team has been nerfed or something and so many games it feels like my team is running in quicksand or something.
Sometimes. The opposing team definitely seems to generate more pressure than my team. It's annoying.
Opponents typically get more pressure than I do, but it’s inconsistent. sometimes my guys are unblockable for a quarter, other times they can’t shed at all.
ive been dominated by mid 80 ovr teams, and I’ve dominated teams with the latest LTDs. that said, skill is still a factor at times
TLDR; teams play super inconsistent. outside of meta/cheese plays, it’s a toss up.
as simple as I can put it, keep the momentum meter on your side or it's always going to happen, this is why slow games & cheese work so well, it keeps the momentum meter on one players side. your team is going to be succesful almost any & everytime it's in your favor, and when it's not your team plays like trash.