Some of the biggest complaints when this code was pushed was how pass happy it was , because small DEs were nerfed. That made it hard to create pressure on the qb. Which lead to another problem of being blitzes becoming over Powered . You start to see some drives at the end of the game cause those blitzes were finally being penalized.
With oline holding blocks for long periods running became only effective when blitzes were not called as well as KRs going through the roof. That same change was when we Starting to play with the the abuse penalty which lead to values being turned down as the game just looked odd when a team blitzes 90% of the game like this one.
All this lead to pass happy teams as the blitz became the rage which turned owners to rotate QBs in order to counter pass count penalties and fatigue measures . Still, the previous version had a high number of "sideline sacks" and as qb running was nerfed in this version sacks boomed for fast interior dlineman and low rated but fast DEs cause the blitz turned cover guys in to playmakers.
So in short the game became this chess match of outside players (wrs/cbs) . The higher rating and faster the better. As long as you had a fresh qb and blitz beating passes.
This was a series of rushed fixes from the previous version with a few patches added, but in no means compares to the lengthy version now under scrutiny in beta leagues. As possibly two dozens changes have been implemented in order to prevent 90% pass/90% blitzing plans.
Bug or not it is being closely observed and changed so gameplans like this will lose vs. A properly applied plan . Not this game was or was not called "right" cause I saw alot zone being called which will be,looked at in after this what I will call more of a man to man release code fix .
