Am I missing something
My teams 84/84 and I do ok. I don't run meta. If your issue is getting sacked a lot then try a west coast scheme. Short quick passes, check downs. It works well for the meta blitzes. The big issue with this game is everyone wants to throw the ball deep all the time so a decent blitz will get them. Shorten your reads and you'll be fine. The west coast book is good, as is the spread book for that kind of play. I try to throw bombs too but if I see someone doing these blitzes every play ill pop them for 5 plus yards a play and be fine with it. I get messages from players complaining about it sometimes saying its "sissy" stuff, but I could argue that youtube blitzes are way more "sissy". Take what is given.
Exact same scenario... I have 84/84 overall team and struggle on champs games once they switched to all madden... My online can't hold blocks long enough a lot of the time to let anything develop long (sometimes even short)..., Get lots of guys complaining on mic or messages saying same stuff they are saying to you, but just gotta play short or mid routes (occasional deep ball) and run.... I end up doing decent this way.... Just play to what works for you and don't let those peeps influence you into bad decisions that result in turnovers.
My team is mediocre offense an 85 and defense an 84 some okay players on each side but nothing special yet everytime I play h2h it’s all legends and aka players and the best cards available am I being punished EA like really wtf did I do to you, my next major complaint is guys that run one defense the whole game yet it can’t be stopped sure everyone will say you can stop it just block your rb te and one of your receivers so you don’t get sacked within 30 seconds I hate the dollar defense so much yet people think they are good running it and the one rpo play they run on offense that you can’t stop no matter what defense you play but kudos to you congrats you can watch YouTube it’s honestly disappointing how bad this game has gotten and I’ve been playing since madden 10 I truly hope the same people that make this game don’t make ncaa