This game was made for players that actually played football in real life.
STAT overalls matter in this game and the create a team is where you can level your teams up from...(you dont edit stats they are earned).
Most players that hate this game only hate it because they probably arent good at it and didnt put the "TIME" needed into the game to be good...
SKills are earned not given. People expect to come in here thinking its madden...but this is a whole new game and a whole new set of physics.
You can run into your lineman and fall, hit your own teammate on accident, and trucking somebody requires something called MOMENTUM and a stat called...STRENGTH... (sounds familiar to real life...)
Their are downsides like no hot routes, inuries, fatigue and of course the NFL liscense...but They don't take away from the most realistic football game ever made.