EA's second year next Gen offering shows some promise but there is still much room for improvement.
It does take some getting used to if you are a veteran of the old gen Games as the controller set up is quite different as far as game play and play calling is concerned. The menu/ save system is also overly complicated and needs to be re-done.
On the down side, well, there are still a mountain of issues which are all well documented but none that make the game unplayable. Lets see, there's the horrible collision detection, catch up AI, complicated menu system and frame rate issues. The lack of Player editing is also a sore point as the Player Models are overly bulky. I guess they are all Balco clients. :) The defensive backs AI is laughable at times as there are too many moments when the ball will simply bounce right off one of your Players heads without them even attempting to swat or catch it.
This said, it still does not deter me from really enjoying this game. If EA can correct the above issues they may just get back to the glory days they experienced in the '04 and '05 versions..