It could be better
1. A control for catching
2. You can walk around your apartment
3. You can walk around on the sideline and chat with other players
4. The coach talks to the team before practice
5. Fix the stats glitches (as a WR, I had the most passing yards on the team)
6. Pre and post-game realistic interviews
7. Some awesome catches.
Also, I agree with some other people and I think that you should be able to use a custom playbook online. Also, wouldn't it be cool to play Superstar mode online? YEAH!!!
Other than that, I think Madden 09' would be the best in the series.