Not sure how it could have been an online one since I didn't have Xbox Gold when I started the game (I used my 15 day trial a month ago), and I just played it as 1 person vs the cpu.
Also, I went to start a new one and it wouldn't let me save it to the cloud or use the updated roster. And it was super confusing just trying to set up a Franchise; why is My Player and Franchise in the same option?
Hopefully next year's game is more normal since I was planning on buying it since it had been a few years since I'd bought a football game (just got my Xone at the end of Oct.).