I have to disagree. This issue was an issue on Madden 2015 and now. But madden 2016, 2017 and all older versions were not a Sack fest. They had several issues and some of them still carry on but they were not a sack fest as it is now.
Games with 5 sacks for Team A and 7 sacks for Team B are common on 2018 as it was on Madden 2015.
We do have scenarios that are legacy issues that EA doesn`t care to fix like QB getting sack on Screens play. How many years of this now? 10? but not all version were sack fest.