Lol, I am gonna play with some sliders and see if I can get realistic pass defense.
The problems can essentially be broken down into Man Coverage glitches and Zone coverage Glitches.
The man coverage glitches seem to happen most often on short routes such as slants and drags, and some short "ins." What happens with these routes is that the WR makes the cut, and the DB simply DOESN'T react for an abnormal amount of time. He just stands there for a brief moment.
I understand there is a difference between getting beat and glitching. Corners get beat by slants all the time, but for REAL reasons, such as not being quick enough, getting beat off a press, etc. But they won't get beat because they saw some shiny penny on the ground and decided to take a moment to stare at it.
Next time someone gets beat by a slant or something like that, check it out. This isn't the case all the time but a lot of the time right as the WR makes the cut the DB just stands there for a split second.
Zone Coverage Glitches are a little more complicated, but players simply don't play their zones logically. Now I understand sometimes players have mental lapses in coverage, but this is SO consistent, and even frequently happens to high rated DB's.
There are varied glitches in zone coverage. Line backers who play their yellow hook zones aren't aggressive enough to any intruders in their zone. So if a runningback runs a curl route to the middle of the field for example, and just stands their at the end of their curl route facing the QB for 3 seconds, the linebackers STILL won't play the RB tight at all, and let him catch the ball for an easy money play.
There is of course the "flats" problem where linebackers don't get out quick enough, but I suspect that will be fixed.
There are also various other instances with DB's where they just don't react properly to intruders in their zone. Sometimes when the ball is thrown they run AWAY from the ball. YES, I mean that, AWAY from the ball. It has happened to me, and it happens to everyone, they just don't realize it all the time.
Then there are instances where the ball just goes through a DB's arm...etc.
CHECK YOUR REPLAYS WHENEVER THE CPU COMPLETES A PASS.
At least 40% of the time it is for a BS reason. I have no problem getting my *** kicked, as long as it's kicked fairly.