Exactly.
tombsong, I don't know if you are familiar with my posts, but pre-patch I was a running champ! I'm really quite good at running the ball in this game and I'm great at getting extra yards especially to the outside. BUT they nerfed the run game since the patch somehow. I was getting over 100 yards a game on hard pre-patch, and now I'm getting about 40-50 on medium a game.
They also made us have to try and manually get out of stumble which I don't like because it just makes it even harder to have success than it already is.
The friendly fire thing is strange, because it's still an issue up the middle, but even more so outside. If I juke into my own player I explode and I don't remember that happening so much before.
SOMETHING happened along the line that the patch messed with the run game. It's disappointing the developer is denying it or not noticing it because that ensured it won't get 'fixed'. I'd be ecstatic with the pre-patch run game and post patch most everything else. As it stands I'm really enjoying the game, but constantly reminded how I'm missing out in the run game.