It just makes it easier to win if every player can do everything perfectly on the field.
I'm totally with you, I wish we could have decent player individuality..I just don't think it's priority at all at EA, and won't be soon. Whether they are far behind or not...almost 50% of the problems to core gameplay is player individuality or ratings based IMO. Line play, locomotion, robo QB's, QB's trucking LB's etc.