Like most people on forums like this, we tend to see things in a vacuum. What's a little thing to some is HUGE to others. When WR/DB interactions and gang tackling are addressed soon, it will be a huge deal to many people on here, but for others the QB in accuracy being addressed this year, will be just as big. For others, getting rid of cutscenes and having real time celebrations is big, for many people, they will be blown away by Madden 15 because graphically it "looks real". For some, every year will be the same old Madden because the player movement hasn't been addressed the way that it needs to be, but the year it is, this dev team will be looked at differently all of the sudden. Then there's the crowd that want their teams equipment, faces, stadiums, socks, etc... to be perfect. There's also the people that want penalties to be fixed and working properly.
Whichever of these are the most important to you, once they're addressed, then you will feel like the game is "there".
This team wants to appeal to all of this, but rest assured the gameplay is first and foremost and simulation is their goal. I know things like WR/DB interactions, better player movement animations, gang tackling etc... are coming very soon, but I'm just curious to see what you guys will be saying then about this team, when all along they planned on addressing these things.