Nothing IMO is ever set in stone for anyone. What I mean is use the OP as a base to work off of for your playing style, skill level and approach to this game.
The best thing you can do is go to my Twitch Channel, click on past broadcasts and watch the following games at your leisure:
Week 2 vs Bills 9/6/14
Week 4 vs Raiders 9/6/14
Week 6 vs Packers
Week 7 vs Bears
Week 8 vs Jaguars
This will give you a clear picture on how the sliders perform inside an online CFM with the tuner and the opening day EA 53 man roster. It will show how I play the game, my style, skill level, play call routine, camera angle approach on defense etc.
AI has been really improved big time....the AI, animations are all on display on all these videos.
I now have a Dynasty thread going for my current Dolphins CFM. I will also broadcast CFM games on Twitch most of the time.