Hey man, I promise that no one can possibly focus and obsess more over the game stats matching the simulated ones. Those changes were very intentional and have to deal with the new option to adjust XP Sliders in an online CFM. Based on some other threads and discussions around OS Madden forum, going to weekly progression was determined to be the best approach in utilizing the XP Sliders.
Overall, drive goals have been tamed back greatly, and I'd much rather have control over the XP sliders.