Into year 3 of my Giants franchise now, and these sliders (with an extremely slight tweaking based on my user preference) have made every game (regardless of opposing team OVR) feel difficult to win, and easy to lose if I don't try hard enough or make careless mistakes. That being said, my experience has been that weak CPU teams/QBs will make more mistakes or not present as much of a challenge consistently like the good teams do, which makes these sliders a magnificent blend of challenging and realistic