Hey Charter,since getting back into Madden this is the way I've been playing (great idea)...AP was to easy for me,so I have been giving AM a shot with default sliders.
I did make one change though so I guess not completely default...lol I changed cpu qb acc to 5,I feel this separates the "scrubs" from the stars,everything else is default AM.
These screens are just a quick example of my last "play now" game against the Dolphins.
This was a defensive battle,the game I played earlier against the Bucs,I got ripped a new one...lol 56-31 Winston tore me a new one to the tune of over 400 yards passing.
What I like so far about default (or pretty close) is that the games all feel different....no more of being guaranteed 5 yards a carry or throwing over 300 yards every game,so I think I will jump to AM with my cpu qb acc to 5 when 17 comes out and see how that fares.