There is the answer for me. I again for the second time have shelved M18 and am enjoying the heck out of 16.
The problem is I love the CFM stuff that was improved for 18 (and to a lesser degree 17) Practice squads, score ticker, fast menus, awesome running game, better WR/DB interactions etc etc etc.
Just get the game back to where it was after the CPU QB AI fix patch. I can enjoy it from there.
I am sure it will be fixed....when I don't know. Until then M18 is out of the rotation. Simple as that. And no doubt I am not even sniffing Madden in August, September or even October. At best it will be a Black Friday purchase in 2018. At best. I am over all this.