I never downloaded 1.8 when it was released as I saw the feedback prior to downloading and just stayed on 1.7.
I am looking forward to playing some more games and seeing what happens. One game is not a fair sample size. All I know was that I was getting torched on all pro with mobile qbs on 1.7 and would of expected more out of Winston last night.
The game itself was pretty good though on All Madden, will probably stay on that level going forward. The CPU didn't seem to be vintage all madden w/ the slider adjustments I borrowed from your slider thread