Unless a person is just a Madden basher (which there are several that frequent the threads), we can assume that the AI was worked on in some fashion so the Scheme Fit mechanism can function properly.
Also, there’s still a lot of under-the-hood stuff at play dealing with each AI Owner/Coach profile, that’s not visible on the front end.
1) how they go about building their team
- Draft
- Trade (veteran vs young)
- FA
Oh, there’s a whole lot more stuff at play that hasn’t made its way to the front end.