Thanks for testing this. I've also noticed that auto leaves it in the hands of who you have on your team. I've seen the CPU pull off some scramble recovery defense against me, which was amazing to see.
I disagree on this last part. There should be mistakes on defense from most players. That's how great offensive players destroy teams that don't have 5 strong defenders. It's not sim if Kuzma isn't always in the wrong place at the wrong time on defense.
My gripe has long been there isn't enough AI mistakes on the offensive side of the ball. The CPU just doesn't throw the ball away enough on the default sliders (you can lower passing but this makes simple passes out of control too).