Madden, 2K, and The Show all used to be pretty fun games. Then, EA went "you know what made these games fun? Let's take all of that stuff out and make the same game every year!"
To me, it's painful to watch. It reminds me of the running back on my high school team. He once tripped over some very poor-quality artificial turf, blew the shit out of his knee, and fumbled. He had to leave the team and get surgery. Sorry to rant about my personal experiences.