I just did exactly this. Thank you for the heads up, again.

I am playing an offline dynasty as the OC for UTEP on All-American and it is brutal. I am not terribly good at these games anyway but I really get my ass handed to me here, but I am a glutton for punishment. My first season I went 4-8 and got raped in a couple games by 30+ points. I got a decent recruiting class of about 10 3-star players (for UTEP that's not bad). So far in the second season I am 1-2 but playing a bit better and have a decent chance at a few 4-star recruits.

About passing I read somewhere to keep your QB in the pocket or even step up in the pocket for better luck. I do that and have a bit more time to throw. In the past I would back up and/or boot out to either sideline but in this year's game the outside rushers will eat you alive.

probably a dumb question, but when you play a dynasty as a OC/DC or HC etc, do you actually run the plays? Or do you call the play and then let the computer run it?

Probably a dumb question to follow up your question, but what's the ****ing point of that? Why buy a video game to watch the computer do all the work?

I didn't know if the dynasty piece of the game was like that etc.

You actually run the plays. It's like the old dynasties except you start out on only one side of the ball. If you are an OC, you run all the offensive plays and the computer does the special teams and defense.

Yes, the days of just running out of the pocket and chucking it on the fly against your body are no more. Setting your feet and getting time is very important. Especially if your QB sucks.

I've been experiementing with the gameplay of a few positions in RTG mode.

Linebackers
Seems about the same as in years past. Although, there seems to be improvement in getting off blocks/block shedding. Sometimes, you get velcroe'd to a guy and there's no escape, however. As with most of the gameplay, adjustment of sliders is necessary. LIneman will fire off the ball and be on you in .23 seconds. As usual, you can pretty much count on 90% of the time the play going away from wherever you're lined up before the snap. Blitzing is still challenging -regardless of your speed and quickness, the OT will basically always get onto you and block. Even more 'awesome' is when the OT engages with the DE and you come on an edge blitz, only to be picked up by either the Guard or Center. Tackling, however, seems improved quite a bit.

WR
Not sure what to make of this. It's really not all that fun of a position to play. 90% of the time you're mirrored directly by the CB. No amount of juking etc, can shake him/get seperation from him. There is virtulally no point in participating in running plays; thus far in the HS season, there are no points for making good blocks etc. Maybe this will change once you get to your College etc, but for HS, just skip the running plays. Speaking of running plays, it's typical (so far) for my HS team to run the ball 40+ times per game. I'm not sure if there is a concept/method to running better routes, but it currently sucks. I wish there was a way to run precise routes. If you're the #1 or #2 WR, prepare to run go-routes, and comebacks all day. Comebacks seem to work OK, but go routes are almost pointless.

This weekend I want to hav some time to get involved in the dynasty aspect.

I've been doing the Dynasty portion - just finished up my first season as an OC. It's actually pretty fun, although the recruiting is a bit cumbersome.