Part of the problem is Madden doesn't show defensive plays as they should be. What I mean is defenses choose a run stunt and then a coverage to go along with it (unless a team has a blitz play already designed). Teams in the NFL don't automatically think, 'Well Cover 3 from the Nickel formation our DT's must stunt.' If they had this then the ability to re-blitz a defensive lineman should be taken out completely.
But you're probably right. It does sound like cheese. I play Madden to have fun and while I do want to win having fun is my main purpose and I would really hope for the same out of my opponent. It's a shame people, especially on VSN where it's suppose to be nothing but sim gamers, decide to use exploits to get an advantage.
Rush has always been about bringing as many people to the site as possible so he didnt want to be classified as a sim site AFAIK.
Aso i have no problem with your game from the one time we played, you beat me fairly.