- Routes: Slants/Texas before crossing QB face. Drags/crossers = primary read only (mesh exception). Comebacks can't complete inside opp 25. Conservative Catch outside the numbers = punt next play.
- PA / RPO: On-schedule only — 1st & 10, 2nd & ≤6, 3rd & ≤4, 4th & ≤2
- Hot Routes: 1 per play, outside WR (X/Z), QB or WR 88+ OVR, slant/hitch/quick out/fade only
- No-huddle: Snap at :28 (hurry-up exception inside 2:00 of Q2/Q4)
- Chew clock vs CPU: Q4 only, must be up 17+
- 4th down: Q1–Q3 restricted by field position; Q4 user discretion. Fakes always legal.
- Pocket: 2-second wait before bailing on non-designed rollouts
- Banned: User Playmaker, swerving WRs, goal-line offense outside the 10
- RB receptions: ≤20% of team total (30% with Safety Valve)
- Run/pass balance: Neither side over 69.9%, reviewed Wks 4/8/12 + post-season
- Wide split & 4-WR/5-WR QB runs: Banned inside either 25 unless using approved personnel package (1RB-1TE-3WR / 2RB-1TE-2WR / 2TE-3WR / 1RB-2TE-2WR)
- TE Flat RPO: 1 flat pass per game