In 85 I set my weights and let the AI do everything else. One aspect was depth chart. I set no one....it is blank for every position . Most of the players played fit either their assigned position on thier card or best rated for the position , but for some reason the WLB has done all the kicking despite a kicker being active and being better rated.
I know in preseason this is normal if you don't set your roster a certain way, but it is clear to me where the bug is coming from. The game should be playing my highest rated kicker, but for some reason the engine is not looking at kickers at all. Unless you manually put them there.
Perhaps a CPU run team this works correctly , but I assumed the same would happen if I let my A I make every decision also.