why do I play depth chart until the 4th when they don't follow the depth chart?
Interesting question.
My two guesses off hand, without thinkin' it through of course:
1) Your starters are that much better then backups, and the game solely takes that into account. The opposite being how tired a player is.. comparing the players maximum ability to current playing ability and basing the decision off that.
2) Coach decided that your starters were needed to win the game, and doesn't learn the object lesson.. but makes more money b/c of it.
Wait a sec, are those 2 basically 1? Man I'm tired.