[NoOne]

seed player not equal to fictionally created players nor real life players.

there's a transition period while the league turns over... assuming default settings for aging and developement and numerous other factors: ~20-25years is about how long it takes... if real players, even longer. there are real amatuers for a few years in the amatuer drafts.

click auto-calculate Modifiers on the STats and AI page.. under league settings. best results are when all rosters are setup, for example, opening day before any games are played is an opportune time to click it.

don't change totals, as the screen says.. change modifiers in future if you want to change something individually. However, during hte transition, you'll need to click auto-calculate every so often... avoid doing it each year, though. stats get too flat.

once transition is over (stats level off, even if 'different' than initially)... it's all about the ebb and flow of talent created by the draft over ~20 years etc... so, this is the time to do some fine-tuning of modifiers, if you feel the need, because the changes will last.

pro tip: start and fictional league 20-30 years prior... sim to "correct" start day, erase all the history, stats, delete retired players, clear hof if you left it on for some odd reason etc etc... and it's like a newly created league.

if you do that, turn some stuff off before you sim the ~20+ years. less stuff the game has to create on the asthetic side, the better.

you can even start 25-30 years early and do a little fine-tuning for a few years before correct start date, if that's important to you.