Also, most of the elite players I brought in were on defense and we finished with the #1 defense by far in every measure of a defense
Anyone who thinks the builds are THAT far apart at this level is just insane. Season 2 and some season 3 guys are right there with the Season 1 guys. It just means that there is a lot of luck involved and spending enough time to find the glitch plays that work. There is no genius at this point. There are just going to be a bunch of coin flips in the playoffs in our conference as most of the teams are nearly the same. In the past, builds and strategy played a larger role.
tldr Summary: SI's defense was still by far #1. Can't do any better than that.
