Any tips when playing all madden cpu on defense?

I like playing on defense and locking onto dline or the secondary to have a “career” sim, but man i get cooked on whatever coverage i do. It dont even be my fault either because my teammates would shit the bed no matter how good they are.

I can understand if it’s every now and then, but cmon bro, you’re getting sliced up by Drew Lock.

I know it might sound dumb, but any tips that would help my pro bowl corners not get torched by trash wrs and qbs?