It seems to me that, compared to real NFL football, shotgun/other more 3rd-down appropriate formations are called too frequently on 1st and second down.
Now, I know this is a lot less uniform than when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s where you almost never saw shotgun before 3rd down unless it was the old "Run n Shoot" offensive gameplan(which btw would be a fun addition as a possible playcaller philosophy in this game), but am I wrong to think it's still pretty uncommon? In the game, it seems most, if not all, the offensive philosophies seem to give equal weight to shotgun on 1st down as they do to, so, something more "normal" to 1st down like I-formation.
1) Am I correct in my understanding of modern football as far as. shotgun should be called more often on 3rd down as opposed to 1st down?
2) If I am correct, can we have this adjusted within the existing offensive philosophies?
Right now, I am basically creating separate playbooks for each team for 1st and second down vs 3rd down and long to get a more accurate formation playcall amount. It would be nice if I didnt have to do this.