I have a good MLB that had an overall rating of 91 at the end of last season. After training camp it went down to 89. Then it was 88 during pre-season. After week one he had an amazing game with 3 interceptions one returned for a TD, yet his overall rating dropped to 87.

What is going on here? Did my star linebacker start smoking crack and living at strip clubs or something?

Is it Thoman you're talking about?

He's in his 9th season, 30 years old.

I think that's around where players start to regress.

Here = https://cust35.myfootballnow.com/player/6551

Yea.... the length of his career makes sense, but dayum it seems to be all crashing down on him this season.