Madden 09 Question

I've playing madden 05,06,07 and 08 all on All Pro difficulty and always win with a good amount of touchdowns, but now I tried the madden 09 demo and it was stupid because I couldnt even touch the ball without getting tackled and the hit stick never worked so after 10 tries i finally scored a touchdown, i did really crappy on the IQ test so the demo would be easier but after scoring 234 IQ on purpose the game was the same stupid difficulty.the demo starts as a madden moment and you being the Giants vs Patrios 4rth down 1:35 time left,Is the real game this hard ???