I don't think DE was ever a flashy position by any means outside of maybe the first few seasons where it seemed almost broken.
I'm not sure if it's anecdotal as it's my one outlier season but the season of the sim switch seemed to make DE get much better stats, which led me to believe it was about to become a more enjoyable position to play. Alas that didn't happen and my player is back to 2 or 3 games a season with 0 stats despite being fully capped.
Now I'm not sure if this was down to adjusting blitz percentages the season after sim switch or (more likely) its because I've gone from having I high earning DE across from me to a shirt filler this last few seasons
I'm not sure if it's anecdotal as it's my one outlier season but the season of the sim switch seemed to make DE get much better stats, which led me to believe it was about to become a more enjoyable position to play. Alas that didn't happen and my player is back to 2 or 3 games a season with 0 stats despite being fully capped.
Now I'm not sure if this was down to adjusting blitz percentages the season after sim switch or (more likely) its because I've gone from having I high earning DE across from me to a shirt filler this last few seasons