My only story is that I played in high school, and I'm in a bit of a weird place, as though I don't go that far back, thanks to Value Village, the various games I've owned over the years have. I've owned Strat-o-Matic, Statis Pro, NFL Strategy, Paydirt, Vince Lombardi's Game, Thinking Man's Football, Pro Foto Football and electric football at various points, Lombardi being the oldie I enjoyed the most-there were enough offensive plays that it didn't get too repetitive, and calling your defense mattered-guess right, you were more likely to stuff em for a loss, guess wrong and you're eating a runner or wideout's dust. Kinda like a prototype Tecmo Bowl, though I'd honestly be shocked if anybody who worked on TB had ever heard of Lombardi's game.
On the flip side, if you've never heard of or played Pizza Box Football, be thankful, you're not missing much. It's got alternate rulesets I admittedly like, but the gameplay itself is mind-numbingly repetitive, and picking the right or wrong defense barely matters most of the time. I've long forgotten how much I paid for this middling game (though I recall it being on sale...and I only bought it because they ran out of a newer electric football game I'd had my eye on), but I've gotten much better gameplay from print to play games I DL'ed for free.